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KS Stat § 60-2601a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2601a Computer information storage and retrieval system.

60-2601a. Computer information storage and retrieval system. In any county which has a computer information storage and retrieval system for the use of the clerk of the district court of such county, the records and information required to be maintained in the dockets and journals under the provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 60-2601, and amendments thereto, may, upon order of the supreme court, be maintained in such computer information storage and retrieval system. The clerk of the district court of such county shall be charged with the responsibility of making such records and information maintained in such computer information storage and retrieval system accessible to the public during normal working hours.History: L. 1976, ch. 257, § 2; amended by Supreme Court order dated July 28, 1976; L. 1999, ch. 57, § 54; L. 2011, ch. 96, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-2602 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2602 Duties of sheriff; endorsement of time.

60-2602. Duties of sheriff; endorsement of time. The sheriff shall endorse upon every summons, order of arrest, or for the delivery of property, or of attachment, injunction execution or order of sale, the day and hour it was received by him or her. The sheriff shall execute every summons, order or other process and return the same as required by law.History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2602; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 60-2603 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2603 Deputies.

60-2603. Deputies. Any duty enjoined by this chapter upon a ministerial officer, and any act permitted to be done by such officer, may be performed by his or her lawful deputy as provided by K.S.A. 60-304.History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2603; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 60-2604 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2604 Amercement of officers.

60-2604. Amercement of officers. If any clerk of the district court, sheriff, or other officer willfully refuses, or fails without clearly excusing cause, to discharge or perform a duty imposed upon such clerk, sheriff or other officer under this chapter, or fails to account promptly for any funds or property coming into such clerk, sheriff or other officer's possession in any proceeding under this chapter the court may, on the motion of any injured party and with not less than 14 days' notice, cause such officer to be amerced for the benefit of the injured party in an amount equal to the loss sustained plus 10% and plus reasonable attorneys' fees. Such liability shall also extend to the official bond of the officer.History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2604; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 184; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-2605 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2605 Affirmation in lieu of oath.

60-2605. Affirmation in lieu of oath. Whenever an oath is required by this code, the affirmation of a person, conscientiously opposed to taking an oath, shall have the same effect.History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2605; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 60-2606 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2606 Availability of other relief.

60-2606. Availability of other relief. If a case arises in which an action or proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a substantive right, or the redress or prevention of a wrong, cannot be had under any specific provisions of this chapter or other statutes then the court shall proceed as nearly in conformity with the provisions of this chapter as the circumstances permit to do whatever law and equity and justice require for the protection of the parties.History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2606; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 60-2608 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2608 Effect on pending actions.

60-2608. Effect on pending actions. As to any actions or proceedings commenced prior thereto, the procedures prescribed by this chapter shall apply except that the court in which the same are pending may by order prescribe that an action or proceeding may continue in whole or in part in the manner prescribed by prior law if such prior law would expedite the just and efficient disposition of the particular action or proceeding.History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2608; Jan. 1, 1964.
KS Stat § 60-2609 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2609 Judgments in damage actions for acts or omissions of health care providers; installment or periodic payment of damages; contents and modification of judgment; "health care provider" defined.

60-2609. Judgments in damage actions for acts or omissions of health care providers; installment or periodic payment of damages; contents and modification of judgment; "health care provider" defined. (a) Whenever judgment is entered on a claim in any action for recovery of damages for personal injury or death arising out of the rendering of or the failure to render professional services by any health care provider, the court may include in such judgment a requirement that the damages awarded be paid in whole or in part by installment or periodic payments, and any installment or periodic payment upon becoming due and payable under the terms of any such judgment shall constitute a separate judgment upon which execution may issue. Any judgment ordering any such payments shall specify the amount of each payment, the interval between payments and the number of payments to be paid under the judgment. For good cause shown, the court may modify such judgment with respect to the amount of such payments and the number of payments to be made or the interval between payments, but the total amount of damages awarded by such judgment shall not be subject to modification in any event.(b) As used in this section, "health care provider" means a person licensed to practice any branch of the healing arts, a person who holds a temporary permit to practice any branch of the healing arts or a person engaged in a postgraduate training program approved by the state board of healing arts, a licensed medical care facility, a health maintenance organization, a licensed dentist, a licensed professional nurse, a licensed practical nurse, a licensed optometrist, a licensed podiatrist, a licensed pharmacist, a professional corporation organized pursuant to the professional corporation law of Kansas by persons who are authorized by such law to form such a corporation and who are health care providers as defined by this subsection, a licensed physical therapist or an officer, employee or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of employment or agency.History: L. 1976, ch. 250, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 231, § 7; L. 1988, ch. 246, § 14; L. 2003, ch. 128, § 21; Apr. 1, 2004.
KS Stat § 60-2611 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2611 Civil action to collect on check or order; reasonable attorney fees assessed as costs.

60-2611. Civil action to collect on check or order; reasonable attorney fees assessed as costs. In any civil action to enforce payment of or to collect upon a check, order or draft on any bank, credit union, savings and loan association or depository for the payment of money or its equivalent, payment upon which such instrument has been refused because of insufficient funds or no account, the party prevailing on such cause of action shall be awarded reasonable attorney fees. Such fees shall be assessed by the court as costs against the losing party. The fees shall not be allowed unless the plaintiff offers proof during the trial of such action that prior to the filing of the petition in the action demand for payment of the check, order or draft had been made upon the defendant by first class mail not less than 14 days prior to the filing of such suit.History: L. 1990, ch. 209, § 3; L. 2000, ch. 175, § 6; L. 2004, ch. 176, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-2617 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2617 Sealing or redacting court records; closing a court proceeding; motion; notice; hearing; exceptions.

60-2617. Sealing or redacting court records; closing a court proceeding; motion; notice; hearing; exceptions. (a) In a civil or criminal case, the court, upon the court's own motion, may hold a hearing or any party may request a hearing to seal or redact the court records or to close a court proceeding. Reasonable notice of a hearing to seal or redact court records or to close a court proceeding shall be given to all parties in the case. In a criminal case, reasonable notice of a hearing to seal or redact court records or to close a court proceeding shall also be given to the victim, if ascertainable.(b) After the hearing, the court may order the court files and records in the proceeding, or any part thereof, to be sealed or redacted or the court proceeding closed. If the court grants such an order, before closing proceedings or granting leave to file under seal, the court shall make and enter a written finding of good cause.(c) In granting the order, the court shall recognize that the public has a paramount interest in all that occurs in a case, whether at trial or during discovery and in understanding disputes that are presented to a public forum for resolution.(d) Good cause to close a proceeding or seal or redact records, whether upon the motion of a party, or on the court's own motion, does not exist unless the court makes a finding on the record that there exists an identified safety, property or privacy interest of a litigant or a public or private harm that predominates the case and such interest or harm outweighs the strong public interest in access to the court record and proceedings.(e) Agreement of the parties shall be considered by the court but shall not constitute the sole basis for the sealing or redaction of court records or for closing the court proceeding.(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to proceedings under the revised Kansas code for care of children, K.S.A. 38-2201 et seq., and amendments thereto, the revised Kansas juvenile justice code, K.S.A. 38-2301 et seq., and amendments thereto, the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act, K.S.A. 59-2111 et seq., and amendments thereto, to supreme court rules which allow motions, briefs, opinions and orders of the court to identify parties by initials or by familial relationship or to supreme court rules which require appellate court deliberations to be kept in strict confidence. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the issuance of a protective order pursuant to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 60-226, and amendments thereto.(g) The provisions of this section shall not preclude a court from allowing a settlement which includes a confidentiality clause to be filed under seal where the interests of justice would be served by such settlement being filed under seal.History: L. 2008, ch. 90, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-2618 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 26 - General Provisions|60-2618 Severability.

60-2618. Severability. If any provision or clause of this act* or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of the act, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.History: L. 2014, ch. 84, § 5; July 1.* "This act" means L. 2014, ch. 84.
KS Stat § 60-2801 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 28 - Settlements, Releases Or Statements|60-2801 Settlement or release of liability; limitations; disavowal of agreement.

60-2801. Settlement or release of liability; limitations; disavowal of agreement. (a) Within 14 days of the date of the occurrence causing injury to any person, who either is under the care of a person licensed to practice the healing arts, or is confined to a hospital or sanitarium as a patient, no person whose interest is or may become adverse to the injured person shall:(1) Negotiate or attempt to negotiate a settlement with the injured patient; or(2) obtain or attempt to obtain a general release of liability from the injured patient.(b) Any settlement agreement entered into, any general release of liability or any written statement made by any person who is under the care of a person licensed to practice the healing arts or is confined in a hospital or sanitarium after he or she incurs a personal injury, which is not obtained in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 60-2802, and amendments thereto, may be disavowed by the injured person within 14 days after discharge from the care of any person licensed to practice the healing arts or after release from the hospital or sanitarium, whichever occurs first, and such statement, release or settlement shall not be received in evidence in any court action relating to the injury.History: L. 1972, ch. 236, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 185; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-2802 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 28 - Settlements, Releases Or Statements|60-2802 Same; applicability of act.

60-2802. Same; applicability of act. The provisions of this act relating to settlements, releases and statements obtained from a patient confined in a hospital or sanitarium or being treated by a person licensed to practice the healing arts, shall not apply, if such patient is released from a hospital or sanitarium or released by a person licensed to practice the healing arts, within 14 days of the date of the occurrence causing injury, or if at least seven days prior to obtaining the settlement, release or statement, the injured party has signified in writing the injured party's willingness that a settlement, release or statement be given.History: L. 1972, ch. 236, § 2; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 186; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-2803 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 28 - Settlements, Releases Or Statements|60-2803 Satisfaction and release of judgment; filing, when required.

60-2803. Satisfaction and release of judgment; filing, when required. (a) When a money judgment rendered in a civil action in a court of this state is satisfied, the judgment creditor or the assignee of the judgment creditor shall file satisfaction and release of the judgment within 21 days after receipt of written demand therefor, sent by restricted mail as defined by K.S.A. 60-103, and amendments thereto. Such satisfaction and release shall be filed with the clerk of the court in which the judgment was entered and with the clerk of any other court in which the judgment was filed.(b) If a judgment creditor or the assignee of a judgment creditor refuses or neglects to enter satisfaction and release of a judgment when required by this section, such judgment creditor or assignee shall be liable to the judgment debtor, or other interested person demanding the satisfaction or release, in damages in the amount of $100, together with a reasonable attorney's fee for preparing and prosecuting the action to recover such damages.(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the judgment is satisfied by payment through the office of the clerk of the district court, the district court trustee or any central unit for collection and disbursement of support payments designated pursuant to K.S.A. 39-7,135, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1980, ch. 170, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 195, § 9; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 187; L. 2012, ch. 162, § 81; May 31.
KS Stat § 60-3001 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3001 Foreign judgment, defined.

60-3001. Foreign judgment, defined. As used in this act:(a) "Foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state, except that no judgment of any court in this state shall be a foreign judgment in any other court of this state; and(b) "state" means a state of the United States.History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 199, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 107, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3002 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3002 Filing and status of foreign judgments.

60-3002. Filing and status of foreign judgments. A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of congress, the statutes of this state or certified in accordance with the statutes of the state in which the judgment was rendered, may be filed in the office of the clerk of any district court of this state. Such copy must be filed by an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Kansas. The clerk of the district court shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment filed as provided by this section has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 131, § 15; L. 2000, ch. 107, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3003 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3003 Same; notice of filing.

60-3003. Same; notice of filing. (a) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney shall make and file with the clerk of the district court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment creditor.(b) Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's attorney, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the clerk of the district court and may file proof of mailing with the clerk of the district court.History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 3; L. 2008, ch. 52, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 96, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3004 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3004 Same; stay of enforcement, when.

60-3004. Same; stay of enforcement, when. (a) If the judgment debtor shows the district court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.(b) If the judgment debtor shows the district court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any district court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of K.S.A. 60-2103, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 4; L. 2005, ch. 203, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3005 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3005 Foreign judgment, filing; court fees.

60-3005. Foreign judgment, filing; court fees. Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of the district court a docket fee as prescribed by K.S.A. 60-2001, and amendments thereto. Any additional fees or charges not specifically covered by the docket fee shall be assessed as additional court costs in the same manner and to the same extent as if the action had been originally commenced in the court where the foreign judgment is filed.History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 5; L. 1974, ch. 168, § 8; L. 1982, ch. 116, § 9; L. 1991, ch. 174, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3006 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3006 Same; optional procedure.

60-3006. Same; optional procedure. The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his or her judgment instead of proceeding under this act remains unimpaired.History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3007 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3007 Uniformity of interpretation.

60-3007. Uniformity of interpretation. This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3008 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3008 Citation of act.

60-3008. Citation of act. This act may be cited as the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act.History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3020 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 30 - Recognition Of Judgments|60-3020 Tribal courts; full faith and credit; filing; court fees.

60-3020. Tribal courts; full faith and credit; filing; court fees. (a) Pursuant to rules adopted by the supreme court, the district courts of this state shall extend full faith and credit to the orders, judgments and other judicial acts of the tribal courts of any federally recognized Indian tribe.(b) In adopting rules under subsection (a), the supreme court shall only extend recognition to the judgments of tribal courts that grant full faith and credit to judgments of the courts of the state of Kansas.(c) Any person filing a tribal court judgment shall pay to the clerk of the district court a docket fee as prescribed by K.S.A. 60-2001, and amendments thereto. Any additional fees or charges not specifically covered by the docket fee shall be assessed as additional court costs in the same manner and to the same extent as if the action had been originally commenced in the court where the tribal court judgment is filed.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to be a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the state of Kansas or a waiver of the sovereign immunity of a federally recognized Indian tribe.History: L. 2019, ch. 58, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 60-3101 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 60 - Procedure, Civil|Article 31 - Protection From Abuse Act|60-3101 Citation and construction of act.

60-3101. Citation and construction of act. (a) K.S.A. 60-3101 through 60-3111, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the protection from abuse act.(b) This act shall be liberally construed to promote the protection of victims of domestic violence from bodily injury or threats of bodily injury and to facilitate access to judicial protection for the victims, whether represented by counsel or proceeding pro se.History: L. 1979, ch. 92, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 228, § 1; July 1.