Moving buildings or structures on streets, alleys, roads and highways having transmission lines and aerial facilities; permits

17-1914. Moving buildings or structures on streets, alleys, roads and highways having transmission lines and aerial facilities; permits. No person, firm or corporation shall move, haul, or transport, any house, building, derrick, or other structure of the height when loaded for movement, of sixteen (16) feet or more from the surface of the highway, road, street or alley, upon, across, or over, any public highway, road, street or alley, in the state of Kansas, either within or outside of the limits of any incorporated city, upon which public highway, road, street or alley, any telephone, telegraph, electric light, or electric power wires or other aerial facilities are in place, without first obtaining a permit therefor as hereinafter provided. History: L. 1917, ch. 251, § 1; R.S. 1923, 17-1914; L. 1974, ch. 97, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 135, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. This and following sections considered in determining liability for injury to house mover failing to comply with statute. Hawn v. Kansas Gas & Electric Co., 122 Kan. 395, 252 P. 245. 2. Act construed in determining duty of electric company; refusal to perform; damages; housemover not required to pay electric company in advance. Cracraft v. Kansas Power & Light Co., 163 Kan. 285, 287, 288, 181 P.2d 318. 3. Housemover holding permit violated statute; no recovery for death of housemover's employee; act construed. Sipult v. City of Pratt, 168 Kan. 294, 295, 296, 212 P.2d 221. 4. Failure to comply with section; plaintiff's action for damages barred. Smith v. Garden City Irrigation Co., 177 Kan. 359, 361, 362, 279 P.2d 312. 5. This and succeeding sections construed and held to have no application. Stingley v. Allison, 200 Kan. 295, 296, 297, 436 P.2d 387. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026