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K.S.A. Chapter 12
Article 43.--CODE FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS; APPEARANCE AND CONDITIONS OF RELEASE
Current through end of 2009 legislative session
12-4301 Appearance bonds; methods of securing appearance; driver's license as security, penalty.
12-4302 Personal recognizance.
12-4303 Failure to appear.
12-4304 Appearance bond; posting; form.
12-4305 Schedule of fines for municipal ordinance traffic infractions and certain other ordinances; violations excluded from schedule; fines upon plea of guilty or no contest; procedure.
12-4306 Traffic violations; failure to appear, service of warrant and collection of bond.
12-4301. Appearance bonds; methods of securing appearance; driver's license as security, penalty.
A person having the right to post bond for appearance shall, in order to do so, execute in writing a promise to appear at the municipal court at a stated time and place. Such appearance bond shall be in an amount as determined by the municipal judge. Unless the judge makes a specific finding otherwise, every bond for a person charged with an offense that would be a person offense pursuant to state law shall have a condition of release prohibiting the person from having contact with the alleged victim of such offense for a period of at least 72 hours. Such bond may be secured by any one of the following methods, and when so secured, such person shall be released from custody.
12-4302. Personal recognizance.
Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 12-4301, a law enforcement officer may release an accused person from custody without requiring security for his or her appearance, and shall release such accused person without requiring security for the appearance, pursuant to any rule or order of the municipal judge.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4302; April 1, 1974.
12-4303. Failure to appear.
In the event the accused person fails to appear at the time designated in the appearance bond, or at any subsequent time to which the appearance has been continued, the municipal judge shall declare the bond forfeited, except that, if it appears to the court that justice does not require the enforcement of the forfeiture, the court may set the same aside upon such conditions as the court may impose. Where the forfeiture of a bond has become final, the court shall direct the application of the funds or that suitable action be instituted for the collection from the sureties thereon or from the accused person.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4303; April 1, 1974.
12-4304. Appearance bond; posting; form.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4304; April 1, 1974.
12-4305. Schedule of fines for municipal ordinance traffic infractions and certain other ordinances; violations excluded from schedule; fines upon plea of guilty or no contest; procedure.
(2) driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, or driving with a blood or breath alcohol concentration of .08 or more;
(b) A person charged with the violation of an ordinance contained in a schedule of fines established under subsection (a) shall, except as provided in subsection (c), appear at the place and time specified in the notice to appear. If the person enters an appearance, waives right to trial, pleads guilty or no contest, the fine shall be no greater than that specified in the schedule.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 12-4214, and amendments thereto, prior to the time specified in the notice to appear, a person charged with an ordinance cigarette or tobacco infraction or a violation of an ordinance contained in a schedule of fines established under subsection (a) may enter an appearance, waive right to trial, plead guilty or no contest and pay the fine for the violation as specified in the schedule or in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 12-4214 and amendments thereto. At the election of the person charged, such appearance, waiver, plea and payment may be made by mail or in person and payment may be by personal check. The complaint shall not have been complied with if a check is not honored for any reason, or the fine is not paid in full prior to the time specified in the notice to appear. When a person charged with an ordinance cigarette or tobacco infraction or an ordinance traffic infraction or other ordinance violation on a schedule of fines makes payment without executing a written waiver of right to trial and plea of guilty or no contest, the payment shall be deemed such an appearance, waiver of right to trial and plea of no contest.
The municipal judge may authorize the clerk of the municipal court or some other person to accept by mail or in person such voluntary appearance, plea of guilty or no contest and payment of the fine imposed by the schedule or by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 12-4214 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4305; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 30; L. 1985, ch. 48, § 10; L. 1985, ch. 78, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 84, § 3; L. 1993, ch. 259, § 17; L. 1996, ch. 214, § 22; L. 1998, ch. 192, § 2; May 28.
12-4306. Traffic violations; failure to appear, service of warrant and collection of bond.
(a) If a person who is a resident of this state is charged with a violation of a traffic ordinance of a city in this state and such person fails to appear after service of notice to appear, any law enforcement officer of any county or city of the state may serve the bench warrant issued for the person and may collect from the person a cash appearance bond in the amount stated in the warrant upon request of the law enforcement agency of the city in which the warrant was issued. In the event the violator waives actual in hand service of the bench warrant and the officer has verified by telecommunication that the bench warrant is in the actual possession of the law enforcement authorities of the jurisdiction issuing the same, the officer making the arrest may collect the appearance bond without actual in hand service of the bench warrant.
(b) Any appearance bond collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded forthwith to the clerk of the municipal court of the city in which the alleged violation was committed.
(1) "Highway," "street," "traffic" and "vehicle" have the meanings provided by article 14 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
(2) "Traffic ordinance" means any ordinance relating to the regulation of traffic on streets and highways or the operation of vehicles.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts.
History: L. 1981, ch. 150, § 1; July 1.