K.S.A. 17-631: Same; certificate required as condition for filing.

The secretary of state shall not receive for record or for filing any mortgage or deed of trust described in K.S.A. 17-630, unless and until the same has thereon the certificate of a register of deeds that the same has been presented to him pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-3101 to 79-3107, inclusive, and that any real estate mortgage tax, if any is due, has been paid or that none is due thereon, as the case may be.