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KS Stat § 60-3703 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 37 - Punitive And Exemplary Damages|60-3703 Filing an amended pleading to claim punitive damages.

60-3703. Filing an amended pleading to claim punitive damages. No tort claim or reference to a tort claim for punitive damages shall be included in a petition or other pleading unless the court enters an order allowing an amended pleading that includes a claim for punitive damages to be filed. The court may allow the filing of an amended pleading claiming punitive damages on a motion by the party seeking the amended pleading and on the basis of the supporting and opposing affidavits presented that the plaintiff has established that there is a probability that the plaintiff will prevail on the claim pursuant to K.S.A. 60-209, and amendments thereto. The court shall not grant a motion allowing the filing of an amended pleading that includes a claim for punitive damages if the motion for such an order is not filed on or before the date of the final pretrial conference held in the matter.History: L. 1988, ch. 209, § 4; L. 1992, ch. 307, § 4; L. 1997, ch. 173, § 33; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3901 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 39 - Standards Of Liability Of Members Of Certain Professions To Financial Institutions|60-3901 Standards of liability of certified public accountants and attorneys to financial institutions.

60-3901. Standards of liability of certified public accountants and attorneys to financial institutions. (a) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, certified public accountants, licensed in accordance with article 3 of chapter 1 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and their firms, officers, directors, agents, servants and employees, while acting in the course and scope of providing accounting, auditing, consulting and other professional services to financial institutions authorized to do business or doing business in the state of Kansas, shall have no greater duty of professional responsibility to the institution, its shareholders, depositors, customers, creditors or insurers than that required of certified public accountants by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) as provided by K.A.R. 74-5-202 and 74-5-203 and amendments thereto.(b) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, attorneys licensed to practice law in this state and their firms, including employees thereof, acting in the course and scope of providing legal services to financial institutions authorized to do business or doing business in the state of Kansas, shall have no greater duty of professional responsibility to the institution, its shareholders, depositors, customers, creditors or insurers than that required of attorneys under state law.(c) This section is declaratory of and codifies existing Kansas law and policy.(d) This section shall apply to all claims or causes of action based on Kansas state law seeking to recover money damages from any person or entity covered within the scope of this section which are filed in any court of competent jurisdiction.History: L. 1993, ch. 235, § 1; April 29.
KS Stat § 60-3902 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 39 - Standards Of Liability Of Members Of Certain Professions To Financial Institutions|60-3902 Same; severability.

60-3902. Same; severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person 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. 1993, ch. 235, § 2; April 29.
KS Stat § 60-4002 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 40 - Assumption Of Risk Of Domestic Animal Activity|60-4002 Affirmative defense of assumption of risk.

60-4002. Affirmative defense of assumption of risk. Except as provided in K.S.A. 60-4003, any participant is assuming the inherent risks of domestic animal activities when such participant engages in a domestic animal activity. The domestic animal activity sponsor or domestic animal professional, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-208, and amendments thereto, shall plead an affirmative defense of assumption of risk by the participant.History: L. 1994, ch. 290, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4003 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 40 - Assumption Of Risk Of Domestic Animal Activity|60-4003 Same; limitations.

60-4003. Same; limitations. (a) Nothing in K.S.A. 60-4002 shall prevent or limit the liability of a domestic animal activity sponsor, a domestic animal professional or any other person if the domestic animal activity sponsor, domestic animal professional or person:(1) (A) Provided the equipment or tack, which was faulty, and such equipment or tack was faulty to the extent that it did cause the injury; or(B) provided the domestic animal and failed to make a reasonable effort to determine the ability of the participant to manage the particular domestic animal based on the participant's representations of such participant's ability;(2) owns, leases, rents or otherwise is in lawful possession and control of the land or facilities upon which the participant sustained injuries because of a dangerous condition which was known to the domestic animal activity sponsor, domestic animal professional or person and not made known to the participant;(3) commits an act or omission that falls below the standard of care of a reasonable domestic animal activity sponsor, domestic animal professional or other person engaged in domestic animal activities in the same locality; or(4) injures the participant by willful, wanton or intentional conduct.(b) Nothing in K.S.A. 60-4002 shall prevent or limit the liability of a domestic animal activity sponsor or a domestic animal professional under liability provisions set forth in the products liability laws or under liability provisions of article 4 of chapter 29 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1994, ch. 290, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4004 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 40 - Assumption Of Risk Of Domestic Animal Activity|60-4004 Posting warning notices, specifications; contract language requirements.

60-4004. Posting warning notices, specifications; contract language requirements. (a) Every domestic animal professional shall post and maintain signs which contain the warning notice specified in subsection (b). Such signs shall be placed in a clearly visible location on or near stables, corrals, boarding areas, or arenas where the professional conducts domestic animal activities if such stables, corrals, boarding areas or arenas are owned, managed or controlled by the equine professional. The warning notice specified in subsection (b) shall appear on the sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written contract entered into by a domestic animal professional for the providing of professional services, instruction or the rental of equipment or tack or a domestic animal to a participant, whether or not the contract involves domestic animal activities on or off the location or site of the domestic animal professional's business, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice and language specified in subsections (b) and (c).(b) The signs and contracts described in subsection (a) shall contain the following warning notice:WARNINGUnder Kansas law, there is no liability for an injury to or the death of a participant in domestic animal activities resulting from the inherent risks of domestic animal activities, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4001 through 60-4004. You are assuming the risk of participating in this domestic animal activity.(c) The contracts described in subsection (a) shall contain the following language:Inherent risks of domestic animal activities include, but shall not be limited to:(1) The propensity of a domestic animal to behave in ways i.e., running, bucking, biting, kicking, shying, stumbling, rearing, falling or stepping on, that may result in an injury, harm or death to persons on or around them;(2) the unpredictability of a domestic animal's reaction to such things as sounds, sudden movement and unfamiliar objects, persons or other animals;(3) certain hazards such as surface and subsurface conditions;(4) collisions with other domestic animals or objects; and(5) the potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to injury to the participant or others, such as failing to maintain control over the domestic animal or not acting within such participant's ability.History: L. 1994, ch. 290, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4101 Citation of act.

60-4101. Citation of act. K.S.A. 60-4101 through 60-4126 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-4127, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 1; L. 2018, ch. 26, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4103 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4103 Jurisdiction and venue.

60-4103. Jurisdiction and venue. (a) The district court has jurisdiction under this act over:(1) All interests in property if the property for which forfeiture is sought is within this state at the time the action is filed; or(2) the interest of an owner or interest holder in the property if the owner or interest holder is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state.(b) (1) In addition to the venue provided for under any other provision of law, a proceeding for forfeiture under this act may be commenced and maintained in the county in which any part of the property is found or in the county in which a civil or criminal action could be commenced and maintained against an owner or interest holder for the conduct alleged to give rise to the forfeiture.(2) (A) Except as provided in subsection (b)(2)(B), any proceeding for forfeiture brought by the attorney general may be commenced and maintained in:(i) Any county in which there is proper venue as provided in subsection (b)(1) or any other provision of law; or(ii) Shawnee county unless a motion to change venue is properly filed with the court not later than 20 days after service of the petition commencing such proceeding. If such motion to change venue is properly filed, the court shall transfer the proceeding to another county in which there is proper venue as provided in subsection (b)(1) or any other provision of law.(B) If a proceeding for forfeiture is brought by the attorney general and involves property, law enforcement agencies, or owners or interest holders of property in multiple counties, such proceeding may be commenced and maintained in:(i) Shawnee county; or(ii) any county in which there is proper venue as provided in subsection (b)(1) or any other provision of law.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 3; L. 2013, ch. 25, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4105 Property subject to forfeiture.

60-4105. Property subject to forfeiture. The following property is subject to forfeiture:(a) Property described in a statute authorizing forfeiture;(b) except as otherwise provided by law, all property, of every kind, including, but not limited to, cash and negotiable instruments and the whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or improvements to real property that is either:(1) Furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in an exchange that constitutes conduct giving rise to forfeiture; or(2) used or intended to be used in any manner to facilitate conduct giving rise to forfeiture, including, but not limited to, any electronic device, computer, computer system, computer network or any software or data owned by the defendant which is used during the commission of an offense listed in K.S.A. 60-4104, and amendments thereto;(c) all proceeds of any conduct giving rise to forfeiture;(d) all property of every kind, including, but not limited to, cash and negotiable instruments derived from or realized through any proceeds which were obtained directly or indirectly from the commission of an offense listed in K.S.A. 60-4104, and amendments thereto;(e) all weapons possessed, used, or available for use in any manner to facilitate conduct giving rise to forfeiture;(f) ownership or interest in real property that is a homestead, to the extent the homestead was acquired with proceeds from conduct giving rise to forfeiture;(g) contraband, which shall be seized and summarily forfeited to the state without regard to the procedures set forth in this act;(h) all controlled substances, raw materials, controlled substance analogs, counterfeit substances, or imitation controlled substances that have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, possessed, or acquired in violation of the laws of this state; and(i) any items bearing a counterfeit mark.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 5; L. 2000, ch. 62, § 3; L. 2006, ch. 149, § 10; L. 2006, ch. 183, § 8; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 224; L. 2013, ch. 123, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4111 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4111 Claims.

60-4111. Claims. (a) Only an owner of or interest holder in property seized for forfeiture may file a claim, and shall do so in the manner provided in this section. The claim shall be mailed to the seizing agency and to the plaintiff's attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested, within 60 days after the effective date of notice of pending forfeiture.(b) The claim shall be signed by the claimant under penalty of perjury, K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5903, and amendments thereto, and shall set forth the following:(1) The caption of the proceedings and identifying number, if any, as set forth on the notice of pending forfeiture or complaint, the name of the claimant, and the name of the plaintiff's attorney who authorized the notice of pending forfeiture or complaint;(2) the address where the claimant will accept mail;(3) the nature and extent of the claimant's interest in the property; and(4) a detailed description of when and how the claimant obtained an interest in the property.(c) Substantial compliance with subsection (b) shall be deemed sufficient.(d) It is permissible to assert the right against self-incrimination in a claim. If a claimant asserts the right, the court, in the court's discretion, may draw an adverse inference from the assertion against the claimant. The adverse inference shall not, by itself, be the basis of a judgment against the claimant.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 11; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 225; L. 2018, ch. 26, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4115 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4115 Substituted assets and supplemental remedies.

60-4115. Substituted assets and supplemental remedies. (a) The court shall order the forfeiture of any other property of an owner or in personam defendant, up to the value of that owner's or defendant's property found by the court to be subject to forfeiture under this act, if any of the owner's or defendant's forfeitable property:(1) Cannot be located;(2) has been transferred or conveyed to, sold to, or deposited with a third party;(3) is beyond the jurisdiction of the court;(4) has been substantially diminished in value while not in the actual physical custody of the court, the seizing agency, the plaintiff's attorney, or their designee;(5) has been commingled with other property that cannot be divided without difficulty;(6) is subject to any interest of another person which interest is exempt from forfeiture under this act; or(7) is exempt from forfeiture due to a constitutional or statutory provision.(b) In addition to any other remedy provided for by law, if a forfeiture lien or notice of pending forfeiture has been filed and notice given pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4109, or if a complaint alleging conduct giving rise to forfeiture has been filed and notice given pursuant to such K.S.A. 60-4109 or other applicable rule of civil procedure, the plaintiff's attorney may institute an action in the district court against any person with notice or actual knowledge who destroys, conveys, alienates, encumbers, further encumbers, disposes of, purchases, receives, removes from the jurisdiction of the court, conceals, or otherwise renders unavailable for forfeiture property alleged to be subject to forfeiture in the forfeiture lien, notice of pending forfeiture, or complaint. In such case, the court shall enter a final judgment in an amount equal to the value of the lien not to exceed the fair market value of the property, or, if the property is alleged to be subject to forfeiture, in an amount equal to the fair market value of the property, together with reasonable investigative expenses and attorney fees. If a civil proceeding under this act is pending in court, the action shall be heard by such court.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 15; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4119 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4119 Immunity orders.

60-4119. Immunity orders. (a) If a person is or may be called to produce evidence at a deposition, hearing or trial under this act or at an investigation brought by the attorney under K.S.A. 60-4118, and amendments thereto, the district court for the county in which the deposition, hearing, trial, or investigation is or may be held, upon certification in writing of a request of the county or district attorney for the county, or the attorney general, shall issue an order, ex parte or after a hearing, requiring the person to produce evidence, notwithstanding that person's refusal to do so on the basis of the privilege against self-incrimination.(b) The county or district attorney, or the attorney general, may certify in writing a request for an ex parte order under this section if in such attorney's judgment:(1) The production of the evidence may be necessary to the public interest; and(2) the person has refused or is likely to refuse to produce evidence on the basis of such person's privilege against self-incrimination.(c) If a person refuses, on the basis of such person's privilege against self-incrimination, to produce evidence in any proceeding described in this act, and the presiding officer informs the person of an order issued under this section, the person may not refuse to comply with the order. The person may be compelled or punished by the district court issuing an order for civil or criminal contempt.(d) The production of evidence compelled by order issued under this section, and any information directly or indirectly derived from such evidence, may not be used against the person in a subsequent criminal case, except in a prosecution for perjury, K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5903, and amendments thereto, making false writing, K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5824, and amendments thereto, or an offense otherwise involving a failure to comply with the order. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted as preventing the use in a criminal action any evidence lawfully obtained independently of these procedures.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 19; L. 2006, ch. 183, § 11; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 227; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4120 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4120 Statute of limitations.

60-4120. Statute of limitations. A civil action under this act shall be commenced within five years after the last conduct giving rise to forfeiture or the cause of action became known or should have become known, excluding any time during which either the property or defendant is out of the state or in confinement, or during which criminal proceedings relating to the same conduct are pending.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 20; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4121 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4121 Summary forfeiture of controlled substances.

60-4121. Summary forfeiture of controlled substances. Controlled substances which are contraband and any controlled substance whose owners are unknown are summarily forfeited to the state. The court may include in any judgment under this act an order forfeiting any controlled substance involved in the offense to the extent of the defendant's interest.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 21; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4122 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4122 Collateral action.

60-4122. Collateral action. No person claiming an interest in property subject to forfeiture may commence or maintain any action against a seizing agency concerning the validity of the alleged interest other than provided in this act.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 22; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4123 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4123 Statutory construction.

60-4123. Statutory construction. The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial purposes. Civil remedies under this act shall be supplemental and not mutually exclusive. Such civil remedies do not preclude and are not precluded by any other provision of law.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 23; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4124 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4124 Uniformity of application.

60-4124. Uniformity of application. (a) The provisions of this act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting the act.(b) The attorney general is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with the attorney general or chief prosecuting attorney of any state to effectuate the purposes of this act.(c) The provisions of this act shall apply when the act or acts giving rise to forfeiture occur after the effective date of this act.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 24; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4125 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4125 Severability clause.

60-4125. Severability clause. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person 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. 1994, ch. 339, § 25; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-4126 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 41 - Asset Seizure And Forfeiture|60-4126 Placement of act; applicability of rules of evidence.

60-4126. Placement of act; applicability of rules of evidence. This act shall be part of and supplemental to Chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, the code of civil procedure. Unless otherwise provided, the rules of evidence shall apply.History: L. 1994, ch. 339, § 26; July 1.