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KS Stat § 22a-108 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 1 - District Attorneys|22a-108 Election of district attorney in certain judicial district; term; oath; bond; abolition of office of county attorney in said district; application of certain laws.

22a-108. Election of district attorney in certain judicial district; term; oath; bond; abolition of office of county attorney in said district; application of certain laws. (a) There is hereby established the office of district attorney in the seventh judicial district. The person holding the office of county attorney on the effective date of this act shall become the district attorney and the office of county attorney in such judicial district shall be and is hereby abolished on such date. Commencing with the general election in 1980, and at the general election every four (4) years thereafter, a district attorney shall be elected in said judicial district for a four-year term, commencing on the second Monday in January next following the election. The district attorney authorized by this section is hereby declared to be an executive officer of the judicial district in which such attorney is elected, with said office constituting a separate entity within said district for administrative purposes, and in no event shall said district attorney be deemed an officer of any county. Before entering upon the duties of the office, the district attorney shall take the oath of office required by law for public officers and shall execute a good and sufficient surety bond in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 75-4101 et seq., and acts amendatory thereof.(b) The provisions of K.S.A. 22a-102, 22a-103, 22a-104, 22a-105, 22a-106 and 22a-107, and any amendments thereto, shall be applicable to the office of district attorney established by this section.History: L. 1978, ch. 133, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-109 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 1 - District Attorneys|22a-109 Establishment of district attorney office in twenty-seventh judicial district.

22a-109. Establishment of district attorney office in twenty-seventh judicial district. (a) There is hereby established the office of district attorney in the twenty-seventh judicial district.(b) The person holding the office of county attorney in Reno county on the effective date of this act shall become the district attorney of the twenty-seventh judicial district and the office of county attorney in such judicial district shall be and is hereby abolished on such date. Commencing with the general election in 2000, and at the general election every four years thereafter, a district attorney shall be elected in the judicial district for a four-year term, commencing on the second Monday in January next following the election.(c) The district attorney authorized by this section is hereby declared to be an executive officer of the judicial district in which such attorney is elected, with the office constituting a separate entity within the district for administrative purposes. In no event shall the district attorney be deemed an officer of any county.(d) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the district attorney shall take the oath of office required by law for public officers and shall execute a good and sufficient surety bond in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 75-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto.(e) The provisions of K.S.A. 22a-102, 22a-103, 22a-104, 22a-105, 22a-106 and 22a-107, and amendments thereto, shall be applicable to the office of district attorney established by this section.History: L. 1999, ch. 59, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-215 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-215 District coroner; disposition of body of deceased; burial, when; expenses, how paid; penalties.

22a-215. District coroner; disposition of body of deceased; burial, when; expenses, how paid; penalties. (a) The coroner shall cause the body of a deceased person to be delivered to the immediate family or the next of kin of the deceased in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-904, and amendments thereto. If there is no immediate family or next of kin the coroner shall report and make delivery in accordance with the provisions of article 9 of chapter 65 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. If no such delivery is required, the coroner shall cause the body of such deceased person to be cremated or buried. The state or county officer responsible for the final disposition of the deceased person may authorize and order the cremation or burial of such deceased person. Cremation or burial expenses shall be paid from any property found with the body. If there is no property found with the body or if the property is not sufficient to cover such expenses and if the deceased was eligible for assistance under the provisions of article 7 of chapter 39 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, expenses of final disposition shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 39-713d, and amendments thereto. Otherwise, such expenses shall be paid from the county general fund unless the deceased died in the custody of the secretary of corrections. Expenses of final disposition of the unclaimed bodies of deceased inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections shall be paid by the department of corrections.(b) Any coroner who, over the protest of the immediate family or next of kin of the deceased, delivers or causes to be delivered the body of a deceased person for final disposition to a particular embalmer, funeral director or funeral establishment, shall be deemed guilty of a class B nonperson misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall forfeit the coroner's office.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 132; R.S. 1923, 19-1015; L. 1945, ch. 163, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 359, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 148, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 164, § 7; L. 1975, ch. 158, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 214, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 179, § 7; L. 1999, ch. 47, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-227 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-227 Same; annual salaries.

22a-227. Same; annual salaries. The district coroner shall receive an annual salary fixed by the county commissioners of a single-county judicial district or the county commissioners of the county with the largest population in multiple-county judicial districts.History: L. 1963, ch. 166, § 2; L. 1965, ch. 164, § 10; L. 1969, ch. 143, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 175, § 54; L. 1974, ch. 361, § 4; L. 1993, ch. 214, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-228 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-228 Same; travel allowances and expenses; fees, expenses and compensation, how paid; deputy coroners, compensation.

22a-228. Same; travel allowances and expenses; fees, expenses and compensation, how paid; deputy coroners, compensation. (a) Deputy district coroners shall receive a salary or other compensation as may be prescribed by the county commissioners of a single-county judicial district or the county commissioners of the county with the largest population in multiple-county judicial districts.(b) Each coroner and deputy district coroner shall be allowed and paid the allowance prescribed under the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3203a, and amendments thereto, for each mile necessarily and actually traveled in the course of official duties as coroner or deputy district coroner, except that in lieu of such allowance the district coroner and deputy district coroner may receive a monthly car allowance as fixed by the county commissioners of a single-county judicial district or the county commissioners of the county with the largest population in multiple-county judicial districts for the operation of such coroner's car. The amount of the car allowance may be different for the district coroner and the deputy district coroner as specified by the county commissioners of a single-county judicial district or the county commissioners of the county with the largest population in multiple-county judicial districts.(c) The annual salary provided for the district coroner in K.S.A. 22a-227, and amendments thereto, the annual salary or other compensation provided for deputy district coroners under this section, the compensation authorized for a district coroner for holding an inquest in subsection (n) of K.S.A. 22a-230, and amendments thereto, and the other fees and expenses authorized to be paid under this section to coroners and deputy district coroners shall be paid by each of the counties in the judicial district in the proportion that the population of each such county bears to the total population of the judicial district. The board of county commissioners of the county having the largest population of the counties contained in such judicial district shall provide for the payment of such salary, other compensation, fees and expenses from a fund to be set aside by the board of county commissioners and to which each county in the district shall contribute its share of such payments on or before the first day of each month.History: L. 1963, ch. 166, § 3; L. 1965, ch. 164, § 11; L. 1969, ch. 143, § 3; L. 1973, ch. 175, § 55; L. 1974, ch. 361, § 5; L. 1993, ch. 214, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-229 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-229 Same; possession of property in determining cause of death.

22a-229. Same; possession of property in determining cause of death. The district coroner, or his deputy, shall take possession of and retain as long as necessary, any property important in determining the cause of death in any case in which this act required that the coroner be notified, but only such property. When such property is no longer necessary for his investigation, the property shall be put into the possession of the law enforcement authorities having responsibility for the case.History: L. 1963, ch. 166, § 5; Jan. 11, 1965.
KS Stat § 22a-231 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-231 Same; notification of death to coroner or deputy, when; jurisdiction regarding investigation.

22a-231. Same; notification of death to coroner or deputy, when; jurisdiction regarding investigation. When any person dies, or human body is found dead in the state, and the death is suspected to have been the result of violence, caused by unlawful means or by suicide, or by casualty, or suddenly when the decedent was in apparent health, or when decedent was not regularly attended by a licensed physician, or in any suspicious or unusual manner, or when in police custody, or when in a jail or correctional institution, or in any circumstances specified under K.S.A. 22a-242, and amendments thereto, or when the determination of the cause of a death is held to be in the public interest, the coroner or deputy coroner of the county in which the death occurred, if known, or if not known, the coroner or deputy coroner of the county in which such dead body was found, shall be notified by the physician in attendance, by any law enforcement officer, by the embalmer, by any person who is or may in the future be required to notify the coroner or by any other person. The coroner in the county of the cause of death shall decide if an investigation shall take place. If an investigation is authorized by the coroner of the county of cause of death, the coroner in the county of death shall undertake such investigation, with costs to be accounted to and reimbursed by the county of the cause of death. Investigation may include, but is not limited to, obtaining medical and law enforcement background information, examination of the scene of the cause of death, inquest, autopsy, and other duties required of the coroner. If the coroner of the county of the cause of death requests an investigation, the coroner of the county of death shall be responsible for the investigation and the certification of death.History: L. 1963, ch. 166, § 7; L. 1965, ch. 164, § 12; L. 1969, ch. 143, § 5; L. 1988, ch. 103, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 312, § 35; L. 1993, ch. 214, § 6; L. 2000, ch. 54, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-232 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-232 Same; duties; transfer of jurisdiction.

22a-232. Same; duties; transfer of jurisdiction. (a) Upon receipt of notice pursuant to K.S.A. 22a-231, and amendments thereto, the coroner shall take charge of the dead body, make inquiries regarding the cause of death and reduce the findings to a report in writing. Such report shall be filed with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the death occurred if known, or if not known the report shall be filed with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the dead body was found. If the coroner determines that the dead body is not a body described by K.S.A. 22a-231, and amendments thereto, the coroner shall immediately notify the state historical society.(b) If in the opinion of the coroner information is present in the coroner's report that might jeopardize a criminal investigation, the coroner shall file the report with the clerk of the district court of such county and designate such report as a criminal investigation record, pursuant to subsection (a)(10) of K.S.A. 45-221, and amendments thereto.(c) If a death investigation involves multiple jurisdictions, the coroner notified under K.S.A. 22a-231, and amendments thereto, may transfer jurisdiction to another jurisdiction if the coroners of both jurisdictions agree to the transfer.History: L. 1963, ch. 166, § 8; L. 1976, ch. 124, § 4; L. 1989, ch. 234, § 15; L. 1993, ch. 214, § 7; L. 2000, ch. 54, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-235 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-235 Same; records of coroner as evidence; forms.

22a-235. Same; records of coroner as evidence; forms. The records of the coroner filed with the clerk of the district court and other public records of the coroner made by the coroners or by anyone under the direction or supervision and transcripts certified by the coroner shall be received in any court or administrative body in the state as competent evidence of the matters and facts therein contained. All records filed under this section shall be on a form approved by the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation. The records which shall be admissible under this section shall be records of the results of views and examinations of or autopsies upon the bodies of deceased persons by such coroner or by anyone under such coroner's direct supervision or control, and shall not include statements made by witnesses or other persons.History: L. 1963, ch. 166, § 10; L. 1965, ch. 164, § 14; L. 1976, ch. 124, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-236 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-236 Same; witness fees to coroner or deputy in criminal proceedings.

22a-236. Same; witness fees to coroner or deputy in criminal proceedings. Whenever any district coroner or deputy district coroner shall be called upon to testify, by reason of his position as district coroner or deputy district coroner, in any criminal proceeding pending before any of the several courts of this state, such court shall allow the district coroner or deputy district coroner witness fees which are commensurate with such person's professional status. Any such witness fees so allowed shall be taxed as costs in the proceeding.History: L. 1969, ch. 143, § 6; April 25.
KS Stat § 22a-241 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-241 Definitions.

22a-241. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 22a-241 through 22a-244, and amendments thereto:(a) "Child" means a person less than 18 years of age.(b) "Pathologist" means a forensic pathologist, if available. Otherwise, "pathologist" means a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery and qualified to conduct an autopsy.(c) "State review board" means the state child death review board established by K.S.A. 22a-243.(d) "Suspicious circumstances" includes, but is not limited to, abuse or neglect.History: L. 1992, ch. 312, § 31; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-242 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-242 Child death, notification of coroner; autopsy; notification of state review board; notification of parent or guardian; SIDS death; fee for autopsy.

22a-242. Child death, notification of coroner; autopsy; notification of state review board; notification of parent or guardian; SIDS death; fee for autopsy. (a) When a child dies, any law enforcement officer, health care provider or other person having knowledge of the death shall immediately notify the coroner of the known facts concerning the time, place, manner and circumstances of the death. If the notice to the coroner identifies any suspicious circumstances or unknown cause, as described in the protocol developed by the state review board under K.S.A. 22a-243, and amendments thereto, the coroner shall immediately: (1) Investigate the death to determine whether the child's death included any such suspicious circumstance or unknown cause; and (2) direct a pathologist to perform an autopsy.(b) If, after investigation and an autopsy, the coroner determines that the death of a child does not include any suspicious circumstances or unknown cause, as described in the protocol developed by the state review board under K.S.A. 22a-243, and amendments thereto, the coroner shall complete and sign a nonsuspicious child death form.(c) If, after investigation and an autopsy, the coroner determines that the death of a child includes any suspicious circumstance or unknown cause, as described in the protocol developed by the state review board under K.S.A. 22a-243, and amendments thereto, the coroner shall notify, within 30 days, the chairperson of the state review board and shall notify, within 24 hours, the county or district attorney of the county where the death of the child occurred.(d) The coroner shall attempt to notify any parent or legal guardian of the deceased child prior to the performance of an autopsy pursuant to this section and attempt to notify any such parent or legal guardian of the results of the autopsy.(e) A coroner shall not make a determination that the death of a child less than one year of age was caused by sudden infant death syndrome unless an autopsy is performed.(f) The fee for an autopsy performed under this section shall be the usual and reasonable fee and travel allowance authorized under K.S.A. 22a-233, and amendments thereto, and shall be paid from the district coroners fund.History: L. 1992, ch. 312, § 32; L. 1994, ch. 279, § 27; L. 2002, ch. 119, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-245 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-245 District coroners fund; allocations and distributions.

22a-245. District coroners fund; allocations and distributions. (a) There is hereby established in the state treasury the district coroners fund.(b) Moneys in the district coroners fund after the payment of fees for autopsies under subsection (f) of K.S.A. 22a-242, and amendments thereto, shall be allocated and distributed to each county on March 15 of each year based on the number of recorded deaths in the county during the previous calendar year as a ratio of the total number of deaths in this state during the previous calendar year. Such distributions shall be credited to the county general fund to assist in paying for the district coroner's expenses pursuant to chapter 2 of article 22a of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. Moneys in the district coroners fund shall not be allocated and distributed to the county general fund until such time as all outstanding death certificates for the previous calendar year are filed with the state registrar and such certificates contain the final cause of death.(c) Distributions to counties under this act and payments of fees for autopsies under subsection (f) of K.S.A. 22a-242, and amendments thereto, from this fund shall be made upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of health and environment or by a person or persons designated by the secretary of health and environment.History: L. 1993, ch. 214, § 17; L. 2002, ch. 119, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 22a-246 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 22a - District Officers And Employees|Article 2 - District Coroners|22a-246 Evidence taken before body cremated if criminal investigation likely; preservation of records.

22a-246. Evidence taken before body cremated if criminal investigation likely; preservation of records. (a) When the death of a person is a death described in K.S.A. 22a-231, and amendments thereto, and a criminal investigation is or is likely to be conducted regarding the death and the body is to be cremated, the district coroner or the coroner's agent having charge of the body shall cause to be taken such evidence to identify the dead person, including, but not limited to:(1) A forensic dental examination to be made of the body, which examination shall include complete charting, dental x-rays and detailed dental intra-oral photographs;(2) the complete maxillia and mandible of the body to be removed and preserved; or(3) a clear recording or print of the complete ridge structure that may be present on the hands and feet of the body.(b) If a forensic dental examination is made pursuant to subsection (a), the coroner shall cause two copies of the examination records to be made.(c) All records and copies of records of a forensic dental examination or ridge structure print made pursuant to this section, or any maxilliae and mandible removed pursuant to this section, shall be preserved and retained in evidence until all criminal investigations and judicial proceedings that may arise from such death are finally determined.History: L. 1993, ch. 214, § 18; July 1.
KS Stat § 23-2101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised|Article 21 - Prefatory|23-2101 Citation of chapter 23.

23-2101. Citation of chapter 23. The provisions of chapter 23 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall be known as the Kansas family law code.History: L. 2012, ch. 162, § 19; May 31.
KS Stat § 23-2102 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised|Article 21 - Prefatory|23-2102 Kansas family law code; policy.

23-2102. Kansas family law code; policy. The provisions of the Kansas family law code shall be construed to secure the just, speedy, inexpensive and equitable determination of issues in all domestic relations matters.History: L. 2012, ch. 162, § 20; May 31.
KS Stat § 23-2103 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised|Article 21 - Prefatory|23-2103 Same; civil procedure.

23-2103. Same; civil procedure. Procedure under the Kansas family law code shall be governed by the Kansas code of civil procedure, and amendments thereto, except as this code otherwise specifically provides.History: L. 2012, ch. 162, § 21; May 31.
KS Stat § 23-2104 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised|Article 21 - Prefatory|23-2104 Same; evidence.

23-2104. Same; evidence. Evidence under the Kansas family law code shall be governed by the Kansas code of evidence, and amendments thereto, except as this code otherwise specifically provides.History: L. 2012, ch. 162, § 22; May 31.
KS Stat § 23-2105 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised|Article 21 - Prefatory|23-2105 Retroactivity.

23-2105. Retroactivity. The provisions of  K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-2101 through 23-2104, and amendments thereto, shall be construed and applied retroactively.History: L. 2012, ch. 162, § 23; May 31.