Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Kansas

In law school they call it the law against pertutites, or "severing the dead hand" in either case it basically says that a will cannot burden a land mass forever. In most cases, the length is a living person plus twenty years. So, lets say when yrou great granparents passed away, the clock starting ticking. If the land went to their children (your grandparents) then the restriction on selling coudl only be effective (if it s is at all) for the remainder of the grandparent that live sthe longest plus twenty years.

Most restictions fail outright. But. assuing this one stuck, then there is another criteria to be met. Say the granparents got the house from the greatgrandparents estate through adeed that did nto mentiont eh restriction of sales. If when the horse seller got the proeprty, that deed did not state the restriction of slaes, then you have an innocent buyer without notice. To my knowledge, no court has ever undone such a lease except where the federal government has restricted sales due to indian treaty ro railraod land apportionment compact.

You might hire a trust insurer to examine the title to this land. They might do so for just a couple hundrend to the few thousand dollars. They can tell you the specifics of this land.

Good luck