Kansas property records and tax lookups
Who holds it: County Appraiser values property and sends the Notice of Value; informal appeal to the county appraiser within 30 days of the mailing of the valuation notice (real property) or by May 15 (personal property)1
On this page
Looking up a property and appealing a value
- Appealing a value
- (1) Equalization appeal: contact the county appraiser within 30 days of the Notice of Value mailing; or (2) payment under protest filed with the county treasurer by Dec. 20 (or when paying). Further appeals go to the State Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA).2
More details
- State oversight
- Kansas Department of Revenue, Property Valuation Division (PVD): publishes abstracts/ratio data and agricultural-use values; refers parcel-specific questions to county appraisers (Kansas County Appraisers Association)2
Related records in Kansas
- Deeds: who holds it
- Register of Deeds in each county (elected county office); custodian of all recorded deeds, mortgages, maps and instruments3
- Deeds: how to search
- Contact or visit the county Register of Deeds or use the county's online system where it offers one; copies may be requested under KORA (the agency may require a written request)4
- Maps: state GIS portal
- Kansas Data Access & Support Center (DASC): Kansas Geoportal Hub hub.kansasgis.org (state GIS clearinghouse; no sign-in or registration required)5
Property records in Kansas counties with a full guide
The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.
| County | Office | Search online | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County | Johnson County Appraiser's Office7 | Property search6 | — |
| Leavenworth County | Appraiser's Office8 | Property search8Free search | — |
| Sedgwick County | Sedgwick County Appraiser's Office10 | Property search9 | — |
| Shawnee County | Shawnee County Appraiser12 | Property search11 | — |
| Wyandotte County | Appraiser's Office13 | Property search13 | — |
For any other county, see the county list on the Kansas guide.
Official copies vs look-alike sites
A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Kansas office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.
Rules in other states: property and tax records in every state. Everything else in Kansas: Kansas public records guide.
Sources
Every fact above links to the official page it comes from. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.
- K.S.A. 79-1448 — Valuation appeals to county appraiser; informal meetingKansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (ksrevisor.gov; www.ksrevisor.org redirects here)checked November 4, 2026
- Kansas Department of Revenue — Property Valuation Division homeKansas Department of Revenue (ksrevenue.gov)checked November 4, 2026
- K.S.A. 19-1204 — Register of deeds custody and recording of documentsKansas Office of Revisor of Statutes (ksrevisor.gov; www.ksrevisor.org redirects here)checked November 4, 2026
- Johnson County Register of Deeds — Open RecordsJohnson County, Kansas (jocogov.org)checked November 4, 2026
- Kansas Data Access & Support Center (DASC) — State of Kansas GISKansas Data Access & Support Center (kansasgis.org)checked November 4, 2026
- Appraiser - Property DataJohnson County Appraiserchecked November 4, 2026
- Johnson County Kansas homepageJohnson County Governmentchecked November 4, 2026
- Leavenworth County, KS: Appraiser's OfficeLeavenworth County, Kansas (leavenworthcounty.gov)checked November 8, 2026
- Sedgwick County Appraiser's OfficeSedgwick County, Kansaschecked November 4, 2026
- Sedgwick County, Kansas - homeSedgwick County, Kansaschecked November 4, 2026
- County homeShawnee Countychecked November 4, 2026
- AppraiserShawnee Countychecked November 4, 2026
- DepartmentsUnified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansaschecked November 6, 2026