Kansas Statutes

Chapter 19 COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS

Article 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 19-101. County as corporation; powers generally; home rule.
- 19-101a. Home rule powers; limitations, restrictions and prohibitions; procedure.
- 19-101b. Same; charter resolutions; exemption of county from acts of legislature; procedure; election.
- 19-101c. Same; powers to be liberally construed.
- 19-101d. Enforcement of resolutions; penalties; prosecution in district court; enforcement of county codes and resolutions in certain counties.
- 19-101e. Enforcement of resolutions; costs; witness fees and mileage; disposition of fines and penalties.
- 19-101f. Same; appeals.
- 19-101g
- 19-101h
- 19-101i
- 19-101j
- 19-101k
- 19-101l
- 19-101m
- 19-102. Real and personal property.
- 19-103. Exercise of powers by commissioners.
- 19-104. County buildings.
- 19-105. Title of actions.
- 19-106
- 19-107. Inhabitants as witnesses and jurors.
- 19-108. Court proceedings; judgment against county; security or bond.
- 19-109
- 19-110. Leasing of lands for oil, gas or other minerals; royalty.
- 19-111. Same; bids.
- 19-112. Same; restriction.
- 19-113. Same; proceeds to county general fund.
- 19-114. Claims for services or materials pursuant to statutes afterwards declared void.
- 19-115. Same; county commissioners not liable, when; county cannot recover.
- 19-116. Actions for delinquent taxes when realty transferred to U.S.
- 19-117. Limitations and procedures for exercise of home rule power of taxation or other revenue measures; resolution; notice; referendum; initiative; continuation in effect of tax or other revenue mea
- 19-118
- 19-119. County equipment reserve fund; purpose; investment and transfer of moneys in fund.
- 19-120. Multi-year capital improvement fund; purpose; investment and transfer of moneys in fund.
- 19-121. County service taxing district; procedure for creation; dissolution.
Article 2 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
- 19-201. Commissioner districts; charter counties, exception.
- 19-202. Commissioners; residence requirements; term; filling vacancies; charter counties, exceptions.
- 19-203. Vacancy in office of commissioner, how filled; vacancies created by increase in number of districts, how filled.
- 19-204. Rearrangement of commissioner districts; change in number of districts; approval of electors; limitation on changes; charter counties, exception.
- 19-204a. Change in number of districts, when; procedure if board fails to act.
- 19-204b. Election of Sherman county commissioners at large; when allowed.
- 19-205. Eligibility to office of commissioner; appointment of commissioner to state board.
- 19-206. Meetings of board; monthly meeting in counties over 8,000.
- 19-207
- 19-207a
- 19-208. Allowance of claims monthly.
- 19-209. Meetings of board in counties of over 50,000.
- 19-210
- 19-211. Sale or disposition of county property; public notice; election, when; publication of certain sales; contracts for sale; lease-purchase agreements; exceptions.
- 19-212. Powers of board of commissioners.
- 19-212a. Withholding from salaries to provide for certain insurance for employees, when.
- 19-212b. Same; prior action confirmed.
- 19-212c. Establishment of uniform stationery letterhead; court letterhead approved by district judges.
- 19-212d. Contracts for group insurance for certain county employees; withholding employee contributions.
- 19-212e
- 19-212f. Establishment or participation in weather modification programs; expenditures.
- 19-213
- 19-214. Awarding of certain contracts; public lettings; bond; exemptions.
- 19-215. Same; notice of letting contracts; bids.
- 19-216. Same; plans and specifications for work.
- 19-216a. Contracts for bridges damaged or destroyed by disaster.
- 19-216b. County alternative project delivery building construction procurement act.
- 19-216c. Same; definitions.
- 19-216d. Criteria for use, alternative project delivery.
- 19-216e. Procedure, construction management at-risk.
- 19-216f. Procedure; building design-build projects.
- 19-216g. Proposals; open for public inspection.
- 19-217. New townships; area and population; petition; notice.
- 19-218. Seal of board of commissioners; open meetings; order of business.
- 19-219. Organization of board; chairman, vacancy; charter counties, exception.
- 19-220. Powers and duties of chairman.
- 19-221
- 19-222
- 19-223. Appeals to district court; notice; bond.
- 19-224. Duties of clerk on appeal; procedure.
- 19-225. Supplies for county officers; official seals.
- 19-226. Record of orders.
- 19-227. Annual financial statement; publication.
- 19-228. Statement of expenditures; publication of statement or summary of expenditures and balances.
- 19-229. Control of expenditures.
- 19-230. Plat and record of new or altered township.
- 19-231
- 19-232. Unauthorized fees or costs; action to recover; penalty and attorney's fee.
- 19-233. Violation of law by commissioner; penalty; bond of commissioner, approval, filing.
- 19-234
- 19-235
- 19-236. Emergency expenses; no-fund warrants; tax levies; limitations.
- 19-236a. Civil defense in certain counties; tax levy, use of proceeds.
- 19-237
- 19-238 to 19-240
- 19-241. County charges and expenses; tax levy, use of proceeds.
- 19-242. Unlawful allowances; issuance of warrants or warrant checks for more than allowed.
- 19-243. Violation of 19-241, 19-242 or failure to perform duties; penalty.
- 19-244
- 19-245
- 19-246
- 19-247. Duties of county counselor.
- 19-248. Effect of act on office of county attorney.
- 19-249
- 19-249a
- 19-249b
- 19-250. Reproduction and preservation of public records, other than court records; minimum standards.
- 19-251. Same; equipment and facilities; operation.
- 19-252. Same; deemed original record; evidence; transcript.
- 19-253
- 19-254
- 19-255
- 19-256
- 19-257, 19-258
- 19-259, 19-260
- 19-260a. Appointment of purchasing officer in Johnson and Sedgwick counties; compensation, clerk hire, expenses; bond.
- 19-260b. Same; duties; supplies and equipment; contracts; report; requisition for purchases; small purchases; bids.
- 19-261
- 19-262
- 19-263
- 19-263a
- 19-263b
- 19-264. Counties over 150,000; petty cash funds, limitation; uses.
- 19-265. Same; expenditure limitations; fund for redemption of unsold fish and game licenses.
- 19-266. Same; monthly statement of payments from fund to county clerk; restoration.
- 19-267. Same; maintenance in cash; number of funds authorized; instructions, reconciling entries; withdrawal of authority.
- 19-268. Pay periods for county employees.
- 19-269. Powers of board of commissioners; travel policy; advancement of expenses.
- 19-270. Special benefit districts; creation or enlargement; approval of board of county commissioners, required.
Article 3 COUNTY CLERK
- 19-301. County clerk; election, term, bond.
- 19-302. Deputies and assistants; duties; bond; acting as county treasurer prohibited; meetings and seminars; budget; limitation on personnel policies and practices.
- 19-303. Vacancy in office of county clerk, how filled.
- 19-304. Duties of county clerk.
- 19-305. Records and accounts.
- 19-306. Claims allowed, record; fees for certified copies of any record.
- 19-307
- 19-308. Limitation on accounts against county.
- 19-309. Certification of names and boundaries of townships.
- 19-310. Road record; prima facie evidence.
- 19-311. Record of receipts, expenditures and accounts.
- 19-312. Account with county treasurer; charges and credits.
- 19-313. Separate statement of different funds.
- 19-314
- 19-315. Apportionment of special assessments when property outside cities subdivided.
- 19-317
- 19-318. Orders upon treasurer for money collected; credit to treasurer for orders paid.
- 19-319
- 19-320. Unclaimed warrants; cancellation.
- 19-321. Oaths, affirmations and acknowledgments.
- 19-322. Recording farm names; fees.
- 19-323. Biennial list of county officers, their signatures and imprint of seals to secretary of state; vacancies; penalty for failure.
- 19-324. Blanks for such lists.
- 19-325
- 19-326
- 19-327
Article 3a COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR
- 19-3a01. Administrator of Wyandotte county; elected.
- 19-3a02. County administrator; procedure to establish office.
- 19-3a03. Same; appointment.
- 19-3a04. Same; powers and duties.
Article 4 COUNTY APPRAISER
- 19-401
- 19-402
- 19-403 to 19-405
- 19-406, 19-407
- 19-408
- 19-409
- 19-410
- 19-411
- 19-412
- 19-413 to 19-416
- 19-417
- 19-418, 19-419
- 19-420
- 19-421 to 19-424
- 19-425. County or district appraisers; powers and duties; assessor construed to mean appraiser; deputy appraisers and specialized help; office space.
- 19-426. Same; transfer of powers, property and records of office; no assessor elected after June 1, 1976.
- 19-427
- 19-428. Appraisal districts; appraisers, appointment and compensation; dissolution of district; agreements governing district; meetings of board.
- 19-429
- 19-430. County appraiser; appointment, term and qualifications; vacancies.
- 19-431. Same; suspension or termination of officer; hearing; determination and order by director of property valuation or state court of tax appeals; removal of officer and filling of vacancy.
- 19-432. Same; list of persons eligible for appointment; qualifications; training courses; continuing education required to retain certified status.
- 19-433. Same; oath of office.
- 19-434. Same; salary.
- 19-435. Same; expense and travel allowances.
- 19-436. Same; costs of complying with act; tax levy.
Article 5 COUNTY TREASURER
- 19-501. County treasurer; election, term, bond.
- 19-501a
- 19-502. Condition of bond.
- 19-502a. Purchase of burglary insurance authorized; premium payment.
- 19-502b. Surety bonds for deputies and employees; filing, approval, cost.
- 19-503. Deputy treasurers, duties; meetings and seminars; budget; limitation of personnel action.
- 19-504. Vacancy in office of county treasurer, how filled.
- 19-505. Persons ineligible to hold office.
- 19-506. Duty to receive and disburse moneys; refusal to submit to surprise cash count unlawful, grounds for ouster.
- 19-506a. Revenues from national wildlife refuge system; distribution; use.
- 19-506b. Surprise cash count; required annually in certain counties.
- 19-507. Accounts of receipts and expenditures; inspection of books; October settlement.
- 19-508. Settlement of affairs of political divisions; receipts and vouchers.
- 19-508a. Financial reports to cities.
- 19-508b. Financial reports to school districts; copies to state board of education.
- 19-509. Warrants; payment and redemption; received in payment of taxes.
- 19-510. Endorsement on county orders.
- 19-510a. Payment into county treasury; receipt from county treasurer.
- 19-511. Duplicate receipts.
- 19-512. Treasurer not to act as county clerk or deputy.
- 19-513. Delivery of books, papers and moneys to successor; penalty for failure.
- 19-514. Discount of warrants unlawful; penalty.
- 19-515. Collector of taxes.
- 19-516. Statement of tax of persons so requesting.
- 19-517. Same; fee for notifying person of amount of taxes or for accepting payment through mail.
- 19-518. Same; cancellation of tax receipt where check not paid.
- 19-519. Same; penalty.
- 19-520. Quarterly statements.
- 19-521. Same; verification; penalty for perjury.
- 19-522
- 19-523
- 19-524. Same; publication and posting of statement.
- 19-525. Same; penalty for failure to make and publish statement; action.
- 19-526
- 19-527
- 19-528
- 19-529
- 19-530
- 19-531. Duplicate ticket of deposit; statement of amount of money sent to fiscal agent.
- 19-532. Charging bank with money deposited and fiscal agent with money transmitted and crediting treasurer with such amounts.
- 19-533. Monthly statement by fiscal agent.
- 19-534. Checks or drafts on banks; purpose; countersignature of county clerk of counties of less than 40,000.
- 19-535. Duties of county clerk as to checks and drafts.
- 19-536
- 19-537. Penalty for violating 19-531 to 19-537.
- 19-538
- 19-539
- 19-540
- 19-541
- 19-542 to 19-546
- 19-547. Publication of delinquent personal property tax statements; costs, payment and collection.
- 19-548. Same; failure to publish statement; fine.
Article 6 COUNTY AUDITOR
- 19-601. County auditor; appointment in counties between 40,000 and 60,000; term; removal.
- 19-602. Surety bond.
- 19-603. Oath of office.
- 19-604. Records; office.
- 19-605. Audit and record of claims against county.
- 19-606. Certification of claims to county clerk.
- 19-607. What claims allowed.
- 19-608. Action on audit by county commissioners; appeal.
- 19-609. Abstract of auditor's report; publication.
- 19-610
- 19-611
- 19-612. Annual report of auditor; estimates.
- 19-613. Payment of claims allowed by board.
- 19-614. Penalty for corruptly allowing claim.
- 19-615. Claim not to be sued on until disallowed.
- 19-616. Examination of treasurer's accounts; report to board.
- 19-617. Quarterly statement by sheriffs.
- 19-618. Failure of such officers to make reports or turn over moneys.
- 19-619. Reaudit of claims; examination of settlements of treasurer.
- 19-620. Appointment of auditor in counties between 80,000 and 300,000; term; removal.
- 19-621. Same; bond.
- 19-622. Audit of claims; duties of county clerk.
- 19-623. Same; certification of audit to county clerk; fiscal and accounting records; annual report; budget.
- 19-624. Examination of accounts and settlements of county treasurer.
- 19-625. Reports of county officers.
- 19-626. Salary of auditor.
- 19-627. Provisions of act providing for auditor in counties of over 40,000 applicable.
- 19-628, 19-629
- 19-630. County auditor in counties over 300,000; appointment; qualifications.
- 19-631. Same; bond, conditions; premium.
- 19-632. Same; duties.
Article 6a COUNTY CONTROLLER
- 19-6a01
- 19-6a02. County controller; bond, conditions; premium.
- 19-6a03. Same; duties of controller.
- 19-6a04. Same; compensation; expenditures.
Article 7 COUNTY ATTORNEY
- 19-701. County attorney; election, term, bond; qualifications.
- 19-702. Duties; representation of county hospital not required.
- 19-703. Same; appearances on behalf of state.
- 19-704. Same; opinions and advice to county; opinions or advice to county hospital not required.
- 19-705. Fees, when; representation of adverse interests; holding other office.
- 19-706
- 19-706a
- 19-706b. Deputies and assistants in counties of not more than 100,000; powers, duties and compensation; expenses and automobile purchase, lease, expenses and allowances.
- 19-707
- 19-708
- 19-709
- 19-709a
- 19-710
- 19-711. Absence or disability; appointment by court.
- 19-712. Duplicate receipts for money received.
- 19-713. Duties in connection with grand jury.
- 19-714. Measures for conviction of election or license offenders.
- 19-715. Vacancy in office.
- 19-716. Claims and accounts; duties of county attorney or assistant or county counselor in certain counties.
- 19-717. Prosecuting witness may employ assistant attorney; dismissal of action in such cases, when.
- 19-718
- 19-719
- 19-720
- 19-721
- 19-722
- 19-723. County commissioners authorized to hire additional counsel; when.
- 19-724. Exhumation of bodies; application.
Article 8 SHERIFF
- 19-801
- 19-801a. Sheriff; election, term, bond.
- 19-801b. Qualifications for office; attendance at law enforcement center required; exception; status and salary while in attendance.
- 19-801c. Eligibility of sheriffs holding office on July 1, 1972, for nomination and election.
- 19-802. Condition of such bond.
- 19-803. Appointment of undersheriff.
- 19-804. Vacancy in office of sheriff, how filled; duties and liabilities of undersheriff.
- 19-804a. Exercise of functions of sheriff by county clerk, when.
- 19-805. Deputies and undersheriffs; duties; meetings and seminars; budget; limitation of personnel action.
- 19-805a. Special deputies; appointment, revocation; bonds.
- 19-805b. Same; authority of special deputies.
- 19-805c. Same; act extends appointing power.
- 19-806, 19-807
- 19-807a, 19-807b
- 19-807c
- 19-807d. Sheriff's deputies for police protection in certain townships; agreements; contributions by townships; tax levies.
- 19-808, 19-809
- 19-810. Appointment of undersheriff or deputy to be in writing; revocation.
- 19-811. Charge and custody of jail; liability for acts.
- 19-812. Process, writs, precepts and orders; court attendance; fees.
- 19-812a. Montgomery county; duties of sheriff.
- 19-812b. Neosho county; duties of sheriff.
- 19-813. Preservation of peace.
- 19-814. What sheriff shall deliver to successor.
- 19-815. Writs in hand on expiration of term or removal.
- 19-816. Default or misconduct of deputy after death, resignation or removal of sheriff.
- 19-817. Action for default or misconduct of sheriff or deputy.
- 19-818. Service of paper on sheriff.
- 19-819
- 19-820. Default as to writ or process; penalties.
- 19-821. Demanding or receiving illegal fees; penalties.
- 19-822. Uniforms and display of badges by sheriff and deputies; requirements; exceptions.
- 19-823. Same; allowance for uniform expense in counties under 200,000.
- 19-824. Uniforms.
- 19-825. Office of sheriff vacated when prisoner taken and lynched; reinstatement.
- 19-826. Fingerprinting of sheriff and candidates for office of sheriff; exception; fingerprints forwarded to K.B.I. for background investigation; cost.
- 19-827. Payment for services provided by certain special deputies.
- 19-828. Multijurisdictional law enforcement group.
Article 9 MATRON FOR COUNTY JAIL
- 19-901. Appointment of matron; compensation and duties.
- 19-902. Authority of matron; removal.
- 19-903. Quarters.
- 19-904. Duties of matron.
- 19-905
Article 11 PROBATE JUDGE
- 19-1101
- 19-1102
- 19-1103
- 19-1104. Public administrator, Wyandotte county.
Article 12 REGISTER OF DEEDS
- 19-1201. Register of deeds; election, term, bond.
- 19-1202. Deputy registers of deeds; duties; meetings and seminars; budget; limitation of personnel action.
- 19-1203. Vacancy in office of register of deeds, how filled.
- 19-1204. Custody and recording of documents.
- 19-1205. General indexes; entries; notation of discharge or release of instruments.
- 19-1206. Receiving books; entries.
- 19-1207. Record of plats and index; payment of fee, tax receipt required for recording.
- 19-1208
- 19-1209. Numerical index, when.
- 19-1210. Entries to be made in numerical index.
- 19-1211. Previous transfers first entered in numerical index.
- 19-1212
- 19-1213. Comparison of instrument with record.
- 19-1214
- 19-1215. Same; penalty.
- 19-1216. Records destroyed or made illegible by fire or casualty.
- 19-1217. Same; reindexing and re-recording without charge.
- 19-1218. Same; certification of information as to illegible, damaged or destroyed records; fee.
- 19-1219. Same; publication service on certain persons in certain actions; judgment.
Article 14 COUNTY SURVEYOR OR ENGINEER
- 19-1401
- 19-1402. Deputies; liability for acts.
- 19-1403. County engineer as surveyor, when; qualifications, powers and duties of county surveyor.
- 19-1403a
- 19-1404. Neglect or misconduct of surveyor or deputies; suit on bond.
- 19-1405. Surveys for use in court; administration of oath; testimony of witnesses.
- 19-1406
- 19-1407. Records of surveyor.
- 19-1408
- 19-1409. Method of subdividing sections into quarter sections.
- 19-1410
- 19-1411. Establishment of center corners and quarter-section corners of sections closing on a parallel or base line.
- 19-1412. Re-establishment of missing corners.
- 19-1413. Molesting or threatening surveyor; penalty.
- 19-1414. Survey as evidence.
- 19-1415. Copies of plats and field notes.
- 19-1416. Oath before commencing road survey.
- 19-1417. Chainmen, markers, flagmen, rodmen; compensation.
- 19-1418. Plats and field notes of the original federal surveys.
- 19-1419. Taking evidence on survey.
- 19-1420. Record of road survey; descriptions of real estate; surveys generally; road work; civil engineer.
- 19-1421. Calculations of irregular tract of land; variations of magnetic needle from true meridian.
- 19-1422. Rules to be observed in resurvey under authority of the United States.
- 19-1423. Procedure to establish corners and boundaries; notice, costs.
- 19-1424. Waiver of service; when publication service complete.
- 19-1425. When survey to be made; testimony of witnesses.
- 19-1426. Appeal from report of survey; recordation of survey.
- 19-1427
- 19-1428. Survey affecting county line; notice; appeal.
- 19-1429
- 19-1430. Protection of cornerstones and monuments.
- 19-1431
- 19-1432. Resetting cornerstone; record of proceedings; costs.
- 19-1433
Article 15 COUNTY BUILDINGS
- 19-1501
- 19-1502
- 19-1502a
- 19-1503
- 19-1504
- 19-1505
- 19-1505a
- 19-1505b
- 19-1505c
- 19-1505d. Validation of certain proceedings and bonds for county buildings.
- 19-1506
- 19-1507
- 19-1508
- 19-1509
- 19-1510. Courthouses in counties over 110,000; exceptions; bonds.
- 19-1511. Same; plans and specifications; bids; contracts; bond of contractor; time for action to restrain.
- 19-1512. Same; bonds; levies.
- 19-1513. Courthouse, county 120,000 or over.
- 19-1514
- 19-1515
- 19-1516 to 19-1518
- 19-1519
- 19-1520
- 19-1521
- 19-1522
- 19-1523
- 19-1524
- 19-1525
- 19-1526
- 19-1527
- 19-1528
- 19-1529 to 19-1531
- 19-1532, 19-1533
- 19-1534
- 19-1534a
- 19-1534b
- 19-1535
- 19-1535a, 19-1535b
- 19-1536
- 19-1537 to 19-1539
- 19-1540
- 19-1541
- 19-1542, 19-1543
- 19-1544. Exchange of courthouse property for fairgrounds.
- 19-1545. Same; deed.
- 19-1546. Same; lease.
- 19-1547. Free fairs on grounds exchanged for unused courthouse property; tax levy, use of proceeds.
- 19-1548, 19-1549
- 19-1550 to 19-1556
- 19-1557
- 19-1558
- 19-1559, 19-1560
- 19-1561. 4-H clubs; site, buildings, equipment; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required; condemnation proceedings.
- 19-1561a. Same; donations.
- 19-1561b. Same; additional equipment, repair of buildings; premiums and rewards; tax levy, use of proceeds; report to county of premiums and rewards awarded.
- 19-1561c. Control and management of buildings; appointment of board; terms.
- 19-1561d. Tax levies voted under 19-1561.
- 19-1561e. Same; no-fund warrants; limitation; payment; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.
- 19-1561f. Same; maximum levies not made.
- 19-1561g. Same; no-fund warrants for certain expenditures; limitation; redemption.
- 19-1561h
- 19-1562. Validation of certain county jail bonds.
- 19-1563
- 19-1564
- 19-1565
- 19-1566 to 19-1568
- 19-1569
- 19-1570
- 19-1571
- 19-1572
- 19-1572a
- 19-1572b
- 19-1572c. Construction of courthouse or jail in certain counties; enlarging or remodeling; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election.
- 19-1572d. Same; contracts; issuance of bonds, when.
- 19-1573. Courthouses in certain counties; remodeling, refurnishing; tax levy, use of proceeds.
- 19-1574. Tax levies for courthouse fund in certain counties; warrants.
- 19-1575, 19-1576
- 19-1576a. Sale of certain property in certain counties under 10,000.
- 19-1576b. Same; resolution; appraisal; disposition of proceeds.
- 19-1577. Bonds for combination courthouse and memorial building or courthouse, jail and memorial building in certain counties; election.
- 19-1578. Same; management; trustees.
- 19-1579. Certain counties under 5,000; courthouse, jail or sheriff quarters.
- 19-1580. Same; bonds; election.
- 19-1581. Certain counties between 12,000 and 13,000.
- 19-1582. Same; warrants for improving courthouse.
- 19-1583. Same; tax levies to pay warrants; surplus funds.
- 19-1584. Same; cash basis and budget laws not to apply.
- 19-1585. Certain counties over 50,000; additional bonds for site and the building and equipping of courthouse or jail; resolution.
- 19-1586. Same; site at place other than county seat; contracts; limitation; resolution.
- 19-1587. Same; bond election.
- 19-1588. Same; federal or state aid; issuance and retirement of bonds.
- 19-1589
- 19-1589a
- 19-1590. Counties between 50,000 and 80,000; bonds for courthouse improvements, acquisition of sites, additions, equipment and maintenance.
- 19-1591
- 19-1592, 19-1593
- 19-1594. Counties over 175,000; repairs and improvements to county buildings; replacing of equipment; plan; limitation; resolution; publication; bonds; election, when.
- 19-1595. Same; issuance of bonds; limitations.
- 19-1596. Counties acquiring voting machines; building for storing and servicing and for other uses; resolution; plans and specifications; acquisition of site; costs; bonds.
- 19-1597. Same; publication of resolution; bids; protest petition; election.
- 19-1598. Same; bond requirements; outside debt limitations.
- 19-1599. Improvement of courthouse property in counties over 250,000; leasing of old site, conditions.
- 19-15,100. Same; preliminary plan; resolution; survey and cost estimate; improvements, laws applicable.
- 19-15,101. Same; costs; no-fund warrants authorized; limitations; tax levies.
- 19-15,102. No-fund warrants for additional revenue for construction, repair and equipment of courthouse or courthouse and jail in counties between 35,000 and 40,000.
- 19-15,103. Same; tax levies to pay warrants; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.
- 19-15,104. Same; application of act.
- 19-15,105. No-fund warrants for courthouse funds in certain counties between 10,000 and 13,000; limitation; conditions.
- 19-15,106. Same; tax levies to pay; cash basis and budget laws inapplicable.
- 19-15,107. Purchase of abandoned U.S. post office building for county office space; resolution; limitation; bonds for remodeling and equipping.
- 19-15,108. Urban area counties; acquisition of sites for county buildings, parking and improvements; bonds, limitation.
- 19-15,109. Same; resolution; protest petition; election.
- 19-15,110. Same; disposition of improvements on acquired sites.
- 19-15,111. Same; bond provisions.
- 19-15,112, 19-15,113
- 19-15,114. County public buildings; definitions.
- 19-15,115. Same; acquisition and construction; improvements; exercise of authority jointly with other municipalities.
- 19-15,116. Same; financing of costs; issuance of bonds, procedure; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election; no-fund warrants.
- 19-15,117. Same; lease of buildings, when; terms and conditions.
- 19-15,118. Same; sale of building and site; terms; use of moneys.
- 19-15,119
- 19-15,120. Counties designated urban areas; acquisition of building sites; general obligation bonds; limitations.
- 19-15,121. Same; court rooms and facilities; general obligation bonds; limitations.
- 19-15,122. Same; general obligation bonds; resolution; publication; petition; election.
- 19-15,123. Additional courtrooms and facilities for probate and juvenile matters in counties over 300,000; no-fund warrants or general obligation bonds; tax levies.
- 19-15,124. Courthouses and jails in certain counties; site and building; tax levy, use of proceeds.
- 19-15,125. Same; use of proceeds from tax levies and sale of bonds.
- 19-15,126. Same; general obligation bonds; issuance where authorized prior to repeal of authorizing statute; limitations.
- 19-15,127. Same; issuance of general obligation bonds where formerly authorized by supplemental resolution; outside bond debt limitation.
- 19-15,128. Same; issuance of general obligation bonds where special tax levy authorized under former law; limitations; validation of certain levies; election.
- 19-15,129 to 19-15,131
- 19-15,132
- 19-15,133, 19-15,134
- 19-15,135. Sale of county farm or home property in certain counties between 35,000 and 50,000; election.
- 19-15,136. Same; disposition of moneys received; use; budget law inapplicable.
- 19-15,137. Transfer of balance in certain fund to special county hospital and home for aged fund in certain counties between 3,600 and 4,500 authorized.
- 19-15,138. Issuance of bonds for remodeling and restoration of courthouses in certain counties.
- 19-15,138a. Bonds issued for construction and furnishing of jail and law enforcement center in certain counties exempt from limitations on bonded indebtedness.
- 19-15,139. Civic centers in certain counties; acquisition, construction, operation.
- 19-15,140. Same; general obligation bonds; election.
- 19-15,141. Same; bonds not subject to debt limitations, exception.
- 19-15,142. Coliseums in certain counties; operation and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election.
- 19-15,143. Bond limitation exemption; Geary county jail and law enforcement center.
- 19-15,144. Shawnee county jail; issuance of bonds to finance purchase of land and certain improvements, furnishing and equipping.
Article 16 COUNTY SEATS
- 19-1601. Location or removal of county seat, when; petition; order for election.
- 19-1601a. Office at place other than county seat; validation.
- 19-1601b. Same; deputy or clerks; compensation; additional compensation to county officer.
- 19-1602. Election for relocation of county seat, when; petition; registration.
- 19-1603. Estimate of value of lots.
- 19-1604. Determination of legal electors.
- 19-1605. When election held; notices.
- 19-1606. Canvass of first election.
- 19-1607. Second election.
- 19-1608. Canvass of second election.
- 19-1609. Removal to new county seat; time; penalty for failure.
- 19-1610. How elections conducted.
- 19-1611. Days for elections.
- 19-1612. Ballots at elections.
- 19-1613. Board of registry.
- 19-1614. Register.
- 19-1615. Appointment of judges; new precincts.
- 19-1616. Revision of register.
- 19-1617. Proceedings and hearings of board.
- 19-1618. Names to be erased or placed on list; false information; oaths.
- 19-1619. Copies of register; vote of certain persons not received; challenges.
- 19-1620. Duties of clerks of election; penalties.
- 19-1621. Poll books and register filed with county clerk.
- 19-1622. Board may appoint clerk.
- 19-1623. Registers open to inspection.
- 19-1624. Compensation of members of board and clerks.
- 19-1625. Board to preserve order; vacancies.
- 19-1626. Falsely registering or swearing; penalties; register blanks.
- 19-1627. Register used at subsequent election.
- 19-1628. Construction of act.
- 19-1629. Judges of election appointed by county commissioners.
- 19-1630. Application of 19-1613 to 19-1629 to county-seat elections.
Article 17 FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
- 19-1701 to 19-1712
Article 18 HOSPITALS
- 19-1801
- 19-1801a
- 19-1801b
- 19-1802
- 19-1803
- 19-1804
- 19-1805
- 19-1806 to 19-1808
- 19-1809
- 19-1810, 19-1811
- 19-1812
- 19-1813 to 19-1815
- 19-1815a
- 19-1815b
- 19-1815c
- 19-1815d
- 19-1815e
- 19-1816 to 19-1820
- 19-1820a
- 19-1820b, 19-1820c
- 19-1821 to 19-1826
- 19-1827
- 19-1828
- 19-1829 to 19-1835
- 19-1836
- 19-1837
- 19-1838 to 19-1845
- 19-1846
- 19-1847
- 19-1848
- 19-1848a
- 19-1849 to 19-1852
- 19-1853
- 19-1854, 19-1855
- 19-1856
- 19-1856a
- 19-1856b
- 19-1856c
- 19-1857 to 19-1859
- 19-1860
- 19-1860a
- 19-1860b
- 19-1860c to 19-1860h
- 19-1860i
- 19-1860j. Hospitals in certain counties over 125,000; sale of hospital to state.
- 19-1860k. Same; abolishment of board of trustees; transfer of moneys, records and property.
- 19-1860l. Same; lease of hospital to board of regents; terms and conditions; approval by attorney general.
- 19-1861
- 19-1862
- 19-1863
- 19-1863a
- 19-1863b to 19-1863d
- 19-1864
- 19-1865
- 19-1866, 19-1867
- 19-1868
- 19-1869
- 19-1869a
- 19-1870
- 19-1871 to 19-1873
- 19-1874 to 19-1877
- 19-1878
- 19-1879, 19-1880
- 19-1881, 19-1882
- 19-1883, 19-1884
- 19-1885
- 19-1886
- 19-1887
- 19-1888
- 19-1889
- 19-1890
- 19-1890a
- 19-1890b
- 19-1890c
- 19-1890d
- 19-1891
- 19-1892
- 19-1893
- 19-1894
- 19-1895 to 19-1897
- 19-1898
- 19-1899
- 19-18,100
- 19-18,101
- 19-18,102 to 19-18,115
- 19-18,116
- 19-18,117, 19-18,118
- 19-18,119
- 19-18,120
- 19-18,121, 19-18,122
- 19-18,123
- 19-18,124 to 19-18,127
- 19-18,128
- 19-18,129
- 19-18,130, 19-18,131
- 19-18,132
- 19-18,133, 19-18,134
Article 18a HOSPITAL DISTRICT IN JOHNSON COUNTY
- 19-18a01 to 19-18a32
- 19-18a33
- 19-18a34 to 19-18a39
Article 19 JAILS
- 19-1901. Jail at county seat.
- 19-1902
- 19-1903. Sheriff to keep jail; separation of sexes; meals and fuel for prisoners.
- 19-1904. Calendar.
- 19-1905. Copies of calendar for judges.
- 19-1906. Bibles for prisoners; ministers to have access to jail.
- 19-1907. Intoxicating liquors; penalty.
- 19-1908. Same; penalty for others furnishing liquor.
- 19-1909. Cost of keeping civil prisoner.
- 19-1910. Cost of keeping prisoner under criminal process; costs paid by the state; reimbursement from prisoner.
- 19-1911. Process.
- 19-1912. Preservation of same.
- 19-1913. Delivery thereof to successor of officers.
- 19-1914. Escape of prisoner confined on civil process; liability of sheriff.
- 19-1915. Judgment for escape satisfied by recommitment; costs.
- 19-1916. Prisoner sent to jail of nearest county.
- 19-1917. Fugitives from other states; compensation for custody.
- 19-1918
- 19-1919. Treatment of prisoners; juvenile prisoners; visits of parents and friends.
- 19-1920
- 19-1921
- 19-1922
- 19-1923. Jails in certain areas other than county seat; cooperation by city.
- 19-1924. Sale of old jail or jailer's residence; procedure; construction of new.
- 19-1925. Same; appraisement.
- 19-1927. Abandoned jail and site; sale; conveyance to historical society, when; conditions.
- 19-1928. Same; deed.
- 19-1928a. Same; use of funds derived from sale.
- 19-1929. Commitment of prisoners in city jails in counties not having a sufficient jail.
- 19-1930. County jails; U.S. prisoners, city prisoners and inmates on parole or conditional release; compensation for maintenance; payments by inmates to defray maintenance cost; Sedgwick county, tax l
- 19-1931. Jail facilities in certain counties; issuance of bonds; election; debt limitations inapplicable.
- 19-1932. Same; authority of board not limited; means of site acquisition.
- 19-1933. Chase county jail; transfer of property from public building commission; duties of county commissioners.
- 19-1934. Same; financing of jail; bonds.
- 19-1935. Death of prisoner in custody of city or county; investigation by Kansas bureau of investigation.
Article 20 MUNICIPAL FARM HOMES
- 19-2001 to 19-2009
- 19-2010
Article 21 HOMES FOR THE AGED
- 19-2101
- 19-2102 to 19-2104
- 19-2105
- 19-2106. Homes for the aged; definition; establishment, procedure; tax levy, use of proceeds; issuance of bonds; election required; designation of infirmary or county home as home for the aged.
- 19-2106a. Same; maintenance and repair; tax levy, use of proceeds; special fund.
- 19-2106b. Same; enlargement of homes or additional homes; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election; no-fund warrants; issuance of bonds.
- 19-2106c. Use of proceeds of certain bonds issued for homes for aged in certain counties in conjunction with bonds hereafter issued or with sinking funds established to provide home for aged.
- 19-2106d. Use of proceeds of certain bonds for county nursing home facility.
- 19-2106e. Homes for the aged in certain counties; operation; tax levy, use of proceeds; protest petition and election.
- 19-2106f. Same; no-fund warrants in counties unable to levy tax for 1972 operation.
- 19-2107. Homes for the aged; elections under 19-2106; notice; ballots; tax levies; collection; fund.
- 19-2108. Same; acquisition of site; contracts; plans and specifications; bids.
- 19-2109. Same; eminent domain.
- 19-2110. Same; supervision of operation; compensation; rules and regulations; administrator and employees.
- 19-2111. Same; acceptance of property or funds by commissioners; uses of.
- 19-2112. Same; lease or rental, when; resolution.
- 19-2113. Same; sale of county farm; infirmary or home; resolution or petition; election; ballot.
- 19-2113a. Same; reservation of minerals or mineral rights upon sale of county farm, when.
- 19-2114. Same; notice; manner of conducting sale.
- 19-2115. Same; use of moneys received from sale of county farm.
- 19-2116. Same; special fund; use.
- 19-2117. Certain counties between 30,000 and 40,000; warrants for home for aged; limitations.
- 19-2118. Homes for the aged; acceptance of federal funds; uses.
- 19-2119. Same; sale of county infirmary or home; use of funds.
- 19-2120. County homes for aged in counties under 3,000 and certain counties between 5,400 and 6,000; use of certain funds.
- 19-2121. Same; fund not subject to budget law.
- 19-2122. Homes for the aged in certain counties; operation; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required.
- 19-2123. Homes for aged; revenue bonds for acquisition of site, construction, equipping and furnishing addition; resolution, publication.
- 19-2124. Same; pledge of revenues and proceeds of gifts or bequests; covenants; bond and reserve funds; payment of cost of operation and maintenance.
- 19-2125. Same; revenue bonds not indebtedness of county, home for aged or county commissioners.
- 19-2126. Same; revenue bonds negotiable instruments; interest rate; not registered with state treasurer.
- 19-2127. Same; covenants and agreements to insure payment of revenue bonds and effect purposes of act; rules and regulations and fees and charges for use of home.
- 19-2128. Same; use and disposition of proceeds from sale of revenue bonds; county commissioners authorized to contract for construction, furnishing and equipping home.
- 19-2129. Same; interest on revenue bonds, tax exemption.
- 19-2130. Same; investments in revenue bonds authorized; bonds approved as collateral security.
Article 22 LICENSES
- 19-2201. Itinerant vendors of drugs or appliances; fee.
- 19-2202. Same; penalties.
- 19-2203. Same; disposition of moneys.
- 19-2204. Same; exemptions unaffected.
- 19-2205. Peddlers outside cities; annual taxes; exemptions.
- 19-2206. Same; license; where effective.
- 19-2207. Same; penalties; costs.
- 19-2208. Same; disposition of moneys.
- 19-2209. Same; construction.
- 19-2210
- 19-2211
- 19-2212, 19-2213
- 19-2214
- 19-2215
- 19-2216 to 19-2219
- 19-2220
- 19-2221 to 19-2225
- 19-2226, 19-2227
- 19-2228
- 19-2229
- 19-2230
- 19-2231. Citation of act.
- 19-2232. Definitions.
- 19-2233. Exemptions from act.
- 19-2234. Noncompliance with act unlawful.
- 19-2235. Application for license; filing; information required.
- 19-2236. License application and certificate forms; duty of county clerk.
- 19-2237. Registered agent; designation of; duties of county clerk; service of process, notice or demand.
- 19-2238. License fee; bond requirements.
- 19-2239. Conditions and limitations of license.
- 19-2240. Penalty for violation of act.
- 19-2241. Enforcement of act.
- 19-2242. Compliance with city ordinance.
- 19-2243. Flea markets; prohibition of sale of certain baby products or drugs.
Article 23 BOUNTIES AND DESTRUCTION OF ANIMALS
- 19-2301
- 19-2302
- 19-2303 to 19-2305
- 19-2306
- 19-2307
- 19-2308
- 19-2309
- 19-2310
- 19-2311
- 19-2312
- 19-2313
- 19-2314
- 19-2315
- 19-2316
- 19-2317, 19-2318
- 19-2319
- 19-2320
- 19-2321
- 19-2322
- 19-2323
Article 24 GRASSHOPPERS
- 19-2401
- 19-2402
- 19-2403
- 19-2404
- 19-2405, 19-2406
- 19-2407
- 19-2408
- 19-2409 to 19-2411
- 19-2412
- 19-2413, 19-2414
Article 25 WELLS AND EXCAVATIONS
- 19-2501 to 19-2503
- 19-2504. Enclosure, filling or covering abandoned wells, mines or excavations; complaint; notice.
- 19-2505. Same; enforcement; notice; tax levy.
- 19-2506. Same; payment of expense incurred by township trustee.
Article 26 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- 19-2601. Place of county offices; office hours; penalty for failure to keep open.
- 19-2602
- 19-2603
- 19-2604. Deputies' oaths; deposit with bonds.
- 19-2605. County commissioners defined.
- 19-2606. Resignation by elected county officers.
- 19-2607. New officer to finish business and records of predecessor; records as evidence.
- 19-2608
- 19-2609. Removal of county officer.
- 19-2610
- 19-2611
- 19-2612. Removal or cutting of hedge fences, trees and shrubs; cutting weeds; removing signboards and board fences; expenses.
- 19-2613
- 19-2614, 19-2615
- 19-2616
- 19-2617
- 19-2618. Water mains in or along highway; petition.
- 19-2619. Same; rules and regulations.
- 19-2620. Same; unlawful acts.
- 19-2621. Same.
- 19-2622. Same; penalty; damages; costs.
- 19-2623. Same; land for water mains; eminent domain.
- 19-2624
- 19-2625, 19-2626
- 19-2627
- 19-2628, 19-2629
- 19-2633. When plats of land outside city to be filed with county commissioners.
- 19-2633a. Vacation of Hillcrest Heights as platted in Cowley county.
- 19-2633b. Vacation of Cave Springs townsite in Elk county.
- 19-2634
- 19-2635. Funds lost by bank failure; powers of county commissioners; tax levy, use of proceeds; bonds.
- 19-2636. Same; tax levy limitation; excess funds.
- 19-2637. Same; issuance of bonds to replace funds; terms and denomination of bonds; limitations inapplicable.
- 19-2638. Same; pending actions not barred; disposition of moneys recovered.
- 19-2639 to 19-2641
- 19-2642
- 19-2643. Lease of park plots to youth camps in certain counties.
- 19-2644. Shawnee and Mission townships in Johnson county designated urban areas; law enforcement.
- 19-2645. Same; joint county and city use of vehicles and equipment.
- 19-2646. Same; appointment of policemen; powers; oaths; bond.
- 19-2647. Preservation of historical records in counties; declaration of public interest.
- 19-2648. Same; resolution; publication; protest petition; election.
- 19-2649. Same; supervisor or curator; appointment, compensation, duties; designation of incorporated museum or society as supervisor or curator, when, compensation.
- 19-2650. Same; acceptance of gifts or loans.
- 19-2651. Same; tax levy, use of proceeds; adoption and publication of resolution; protest petition and election.
- 19-2652. Issuance of no-fund warrants in certain counties to repair or replace water lines serving county park.
- 19-2653. Same; tax levies to pay warrants; surplus funds.
- 19-2654. Johnson county designated as urban area.
- 19-2655. Counties over 180,000; long term leases of land to sheriff's posses.
- 19-2656. City of Overland Park and Oxford township in Johnson county designated urban area.
- 19-2657. Same; annexation of certain land located in urban area; ordinance.
- 19-2658. Disposal of refuse; acquisition of lands; improvements and equipment; contracts with city.
- 19-2659. Same; costs; bonds; election, when; exemption from county bonded debt limitations.
- 19-2660. Same; disposal facility; operation; contracts with political subdivisions.
- 19-2661. Same; fees and charges; fund, use; expenses from general fund, when.
- 19-2662. Same; disposition of lands acquired; use of moneys received from sale.
- 19-2663. Museum and cultural center in counties between 10,000 and 15,000 with $45,000,000 valuation.
- 19-2664. Same; election; amount of bonds.
- 19-2665. Same; museum board.
- 19-2666. Same; name of board; limitation on powers.
- 19-2667. Same; organization and meetings of board.
- 19-2668. Same; specific powers of board.
- 19-2669. Same; treasurer of board.
- 19-2670. Citizens commission on local government in counties between 170,000 and 200,000; membership; qualifications.
- 19-2671. Same; meeting to select appointive members; officers; rules of procedure; meetings; vacancies.
- 19-2672. Same; duties of commission.
- 19-2673. Same; contracts; receipt and expenditure of moneys.
- 19-2674. Same; minutes of meetings; report and recommendations to legislature.
- 19-2675. Building fund; transfer of unexpended balance.
- 19-2676. Definitions.
- 19-2677. Franchises for the operation of solid waste management systems; conditions and procedure for granting.
- 19-2678. County recreational, community service and social programs for the aging; payment of cost.
- 19-2679. Central motor pools in counties authorized; use charges.
- 19-2680. County charters in counties declared to be urban areas; adoption and amendment; charter to govern local legislation and administration; authorized provisions; limitations.
- 19-2681. Same; charter commission, establishment.
- 19-2682. Same; charter commission membership; appointment.
- 19-2683. Same; charter commission; organization, rules and meetings; compensation; office space; expense of operation.
- 19-2684. Same; proposed charter; public hearings; reports to county commissioners; contents of reports; legal opinion; dissolution of commission.
- 19-2685. Same; submission of proposed charter to electors; adoption.
- 19-2686. Same; eligibility of charter commission members to election to county commission.
- 19-2687. Inventory and record of county property; duty of officers; delegation of commissioners' duties authorized.
- 19-2688. Same; action to recover.
- 19-2689. Kansas association of counties; participating employer in KPERS.
- 19-2690. Same; instrumentality of member counties; powers; liability of members; disposition of property if dissolved.
- 19-2691. Coliseum events fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of shows or events.
- 19-2692. Coliseum concessions fund in certain counties; payment of expenses of concessions operation.
- 19-2692a. Special recreation facilities fund.
- 19-2693. Reports, documentation and controls relating to coliseum funds; approval of contracts; bond.
- 19-2694. Apportionment and distribution of local ad valorem tax reduction fund based on county population; duties of state treasurer.
- 19-2695. Conveyance of land forming part of Lone Star Lake to Douglas county.
- 19-2696. Leasing of lands by Hodgeman county to Santa Fe Trail Council of Boy Scouts of America.
- 19-2697. Sanitary land fill; Haskell county.
- 19-2698. Services for the physically handicapped; tax levy; procedure to authorize levy.
- 19-2699. Cloud county fair board; membership; qualifications; election; term; vacancies; officers.
- 19-26,100. Tax levy for arts program in Wyandotte county.
- 19-26,101. Conveyance of land in Wichita county to city of Leoti.
- 19-26,102. Vacation of certain property in Lyon county, procedure; reversion of property.
- 19-26,103. Wyandotte county land bank; definitions.
- 19-26,104. Same; establishment; governance; authorities and duties of county commissioners.
- 19-26,105. Same; budgets; accounts and records; annual reports.
- 19-26,106. Same; composition of board; authorities and duties; conflicts of interest; suits.
- 19-26,107. Same; powers of board.
- 19-26,108. Same; transfers of property.
- 19-26,109. Same; administration of property, duties of board.
- 19-26,110. Same; sale of property by board; conditions; consolidation.
- 19-26,111. Same; exemption of property from taxation; exceptions.
- 19-26,112. Same; use of moneys received from sale of property.
- 19-26,113. Same; advisory committees, establishment.
Article 27 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS; IMPROVEMENT AND SERVICE DISTRICTS
- 19-2701 to 19-2703
- 19-2704
- 19-2704a
- 19-2705
- 19-2706
- 19-2707
- 19-2708
- 19-2709
- 19-2710
- 19-2710a
- 19-2711
- 19-2712
- 19-2713
- 19-2714
- 19-2715
- 19-2715a
- 19-2715b
- 19-2715c
- 19-2715d
- 19-2715e
- 19-2716. Formation of taxing district for fire protection and street lighting; petition; enlargement of boundaries, when.
- 19-2717. Same; certification of tax levy by township board; limitations; certain counties between 125,000 and 165,000; election.
- 19-2718. Same; duties of township board.
- 19-2719. Same; disorganization of taxing district; disposition of fund.
- 19-2720
- 19-2721. Street lights without city limits; contracts.
- 19-2722. Same; lighting to be in platted areas.
- 19-2723. Same; petition.
- 19-2724. Same; notice of public hearing.
- 19-2725. Same; service; publication; proof.
- 19-2726. Same; contracts for lighting.
- 19-2727. Same; terms of contract; extent of liability.
- 19-2728. Same; special assessments.
- 19-2729. Same; collected as other taxes; payment to contractor.
- 19-2730. Same; limitation of actions; assessment subsequent to regular meeting; notice.
- 19-2731
- 19-2732
- 19-2733, 19-2734
- 19-2735
- 19-2736
- 19-2736a
- 19-2737
- 19-2738
- 19-2739, 19-2740
Article 27a SEWER DISTRICTS
Article 28 PARKS, MUSEUMS, LAKES AND RECREATIONAL GROUNDS
Article 29 PLANNING AND ZONING
Article 30 DROUGHT-RELIEF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
Article 31 CEMETERIES
Article 32 FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Article 33 FLOOD CONTROL
Article 34 ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
Article 35 WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS
Article 36 FIRE PROTECTION