Chapter 31 — FIRE PROTECTION

31-161. Same; definitions. When used in this act: (a) "Dwelling unit" means a single-family residence, multiple-family residence and each living unit in a mixed-use building. (b) "Smoke detector" means a device or combination of devices which operate from a power supply in the dw…

31-162. Same; installation of smoke detectors required; limitations on enforcement; certain evidence inadmissible; insurance payments not affected. (a) Every single-family residence shall have at least one smoke detector on every story of the dwelling unit. (b) Every structure wh…

31-163. Same; violations; penalties. Failure to place or maintain a smoke detector as provided by the smoke detector act shall be a nonclass nonperson misdemeanor. Any fine imposed for a violation of this section shall not exceed $25. History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 15; July 1. Previ…

31-164. Same; act in addition to local law. This law shall be in addition to any county resolution or city ordinance relating to regulation of smoke detectors. History: L. 1998, ch. 66, § 16; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived …

31-165. Toll-free number; hazardous materials incidents. The state fire marshal may provide a toll-free telephone number where persons may call the state fire marshal to request a response to a hazardous materials incident. History: L. 1999, ch. 65, § 2; July 1. Previous | Next L…

31-170. Use of pyrotechnics; places of public assembly. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Place of public assembly" means a building or structure with an occupancy capacity of 50 or more. (2) "Pyrotechnics" mean any controlled exothermic chemical reactions that are timed to creat…

31-171. Roofing material; wood shakes or wood shingles; restrictive covenants, unenforceable, when. (a) On and after the effective date of this act, any provision of a restrictive covenant which requires the use of wood shingles or wood shakes as a roof covering material for any …

31-172. Licensed care facility inspection; prohibition of body cameras and other recording devices. (a) The state fire marshal and any of the marshal's representatives shall not wear or operate a body camera or other audio or video recording device during an on-site inspection of…

31-201. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 5; R.S. 1923, 31-201; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1913, ch. 312, § 5. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Fire marshal has authority to investigate cause of fire. Tersina v. Insurance Co., 102 Kan. 87, 90, 169 P. 559. 2. …

31-202. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 7; R.S. 1923, 31-202; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1913, ch. 312, § 7. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES…

31-203. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 8; R.S. 1923, 31-203; L. 1965, ch. 265, § 1; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1913, ch. 312, § 8. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Inquisition before fire marshal; use of testimony on trial. The State v. Harris, 103 Kan. 34…

31-204. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 9; R.S. 1923, 31-204; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1913, ch. 312, § 9. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES…

31-205. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 10; R.S. 1923, 31-205; L. 1955, ch. 227, § 1; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1913, ch. 312, § 10. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Mee…

31-206. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 11; R.S. 1923, 31-206; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Insurer's right to declare insurance policy forfeited unaffected by fire marshal's investigation. Marett v. World Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 160 Kan. 125, 131, 1…

31-207. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 12; R.S. 1923, 31-207; L. 1937, ch. 238, § 1; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited; damage action; explosion of bottle of fingernail polish remover; proximate cause (concurring opinion). Steele v. Rapp, 183 Kan. …

31-208. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 16; R.S. 1923, 31-208; L. 1927, ch. 220, § 7; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1913, ch. 312, § 15. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Mee…

31-209. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 18; R.S. 1923, 31-209; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1913, ch. 312, § 17. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUT…

31-210. History: L. 1917, ch. 198, § 19; R.S. 1923, 31-210; L. 1937, ch. 238, § 2; Repealed, L. 1972, ch. 157, § 20; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1913, ch. 312, § 19. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Mee…

31-301. Fire protection; creation of benefit district; procedure. Whenever 51% of the resident property owners of territory located partly in two or more counties and adjacent to, or within a radius of 10 miles of a city, and the boundaries of the territory coincide with the boun…

31-302. Same; governing body; election; terms; vacancies; contracts for services. (a) Any benefit district created pursuant to K.S.A. 31-301, and amendments thereto, shall be governed by a board of directors. Except as provided in subsection (b), the members of the board of educa…

31-303. Same; budget; tax levies. Each year the board of directors shall file the budget of the benefit district with the clerk of the county in which the city is located. The county clerk of every other county in which any territory of the benefit district is located, on or befo…

31-304. Same; disposition of tax moneys; expenditures. The county treasurer of any county in which any part of the benefit district lies, except the county treasurer of the county in which the city lies, shall upon collection of the tax moneys provided for in K.S.A. 31-303 transm…

31-305. Same; issuance of bonds and no-fund warrants; procedure; purpose. (a) The governing body of any benefit district created under the provisions of K.S.A. 31-301 et seq., and amendments thereto, may issue general obligation bonds of the district for the purpose of: (1) Acqui…

31-401. Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kansas arson reporting-immunity act." History: L. 1979, ch. 132, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Insurer who acts in bad faith is not immune under Kansas arson reporting immunity act. Weathers V. American Family Mut…

31-402. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. (a) "Authorized agencies" means: (1) The office of state fire marshal; (2) the office of the attorney general…

31-403. Disclosure of information by insurance companies; disclosure of information by authorized agency; immunity from liability in civil actions. (a) Any authorized agency may, in writing, require an insurance company to release to the requesting agency any or all relevant info…

31-404. Disclosure of information by an individual; immunity from liability in civil actions. Any individual who provides information to an authorized agency, whether oral or written, concerning the damaging of any building or property by fire shall be immune from any liability a…

31-405. Confidentiality of information; personnel of authorized agency required to testify. (a) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 31-403(c), any authorized agency or insurance company described in K.S.A. 31-402 or 31-403 which receives any information furnished pursuant to t…

31-406. Violation of act; penalties. It is unlawful and a violation of this act to fail to release information or evidence pursuant to K.S.A. 31-403(a) or to fail to give notice and to provide material developed from an inquiry into a fire loss as provided in K.S.A. 31-403(b). An…

31-501. Short title; administration. (a) K.S.A. 31-501 through 31-506, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the "Kansas fireworks act." (b) This act shall be administered by the state fire marshal. History: L. 2007, ch. 83, § 1; January 1, 2008. Previous | N…

31-502. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) (1) "Distributor of display fireworks" means any person engaged in the distribution of display fireworks in the state of Kansas, including: (A) Selling, intending to sell, offering for sale, poss…

31-503. Licensure to sell or use fireworks, requirements; unlawful actions; permit to conduct fireworks display; fees; annual registration of permanent retailers; adoption of rules and regulations. (a) Any person who intends to sell, offer for sale, possess with intent to sell, a…

31-504. Display fireworks storage facility permit, fee. (a) The owner of any display fireworks storage facility shall obtain a storage site permit from the state fire marshal for permanent or temporary storage. Storage permits are not required for day boxes used at a display site…

31-505. Disposition of fees. All fees collected pursuant to this act shall be transmitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount …

31-506. Rules and regulations. The fire marshal shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to implement and administer the provisions of this act. Any rules and regulations of the state fire marshal adopted pursuant to this act may incorporate by reference speci…

31-507. Bottle rocket; sale or use prohibited; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c): (1) It shall be unlawful to sell, offer to sell, or to possess with intent to sell or offer for sale a bottle rocket; and (2) it shall be unlawful to ignite, fire, set off or othe…

31-508. Same; permit to possess or transport. (a) Any person who manufactures bottle rockets or sells bottle rockets at wholesale and who desires to possess, sell or transport any bottle rockets in this state pursuant to K.S.A. 31-507, and amendments thereto, shall register annua…

31-509. Violation of act; seizure of fireworks; administrative hearing. (a) If fireworks are found to be stored, possessed or transported in violation of the Kansas fireworks act or any state fire marshal regulation, such fireworks may be seized by the state fire marshal or other…

31-510. Same; penalties. (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the state fire marshal, upon finding that any person has violated the provisions of the Kansas fireworks act or any rules and regulations adopted thereunder, may impose a civil penalty as follows: (1) …

31-511. Administrative procedure; judicial review. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 31-510, and amendments thereto, proceedings under the Kansas fireworks act shall be conducted in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act. Judicial review and civil enforcemen…

31-512. Explosives regulatory and training fund. There is hereby established in the state treasury a separate, nonlapsing fund to be known as the explosives regulatory and training fund which shall be administered by the state fire marshal. Money deposited to the credit of the fu…

31-513. Acts supplemental to Kansas fireworks act. K.S.A. 31-507 through 31-512, and amendments thereto, shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas fireworks act, K.S.A. 31-501 et seq., and amendments thereto. History: L. 2013, ch. 108, § 7; April 25. Previous | Next LEGISLA…

31-601. Fire safety standard and firefighter protection act; citation; severability. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the fire safety standard and firefighter protection act. (b) If any provision of the fire safety standard and firefighter protection act is held to…

31-602. Same; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Agent" means any person authorized by the director to purchase and affix stamps on packages of cigarettes. (b) "Cigarette" means any roll for smoking, whether made wholly or in part of tobacco or any other substance, irrespecti…

31-603. Same; cigarette ignition strength; testing; performance standards; certification prior to sale; reports; duties of state fire marshal; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (h), no cigarettes may be sold or offered for sale in this state or offered for sale or …

31-604. Same; manufacturer's certification of compliance with performance standards; recertification; fee; fire safety standard and firefighter protection act enforcement fund; administration; directory of certified cigarettes; duties of attorney general. (a) Each manufacturer sh…

31-605. Same; cigarette markings. (a) Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance with K.S.A. 31-604, and amendments thereto, shall be marked with the letters "FSC," which signifies fire standards compliant, appearing in eight-point type or larger and permanentl…

31-606. Same; sales in violation of act; fines, forfeiture, injunctive relief, costs. (a) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent or any other person or entity who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, that do not meet the performance stand…

31-607. Same; powers and duties of director of taxation. (a) The director, in the regular course of conducting inspections of wholesale dealers, agents, retail dealers or vending machine operators, as authorized under the Kansas cigarette and tobacco products act or other state s…

31-608. Same; enforcement of act; examination of records. (a) To enforce the provisions of this act, the attorney general, the director and the state fire marshal, their duly authorized representatives and other law enforcement personnel are hereby authorized to examine the books…