79-1437f. Same; disposition and use of contents thereof, to and by whom. Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 79-1460, and amendments thereto, contents of the real estate sales validation questionnaire shall be made available only to the following people for the purposes listed hereafter:

(a) County officials for cooperating with and assisting the director of property valuation in developing the information as provided for in K.S.A. 79-1487, and amendments thereto;

(b) any property owner, or the owner's representative, for prosecuting an appeal of the valuation of such owner's property or for determining whether to make such an appeal, but access shall be limited to the contents of those questionnaires concerning the same constitutionally prescribed subclass of property as that of such owner's property;

(c) the county appraiser and appraisers employed by the county for the appraisal of property located within the county;

(d) appraisers licensed or certified pursuant to K.S.A. 58-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, for appraisal of property and preparation of appraisal reports;

(e) financial institutions for conducting appraisals and evaluations as required by federal and state regulators;

(f) the county appraiser or the appraiser's designee, hearing officers or panels appointed pursuant to K.S.A. 79-1602 or 79-1611, and amendments thereto, and the state board of tax appeals for conducting valuation appeal proceedings;

(g) the board of county commissioners for conducting any of the board's statutorily prescribed duties;

(h) the director of property valuation for conducting any of the director's statutorily prescribed duties; and

(i) a person licensed pursuant to the real estate brokers' and salespersons' act for purposes of fulfilling such person's statutory duties and providing information on market value of property to clients and customers.

History: L. 1991, ch. 162, § 6; L. 1992, ch. 282, § 19; L. 1999, ch. 123, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 23, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 151, § 3; L. 2007, ch. 63, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 87; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 96; July 1.