K.S.A. 79-405 — Plat of subdivisions

Whenever any subdivision of land of forty acres or less, or any lot or subdivision, is owned by two or more persons in severalty, and the description of one or more of the different parts or parcels thereof cannot be made sufficiently certain and accurate for the purpose of assessment and taxation without noting the metes and bounds of the same, the county clerk shall cause to be made and recorded, a plat of such tract or lot, with its several subdivisions, as hereinbefore provided.