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K.S.A. § 68-520 — KS Code / Chapter 68 / Article 5 / Section 68-520
68-520 - County road work by or without contract; machinery and equipment; plans and specifications to be filed.
Status: in_force

68-520. County road work by or without contract; machinery and equipment; plans and specifications to be filed. The board of county commissioners may, in constructing, surfacing, repairing or maintaining the county roads, let contracts for all or any part of such work, or said board may buy the materials and contract all or any part of the labor, or may purchase or rent machinery and other equipment, and employ labor, under the direction of the county engineer: Provided, That before beginning to construct, surface or repair any road by day labor, the approved plans and specifications and an estimate of the cost must be filed in the office of the county clerk. On all day-labor work the county engineer shall keep an accurate itemized account of the expenditures for labor, materials and work performed and file a sworn statement of the same in the office of the county clerk at the end of each month, and a final statement when the work is completed.
K.S.A. § 44-5,126 — KS Code / Chapter 44 / Article 5 / Section 44-5,126
44-5,126 - Severability.
Status: in_force

44-5,126. Severability. (a) If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the workers compensation act.
K.S.A. § 24-474 — KS Code / Chapter 24 / Article 4 / Section 24-474
24-474 - Action to ascertain ownership of and compensation for such land.
Status: in_force

24-474. Action to ascertain ownership of and compensation for such land. That for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any private person or corporation is the owner of any part of the land so taken, and if such owner to provide and secure full and adequate compensation for the appropriation thereof, the attorney general, upon the publication of such proclamation by the governor, is hereby directed to commence an action in the district court of the county wherein such land is situated, such suit to be entitled "The State of Kansas vs. all persons having or claiming any interest in the land lying between the established harbor line of the _______ river and within a distance of forty feet landward therefrom, within the _________ drainage district in ______________ county." Notice shall be given by publication of the filing of said action, setting forth the nature of said suit and that all such claimants must appear and set forth their claims on or before the date therein named which shall not be less than forty-one days from the date of the first publication, and that upon their failure so to do a judgment will be rendered therein excluding them from any interest in said land or any part thereof, and enjoining and barring them from asserting any claim to said land or any part thereof adverse to the state of Kansas. Such publication shall be made in the manner provided for publication notices in the code of civil procedure. If the claimants so notified shall appear in said cause then said action as to the parties so appearing, shall proceed to trial as in other civil actions, before a jury unless such jury be waived, to determine the ownership of said property and to assess the value of the land and other damages for the taking of such portions thereof as may belong to parties other than the public.

That in the event the claimant shall fail to appear, on or before the date named, a pro confesso judgment shall be entered excluding them from any interest in said land which said judgment shall become final and conclusive at the expiration of six months from the date of such rendition unless the claimant shall make application within such period for the vacation of such judgment and permission to defend in said action and shall show to the court that he had no knowledge or notice of the pendency of said action prior to the rendition of such judgment.
K.S.A. § 8-1706 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 17 / Section 8-1706
8-1706 - Tail lamps.
Status: in_force

8-1706. Tail lamps. (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two (2) tail lamps mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in K.S.A. 8-1703, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to July 1, 1959, shall have at least one (1) tail lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one (1) tail lamp, the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable.

(b) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two (72) inches nor less than fifteen (15) inches.

(c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
K.S.A. § 8-1610 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 16 / Section 8-1610
8-1610 - Reports by secretary of health and environment on deaths resulting from accidents.
Status: in_force

8-1610. Reports by secretary of health and environment on deaths resulting from accidents. On or before the 10 th day of each month, the secretary of health and environment shall report in writing to the department of transportation, the death of any person resulting from a vehicle accident, giving the time and place of the accident and the circumstances relating thereto.
K.S.A. § 60-3305 — KS Code / Chapter 60 / Article 33 / Section 60-3305
60-3305 - Manufacturer's or seller's duty to warn or protect against danger, when.
Status: in_force

60-3305. Manufacturer's or seller's duty to warn or protect against danger, when. In any product liability claim any duty on the part of the manufacturer or seller of the product to warn or protect against a danger or hazard which could or did arise in the use or misuse of such product, and any duty to have properly instructed in the use of such product shall not extend: (a) To warnings, protecting against or instructing with regard to those safeguards, precautions and actions which a reasonable user or consumer of the product, with the training, experience, education and any special knowledge the user or consumer did, should or was required to possess, could and should have taken for such user or consumer or others, under all the facts and circumstances;

(b) to situations where the safeguards, precautions and actions would or should have been taken by a reasonable user or consumer of the product similarly situated exercising reasonable care, caution and procedure; or

(c) to warnings, protecting against or instructing with regard to dangers, hazards or risks which are patent, open or obvious and which should have been realized by a reasonable user or consumer of the product.
K.S.A. § 7-127 — KS Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-127
7-127 - Applicants for admission to practice law; required information; fingerprints; criminal history record check.
Status: in_force

7-127. Applicants for admission to practice law; required information; fingerprints; criminal history record check. (a) (1) Each applicant, in submitting the application, shall provide to the supreme court the information enumerated in K.S.A. 25-2309(b)(1) through (5), and amendments thereto. Whenever any person whose application for admission to practice law in this state is pending shall move from the residential address listed on such person's application, or when the name of any such person is changed by marriage or otherwise, such person, within 10 days thereafter, shall notify the supreme court in writing of such person's old and new residential addresses or of such person's former and new names.

(2) As used in this subsection, "applicant" means a person who has submitted an application for admission to practice law in this state.

(b) Any person whose application to practice law in Kansas is pending as of July 1, 2016, and for whom the information enumerated in K.S.A. 25-2309(b)(1) through (5), and amendments thereto, is not correct on such application as of the effective date of this act*, shall provide the information enumerated in K.S.A. 25-2309(b)(1) through (5), and amendments thereto, in writing to the supreme court within 60 days after the effective date of this act*. The supreme court, within 30 days after the effective date of this act*, shall send notice to all persons whose applications to practice law in Kansas are pending as of the effective date of this act*, that such persons are required by law to provide the information enumerated in K.S.A. 25-2309(b)(1) through (5), and amendments thereto, in writing to the supreme court within 60 days after the effective date of this act*.

(c) The supreme court may require an applicant for admission to practice law in this state to be fingerprinted and submit to a national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto.
K.S.A. § 18-193 — KS Code / Chapter 18 / Article 1 / Section 18-193
18-193 - Stafford.
Status: in_force

18-193. Stafford. The county of Stafford is bounded as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the east line of range eleven west with the north line of township twenty-one south; thence west with said township line, to the east line of range fifteen west; thence south with said range line, to the north line of township twenty-four south; thence west with said township line, to the east line of range sixteen west; thence south with said range line, to the north line of township twenty-six south; thence east with said township line, to the east line of range eleven west; thence north with said range line, to the place of beginning.
K.S.A. § 42-3,107 — KS Code / Chapter 42 / Article 3 / Section 42-3,107
42-3,107 - Abatement of structure as nuisance by sheriff; costs.
Status: in_force

42-3,107. Abatement of structure as nuisance by sheriff; costs. It may be a part of the judgment in any such case that the structure in question be abated as a nuisance by the sheriff of the county wherein the structure may be, and the cost of such abatement shall be taxed by the court and judgment therefore given against the defendant.
K.S.A. § 14-1504 — KS Code / Chapter 14 / Article 15 / Section 14-1504
14-1504 - Vacancies in offices generally.
Status: in_force

14-1504. Vacancies in offices generally. In case of the disability or any vacancy occurring by death, resignation or removal by the board of commissioners of any city officer, the said board shall, by a majority vote of all the members thereof, appoint some suitable person to fill the unexpired term. The resignation of any city officer appointed under the provisions of this act shall be made in writing to the board of commissioners for their action thereupon. If any city officer required to be a resident of the city or of the territory within a two (2) mile radius of such city shall remove from such territorial limits such removal shall, ipso facto, vacate his or her office. The city clerk shall enter every appointment of office and the date thereof on the journal.
K.S.A. § 19-3807 — KS Code / Chapter 19 / Article 38 / Section 19-3807
19-3807 - Dissolution upon petition of owners of three-fourths of land in district; notice and hearing; filing orders; records to county clerk; tax levy, when.
Status: in_force

19-3807. Dissolution upon petition of owners of three-fourths of land in district; notice and hearing; filing orders; records to county clerk; tax levy, when. Whenever the owners of three-fourths of the land comprising an industrial district shall file a petition with the board of county commissioners which incorporated said industrial district, praying for the dissolution of the same, it shall then be the duty of said board of county commissioners to fix forthwith a time and place for the hearing of such petition and to cause the county clerk to give notice thereof by one publication in some newspaper published and of general circulation in the county at least fifteen (15) days before the day fixed for hearing. At the time of said hearing, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners first to ascertain and determine whether the required notice has been published, and, if so, to hear all persons in favor or opposed to granting the prayer of the petition, and all evidence with respect as to whether or not such petition contains the proper number of signers prescribed by the act; and, if upon such hearing it shall be found and determined that such petition is sufficient, then such board of county commissioners may make a finding and decision approving the petition, and if such petition is approved, shall thereupon immediately make an order dissolving said industrial district. A copy of such order shall be filed with the secretary of state and with the register of deeds of the county in which the district was formed.

The records of such district shall be delivered to the county clerk, and if there be any debts unpaid of such industrial district at the time of its dissolution under the provisions of this act, then the board of county commissioners shall, at each succeeding annual levy of taxes, levy a tax on the property within the limits of such industrial district sufficient to pay such debt according to its terms in the same manner as taxes are now levied for county purposes.
K.S.A. § 75-52,158 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 52 / Section 75-52,158
75-52,158 - Secretary authorized to sell property in Reno county to Reno county for law enforcement purposes.
Status: in_force

75-52,158. Secretary authorized to sell property in Reno county to Reno county for law enforcement purposes. (a) The secretary of corrections is hereby authorized to sell and convey, on behalf of the state of Kansas, to Reno county, Kansas, to be used for a jail and related law enforcement purposes, in the manner hereinafter provided, the following described real estate, including any improvement thereon:

A tract of land in the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section 19, Township 23 South, Range 5 West of the 6 th P.M., Reno County, Kansas; more particularly described as: Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of said Section 19; thence North 0°33'01" West 776.0 feet along the West line of said SE/4; thence North 89°43'39" East 650.0 feet; thence South 0°33'01" East 776.0 feet, thence South 89°43'39" West 650.0 feet along South line of said SE/4 to the point of beginning, containing 11.579 acres, inclusive of road right-of-way easements across the South and West 50 feet thereof, as recorded at the Reno County Register of Deeds office in Book 124 Page 211.

(b) Before any property shall be sold under the provisions of this section, the real estate described in subsection (a) shall be appraised by a disinterested appraiser acquainted with real estate values in Reno county and appointed by the secretary upon agreement between the secretary and the Reno county commissioners. Such appraisement shall be in writing and filed with the secretary, and the cost of the appraisement shall be paid by Reno county.

(c) The attorney general shall approve the abstract of title or title insurance policies as showing merchantable fee simple title to such property and shall approve the form of the deed or deeds to such property.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3043a and 75-6609, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to the sale and conveyance authorized by this section or any contracts required therefor.

(e) When such real estate is sold, the proceeds thereof shall be deposited in the state treasury as prescribed by subsection (f) of K.S.A. 75-6609, and amendments thereto.

(f) In the event that the secretary of corrections determines that the legal description of the parcel described by this section is incorrect, the secretary of corrections may sell and convey the property utilizing the correct legal description, but the deed conveying the property shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general.
K.S.A. § 8-601 — KS Code / Chapter 8 / Article 6 / Section 8-601
8-601 - Definition of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

8-601. Definition of words and phrases. The following words and phrases when used in this act shall, for the purpose of this act, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

Person. The term "person" shall mean any individual or individuals, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trustee, receiver or assignee for the benefit of creditors.

Manufacturer. The term "manufacturer" shall mean any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association engaged either directly or indirectly in the manufacture or wholesale distribution of motor vehicles and other specific commodities.

Dealer. The term "dealer" shall mean any person, firm, association or corporation or other organization of any kind, character or nature regularly engaged or intending to engage in the business of selling motor vehicles and other specific commodities at retail within this state.

Financing. The term "financing" shall include the buying, selling, assigning or dealing in conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages or leases arising out of the retail sale of motor vehicles and other specific commodities.

Motor vehicle. The term "motor vehicle" shall mean every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.

Commodities. The term "commodities" means manufactured articles offered for sale to the general public.

Specific commodities. The term "specific commodities" means commodities identified and agreed upon at the time a contract to sell, or a sale, is made.
K.S.A. § 65-2423 — KS Code / Chapter 65 / Article 24 / Section 65-2423
65-2423 - Adoption cases; birth certificate requirements; foreign country adoption reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

65-2423. Adoption cases; birth certificate requirements; foreign country adoption reporting requirements. (a) In cases of adoption the state registrar upon receipt of a certified decree of adoption, or a similar document or documents which evidences finalization of the adoption in the foreign country, and the report of adoption form shall prepare a supplementary certificate or abstract in the new name of the adopted person and seal and file the original certificate of birth with such certified copy or abstract attached thereto. Such sealed documents may be opened by the state registrar only upon the demand of the adopted person if of legal age or by an order of court. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order of annulment of adoption the state registrar shall restore the original certificate to its original place in the files.

(b) For any child born in a foreign country but adopted in Kansas or born and adopted in a foreign country and such adoption is filed and entered pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2144, and amendments thereto, the state registrar, upon request, shall complete and register a birth certificate upon receipt of a certified copy of the decree of adoption, or a similar document or documents which evidences finalization of the adoption in the foreign country, the report of adoption form and proof of the date and place of the child's birth. The certificate shall show the new name of the child as specified in the decree of adoption, or a similar document or documents which evidences finalization of the adoption in the foreign country, and such further information concerning the adopting parents as may be necessary to complete the birth certificate. The certificate shall show the true country of birth and the date of birth of the child. The certificate shall state the following: "This certificate is issued pursuant to subsection (b) of K.S.A. 65-2423, and amendments thereto."
K.S.A. § 59-2111 — KS Code / Chapter 59 / Article 21 / Section 59-2111
59-2111 - Citation of act.
Status: in_force

59-2111. Citation of act. K.S.A. 59-2111 through 59-2143 shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act.
K.S.A. § 75-7704 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 77 / Section 75-7704
75-7704 - Appointment of deputy directors and other employees by director.
Status: in_force

75-7704. Appointment of deputy directors and other employees by director. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, and subject to the Kansas civil service act, the director shall appoint:

(1) Subordinate officers and employees as are necessary to enable the director to exercise or perform the functions, powers and duties pursuant to this act;

(2) the deputy director of child care licensure and finance;

(3) the deputy director of home visitation; and

(4) the deputy director of the Kansas children's cabinet.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the status, rights or benefits of civil service accrued or vested in any employee of the Kansas children's cabinet, the Kansas department for children and families, the department for health and environment or the state department of education.
K.S.A. § 25-3210 — KS Code / Chapter 25 / Article 32 / Section 25-3210
25-3210 - Report to legislature by secretary of state.
Status: in_force

25-3210. Report to legislature by secretary of state. At the time fixed for convening of each regular session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall report to each house the list of members elected thereto, with the districts each represents, in accordance with determinations of the state board of canvassers. Such report shall also make a statement of any ties to be determined by the legislature as provided in K.S.A. 25-3209.