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KS Stat § 60-31b02 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b02 Definitions.

60-31b02. Definitions. In this act, these terms mean the following:(a) "Foreign protection order" means a protection order issued by a tribunal of another state.(b) "Issuing state" means the state whose tribunal issues a protection order.(c) "Mutual foreign protection order" means a foreign protection order that includes provisions in favor of both the protected individual seeking enforcement of the order and the respondent.(d) "Protected individual" means an individual protected by a protection order.(e) "Protection order" means an injunction or other temporary or final order issued, by a tribunal under the domestic violence, family violence or anti-stalking laws of the issuing state, broadly construed, to prevent an individual from engaging in violent or threatening acts against, harassment of, contact or communication with, or physical proximity to, another individual.(f) "Respondent" means the individual against whom enforcement of a protection order is sought.(g) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian tribe or band that has jurisdiction to issue protection orders.(h) "Tribunal" means a court, agency or other entity authorized by law to issue or modify a protection order.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-31b03 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b03 Judicial enforcement of order.

60-31b03. Judicial enforcement of order. (a) A person authorized by the law of this state to seek enforcement of a protection order may seek enforcement of a valid protection order in a court of this state. The court shall enforce the terms of the protection order, including terms that provide relief that a court of this state would lack power to provide but for this section. The court shall enforce the order, whether the order was obtained by independent action or in another proceeding, if it is an order issued in response to a complaint, petition or motion filed by or on behalf of an individual seeking protection. In a proceeding to enforce a foreign protection order, the court shall follow the procedures of this state for the enforcement of protection orders.(b) A court of this state may not enforce a foreign protection order issued by a tribunal of a state that does not recognize the standing of a protected individual to seek enforcement of that order.(c) A court of this state shall enforce the provisions of a valid foreign protection order which govern custody and visitation, if the order was issued in accordance with the jurisdictional requirements governing the issuance of custody and visitation orders in the issuing state.(d) A foreign protection order is valid if it:(1) Identifies the protected individual and the respondent;(2) is currently in effect;(3) was issued by a tribunal that had jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter under the law of the issuing state; and(4) was issued after the respondent was given reasonable notice and had an opportunity to be heard before the tribunal issued the order or, in the case of an ex parte order, the respondent was given notice and has had or will have an opportunity to be heard within a reasonable time after the order was issued in a manner consistent with the rights of the respondent to due process.(e) A foreign protection order valid on its face is prima facie evidence of its validity.(f) Absence of any of the criteria for validity of a foreign protection order is an affirmative defense in an action seeking enforcement of the order.(g) A court of this state may enforce provisions of a mutual foreign protection order which favor a respondent only if:(1) The respondent filed a written pleading seeking a protection order from the tribunal of the issuing state; and(2) the tribunal of the issuing state made specific findings in favor of the respondent.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-31b04 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b04 Nonjudicial enforcement of order.

60-31b04. Nonjudicial enforcement of order. (a) A law enforcement officer of this state, upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists and that the order has been violated, shall enforce the order as if it were the order of a court of this state. Presentation of a protection order that identifies both the protected individual and the respondent and, on its face, is currently in effect constitutes probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists. For the purposes of this section, the protection order may be inscribed on a tangible medium or may have been stored in an electronic or other medium if it is retrievable in perceivable form. Presentation of a certified copy of a protection order is not required for enforcement.(b) If a foreign protection order is not presented, a law enforcement officer of this state may consider other information in determining whether there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists.(c) If a law enforcement officer of this state determines that an otherwise valid foreign protection order cannot be enforced because the respondent has not been notified or served with the order, the officer shall inform the respondent of the order, make a reasonable effort to serve the order upon the respondent and allow the respondent a reasonable opportunity to comply with the order before enforcing the order.(d) Registration or filing of an order in this state is not required for the enforcement of a valid foreign protection order pursuant to this act.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-31b05 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b05 Registration of order.

60-31b05. Registration of order. (a) Any individual may, but is not required, to register a foreign protection order in this state. To register a foreign protection order, an individual shall present a certified copy of the order to the sheriff in the county where the protection order will be enforced. Pursuant to K.S.A. 60-3112, and amendments thereto, the sheriff shall contact the issuing jurisdiction to verify the order and request that such jurisdiction enter the order, if it has not already been entered, into the national criminal information center and other appropriate databases.(b) A fee shall not be charged for the registration of a foreign protection order.(c) No sheriff's department accepting or registering a foreign protection order under this section may notify or require notification of the party against whom the protection order was filed of its filing or registration unless the individual protected by the protection order requests that the sheriff's department do so and the respondent has not already been notified of such filing or registration.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-31b06 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b06 Immunity.

60-31b06. Immunity. This state, a local governmental agency, a law enforcement officer, a prosecuting attorney, or any state or local governmental official acting in an official capacity is immune from civil and criminal liability for conduct arising out of the registration or enforcement of a foreign protection order or the detention or arrest of an alleged violator of a foreign protection order if the conduct was done in good faith in an effort to comply with this act.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-31b07 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b07 Other remedies.

60-31b07. Other remedies. A protected individual who pursues remedies under this act is not precluded from pursuing other legal or equitable remedies against the respondent.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-31b08 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b08 Uniformity of application and construction.

60-31b08. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-31b09 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b09 Severability clause.

60-31b09. Severability clause. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end, the provisions of this act are severable.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-31b10 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31b - Uniform Interstate Enforcement Of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act|60-31b10 Application of orders.

60-31b10. Application of orders. This act applies to all protection orders issued and to continuing actions for enforcement of foreign protection orders commenced before and after July 1, 2005.History: L. 2005, ch. 146, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3201 Power to answer.

60-3201. Power to answer. The Kansas supreme court may answer questions of law certified to it by the supreme court of the United States, a court of appeals of the United States, a United States district court or the highest appellate court or the intermediate appellate court of any other state, when requested by the certifying court if there are involved in any proceeding before it questions of law of this state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court and as to which it appears to the certifying court there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the supreme court and the court of appeals of this state.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3202 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3202 Method of invoking.

60-3202. Method of invoking. This act may be invoked by an order of any of the courts referred to in K.S.A. 60-3201 upon the court's own motion or upon the motion of any party to the cause.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3203 Contents of certification order.

60-3203. Contents of certification order. A certification order shall set forth the questions of law to be answered and a statement of all facts relevant to the questions certified and showing fully the nature of the controversy in which the questions arose.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3204 Preparation of certification order.

60-3204. Preparation of certification order. The certification order shall be prepared by the certifying court, signed by the judge or justice presiding at the hearing, and forwarded to the Kansas supreme court by the clerk of the certifying court under its official seal. The Kansas supreme court may require the original or copies of all or of any portion of the record before the certifying court to be filed with the certification order, if, in the opinion of such court, the record or portion thereof may be necessary in answering the questions. The proceedings in the Kansas supreme court shall have precedence over all other hearings therein, except those of like character.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3205 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3205 Costs of certification.

60-3205. Costs of certification. Fees and costs shall be the same as in civil appeals docketed before the Kansas supreme court and shall be equally divided between the parties unless otherwise ordered by the certifying court in its order of certification.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3206 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3206 Briefs and argument.

60-3206. Briefs and argument. Proceedings in the Kansas supreme court shall be those provided in the court's rules and statutes governing briefs and arguments.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3207 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3207 Opinion.

60-3207. Opinion. The written opinion of the Kansas supreme court stating the law governing the questions certified shall be sent by the clerk under the seal of the court to the certifying court and to the parties.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3208 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3208 Power to certify.

60-3208. Power to certify. The supreme court or the court of appeals of this state, on its own motion or the motion of any party, may order certification of questions of law to the highest court of any state when it appears to the certifying court that there are involved in any proceeding before the court questions of law of the receiving state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court and it appears to the certifying court that there are no controlling precedents in the decisions of the highest court or intermediate appellate courts of the receiving state.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3209 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3209 Procedure on certifying.

60-3209. Procedure on certifying. The procedures for certification from this state to the receiving state shall be those provided in the laws of the receiving state.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3210 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3210 Severability.

60-3210. Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person, court, or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3211 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3211 Construction.

60-3211. Construction. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3212 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 32 - Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law Act|60-3212 Short title.

60-3212. Short title. This act may be cited as the uniform certification of questions of law act.History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3301 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 33 - Actions Relating To Commercial Activity|60-3301 Short title.

60-3301. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kansas product liability act."History: L. 1981, ch. 231, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3302 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 33 - Actions Relating To Commercial Activity|60-3302 Definitions.

60-3302. Definitions. (a) "Product seller" means any person or entity that is engaged in the business of selling products, whether the sale is for resale, or for use or consumption. The term includes a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor or retailer of the relevant product, but does not include a health care provider, as defined in subsection (f) of K.S.A. 40-3401 and amendments thereto, who utilizes a product in the course of rendering professional services.(b) "Manufacturer" includes a product seller who designs, produces, makes, fabricates, constructs or remanufactures the relevant product or component part of a product before its sale to a user or consumer. It includes a product seller or entity not otherwise a manufacturer that holds itself out as a manufacturer, or that is owned in whole or in part by the manufacturer.(c) "Product liability claim" includes any claim or action brought for harm caused by the manufacture, production, making, construction, fabrication, design, formula, preparation, assembly, installation, testing, warnings, instructions, marketing, packaging, storage or labeling of the relevant product. It includes, but is not limited to, any action based on, strict liability in tort, negligence, breach of express or implied warranty, breach of, or failure to, discharge a duty to warn or instruct, whether negligent or innocent, misrepresentation, concealment or nondisclosure, whether negligent or innocent, or under any other substantive legal theory.(d) "Harm" includes: (1) Damage to property; (2) personal physical injuries, illness and death; (3) mental anguish or emotional harm attendant to such personal physical injuries, illness or death. The term "harm" does not include direct or consequential economic loss.History: L. 1981, ch. 231, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 307, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3304 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 33 - Actions Relating To Commercial Activity|60-3304 Legislative regulatory standards or administrative regulatory safety standards or mandatory government contract specifications; defenses.

60-3304. Legislative regulatory standards or administrative regulatory safety standards or mandatory government contract specifications; defenses. (a) When the injury-causing aspect of the product was, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with legislative regulatory standards or administrative regulatory safety standards relating to design or performance, the product shall be deemed not defective by reason of design or performance, or, if the standard addressed warnings or instructions, the product shall be deemed not defective by reason of warnings or instructions, unless the claimant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that a reasonably prudent product seller could and would have taken additional precautions.(b) When the injury-causing aspect of the product was not, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with legislative regulatory standards or administrative regulatory safety standards relating to design, performance, warnings or instructions, the product shall be deemed defective unless the product seller proves by a preponderance of the evidence that its failure to comply was a reasonably prudent course of conduct under the circumstances.(c) When the injury-causing aspect of the product was, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a mandatory government contract specification relating to design, this shall be an absolute defense and the product shall be deemed not defective for that reason, or, if the specification related to warnings or instructions, then the product shall be deemed not defective for that reason.(d) When the injury-causing aspect of the product was not, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a mandatory government contract specification relating to design, the product shall be deemed defective for that reason, or if the specification related to warnings or instructions, the product shall be deemed defective for that reason.History: L. 1981, ch. 231, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3305 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 33 - Actions Relating To Commercial Activity|60-3305 Manufacturer's or seller's duty to warn or protect against danger, when.

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.History: L. 1981, ch. 231, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3306 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 33 - Actions Relating To Commercial Activity|60-3306 Seller not subject to liability, when.

60-3306. Seller not subject to liability, when. (a) A product seller shall not be subject to liability in a product liability claim arising from an alleged defect in a product, if the product seller establishes that: (1) Such seller had no knowledge of the defect;(2) such seller in the performance of any duties the seller performed, or was required to perform, could not have discovered the defect while exercising reasonable care;(3) such seller was not a manufacturer of the defective product or product component;(4) the manufacturer of the defective product or product component is subject to service of process either under the laws of the state of Kansas or the domicile of the person making the product liability claim; and(5) any judgment against the manufacturer obtained by the person making the product liability claim would be reasonably certain of being satisfied.(b) A product seller that is a retail seller of used products shall not be subject to liability in a product liability claim arising from an alleged defect in a used product sold by the retail seller, if the retail seller establishes that:(1) Such seller is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986;(2) the product liability claim is for strict liability in tort; or(3) (A) Such seller resold the product after the product was used by a consumer or other product user;(B) the product was sold in substantially the same condition as it was when it was acquired for resale;(C) the manufacturer of the defective product or product component is subject to service of process either under the laws of the state of Kansas or the domicile of the person making the product liability claim; and(D) any judgment against the manufacturer obtained by the person making the product liability claim would be reasonably certain of being satisfied.History: L. 1981, ch. 231, § 6; L. 2012, ch. 129, § 1; July 1.