{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-19-101","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 19-101","heading":"County as corporation; powers generally; home rule.","body":"That each organized county within this state shall be a body corporate and politic, and as such shall be empowered for the following purposes: First , to sue and be sued; second , to purchase and hold real and personal estate for the use of the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law; third , to sell and convey any real or personal estate owned by the county, and make such order respecting the same as may be deemed conducive to the interest of the inhabitants; fourth , to make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county, necessary to the exercise of its corporate or administrative powers; fifth , to exercise the powers of home rule to determine their local affairs and government authorized under the provisions of K.S.A. 19-101a; sixth , to exercise such other and further powers as may be especially conferred by law.","path":["Chapter 19.—COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS","Article 1.—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch19/019_001_0001.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:10:50Z","sha256":"3315b65b1652bc4dcd30e7bf0a379196f3081c2db3184f361bfee3cdc35c7720","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-18-303","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-19-101a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}