Johnson County Release Prohibited Covenants

Signed into law by Governor Laura Kelly on April 19, 2024, and effective July 1, 2024, House Bill 2562 authorizes the release of discriminatory restrictive covenants. Existing state law (K.S.A. 44-1016 and 44-1017) already identified these discriminatory restrictive covenants as unlawful and unenforceable, but the new bill provides property owners, homeowner associations, cities, and counties the opportunity to release property from them. It also requires homeowner associations to remove discriminatory restrictive covenants by recording amendments to their governing document(s).

Access the Johnson County Register of Deeds website for more information.