{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-58-3810","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 58-3810","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(a) \"Conservation easement\" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purposes of which include retaining or protecting natural, scenic or open-space values of real property, assuring its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural aspects of real property.\n(b) \"Holder\" means:\n(1) A governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this state or the United States; or\n(2) a charitable corporation, charitable association or charitable trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural aspects of real property.\n(c) \"Third-party right of enforcement\" means a right provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a governmental body, charitable corporation, charitable association or charitable trust, which, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder.","path":["Chapter 58.—PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY","Article 38.—EASEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch58/058_038_0010.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:20:41Z","sha256":"d582eac98f36663529702e8ca0a0f75ee1edd65edf8efd7f99a1ffa7097b6cca","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-58-3802","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-58-3811"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}