Section 59-2236 - Notice to creditors(a) The publication notice to creditors shall be to all persons concerned. It shall state the date of the filing of the petition for administration or petition for probate of a will and shall notify the creditors of the decedent to exhibit their demands against the estate within four months from the date of the first published notice as provided by law and that, if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. The notice to creditors required by this section shall be combined with the notice for probate or administration required by K.S.A. 59-2222 and amendments thereto, except that, if the notice required pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2222 and amendments thereto is waived pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2223 and amendments thereto, the notice to creditors required by K.S.A. 59-709 and amendments thereto and this section shall be published separately.(b) Actual notice required by subsection (b) of K.S.A. 59-709, and amendments thereto, may include, but not be limited to, mailing a copy of the published notice, by first class mail, to creditors within a reasonable time after their identities and addresses are ascertained.L. 1939, ch. 180, § 212; L. 1972, ch. 215, § 15; L. 1975, ch. 299, § 20; L. 1976, ch. 245, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 191, § 37; L. 1989, ch. 173, § 4; July 1.