12-4106. Municipal judge; powers and duties.
12-4106
12-4106. Municipal judge; powers and
duties.
(a) The municipal judge shall have the power to administer the oaths and
enforce all orders, rules and judgments made by such municipal judge, and may
fine or imprison for contempt in the same manner and to the same extent as a
judge of the district court.
(b) The municipal judge shall have the power to hear and determine all cases
properly brought before such municipal judge to: Grant continuances; sentence
those found guilty to a fine or confinement in jail, or both; commit accused
persons to jail in default of bond; determine applications for parole; release
on probation; grant time in which a fine may be paid; correct a sentence;
suspend imposition of a sentence; set aside a judgment; permit time for post
trial motions; and discharge accused persons.
(c) The municipal judge shall maintain a docket in which every cause
commenced before such municipal judge shall be entered. Such docket shall
contain the names of the accused persons and complainant, the nature or
character of the offense, the date of trial, the names of all witnesses sworn
and examined, the finding of the court, the judgment and sentence, the date of
payment, the date of issuing commitment, if any, and every other fact necessary
to show the full proceedings in each case.
(d) The municipal judge shall promptly make such reports and furnish the
information requested by any departmental justice or the judicial
administrator, in the manner and form prescribed by the supreme court.
(e) The municipal judge shall ensure that information concerning dispositions
of city ordinance violations that result in convictions comparable to
convictions for class A and B misdemeanors under Kansas criminal statutes is
forwarded to the Kansas bureau of investigation central repository. This
information shall be transmitted, on a form or in a format approved by the
attorney general, within 30 days of final disposition.
(f) The municipal court judge shall ensure that information
concerning persons arrested or charged with a violation of a city
ordinance prohibiting the acts prohibited by K.S.A. 8-1567, and
amendments thereto, is forwarded to the Kansas bureau of
investigation central repository.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4106;
L. 1989, ch. 67, § 1;
L. 1992, ch. 239, § 30;
L. 1993, ch. 291, § 5;
L. 1994, ch. 291, § 7;
L. 2004, ch. 71, § 1;
L. 2009, ch. 107, § 7; July 1.