Chapter 60 — PROCEDURE, CIVIL

60-2003. Items allowable as costs. Items which may be included in the taxation of costs are: (1) The docket fee as provided for by K.S.A. 60-2001, and amendments thereto. (2) The mileage, fees, and other allowable expenses of the sheriff, other officer or private process server i…

60-2004. Payment of costs not acquiescence in judgments so as to prevent appeals. Payment of the costs of any action in any court in this state including, but not limited to, the payment of court reporter fees, shall not be considered an acquiescence in the judgment or any order …

60-2005. Municipalities exempt from depositing court costs; exceptions. The state of Kansas and all municipalities in this state, as defined in K.S.A. 12-105a, and amendments thereto, are hereby exempt, in any civil action in which such state or municipality is involved, from dep…

60-2006. Attorney fees taxed as costs in certain actions involving negligent motor vehicle operation. (a) In actions brought for the recovery of property damages only of less than $15,000 sustained and caused by the negligent operation of a motor vehicle, the prevailing party sha…

60-2007. History: L. 1982, ch. 241, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 227, § 8; Repealed, L. 1997, ch. 173, § 38; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Absent abuse of discretion, assessment of attorney fees will not be disturbed on appeal. Cornett v. Roth, 233 Kan. 936, 945, 666 P.2d 1182 (1983). 2. Cite…

60-2008. Dispositive motion fee; authorized only by legislative enactment; exemptions. (a) On and after the effective date of this act, any party filing a dispositive motion shall pay a fee in the amount of $195 to the clerk of the district court. A poverty affidavit may be filed…

60-2101. Appellate jurisdiction of court of appeals and supreme court; appeal of order of political or taxing subdivision. (a) The court of appeals shall have jurisdiction to hear appeals from district courts, except in those cases reviewable by law in the district court and in t…

60-2102. Appeals to the court of appeals and supreme court. (a) Appeal to court of appeals as matter of right. Except for any order or final decision of a district magistrate judge who is not regularly admitted to practice law in Kansas, the appellate jurisdiction of the court of…

60-2102a. History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2102; L. 1963, ch. 304, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 178, § 28; L. 1976, ch. 251, § 30; L. 1986, ch. 115, § 93; L. 2004, ch. 3, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 194, § 24; L. 2007, ch. 111, § 4; Repealed, L. 2009, ch. 143, § 37; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Appellate…

60-2103. Appellate procedure. (a) When and how taken. When an appeal is permitted by law from a district court to an appellate court, the time within which an appeal may be taken shall be 30 days from the entry of the judgment, as provided by K.S.A. 60-258, and amendments thereto…

60-2103a. Appeals from district magistrate judges not regularly admitted to practice law. (a) In actions commenced in the district courts of this state all appeals from orders or final decisions of a district magistrate judge who is not regularly admitted to practice law in Kansa…

60-2104. Contents and preparation of record. The record on appeal shall contain such matters and shall be prepared in such manner and form, as shall be prescribed by rules of the supreme court. History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2104; January 1, 1964. Source or prior law: L. 1901, ch.…

60-2105. Technical and inadvertent errors. The appellate court shall disregard all mere technical errors and irregularities which do not affirmatively appear to have prejudicially affected the substantial rights of the party complaining, where it appears upon the whole record tha…

60-2106. Appellate court decisions; school finance issues, limitations. (a) Opinions. It shall be the duty of the judges of an appellate court to prepare and file with the papers in each case, the opinion of the court upon the questions of law arising in the case, within 60 days …

60-2107. Costs. The costs of appeal shall be taxed against such party or parties as the appellate court shall direct. History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2107; L. 1975, ch. 178, § 31, January 10, 1977. Source or prior law: G.S. 1868, ch. 80, § 562; L. 1909, ch. 182, § 583; R.S. 1923, 6…

60-2201. Pendency of action as notice; lis pendens. (a) When a petition has been filed in the district court pursuant to chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, the action is pending so as to charge third persons with notice of its pendency, and while pending no interest can…

60-2202. Judgment liens. (a) Any judgment rendered in this state by a court of the United States or by a district court of this state in an action commenced under chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be a lien on the real estate of the judgment debtor within the coun…

60-2203. History: L. 1965, ch. 359, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 330, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 218, § 4; Repealed, L. 1976, ch. 251, § 38; January 10, 1977. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archi…

60-2203a. Notice of pendency of certain actions; liens; release; fees; authorized only by legislative enactment. (a) After the commencement of any action in any district court of this state, or the courts of the United States in the state of Kansas or in any action now pending he…

60-2204. Release of certain liens on real property resulting from judgments or decrees of divorce; written consent required on support rights assigned to the secretary for children and families; filing; effect. Whenever a judgment or decree of divorce has been made or subsequentl…

60-2301. Homestead; extent of exemption. Except as provided in K.S.A. 12-524a, and amendments thereto, a homestead to the extent of 160 acres of farming land, or of one acre within the limits of an incorporated town or city, or a manufactured home or mobile home, occupied as a re…

60-2302. Designation of homestead. Whenever any levy shall be made upon the lands or tenements of a householder whose homestead has not been selected and set apart, such householder, the householder or householder's spouse, when the marriage relationship exists, or an agent or at…

60-2303. Contract for conveyance of homestead. No action for the specific performance of a contract for the sale or exchange of real estate in the state of Kansas or for damages by reason of the violation of any contract to sell or exchange lands within the state of Kansas, occup…

60-2304. Personal property; articles exempt. Every person residing in this state shall have exempt from seizure and sale upon any attachment, execution or other process issued from any court in this state, the following articles of personal property: (a) The furnishings, equipmen…

60-2305. History: K.S.A. 60-2305; Repealed, L. 1980, ch. 176, § 6; April 26. Source or prior law: G.S. 1868, ch. 38, § 4; R.S. 1923, 60-3505. CASE ANNOTATIONS Prior law cases, see G.S. 1949, 60-3505 and the 1961 Supp. thereto. 1. Distinction exists between this exemption and the …

60-2306. Not exempt from taxes. Nothing in this article shall be construed as exempting any personal property from taxation or sale for taxes under the laws of this state. History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2306; January 1, 1964. Source or prior law: G.S. 1868, ch. 38, § 5; R.S. 1923,…

60-2307. Not exempt for wages. None of the personal property mentioned in this article shall be exempt from attachment or execution for the wages of any clerk, mechanic, laborer or servant. History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2307; January 1, 1964. Source or prior law: G.S. 1868, ch. 3…

60-2308. Certain pension and retirement money exempt, exception; family postsecondary education savings account money exempt, exception; support money held by the Kansas department for children and families exempt. (a) Money received by any debtor as * pensioner of the United Sta…

60-2309. Wages earned in another state. Wages earned out of this state and payable out of this state shall be exempt from attachment or garnishment in all cases where the cause of action arose out of this state, unless the defendant in the attachment or garnishment suit is person…

60-2310. Wage garnishment; definitions; restrictions, exceptions; sickness preventing work; assignment of account; prohibition on courts. (a) Definitions. As used in this act and the acts of which this act is amendatory, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words …

60-2311. Discharge of employee due to wage garnishment prohibited. No employer may discharge any employee by reason of the fact that the employee's earnings have been subjected to wage garnishment. History: L. 1970, ch. 238, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 237, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 183, § 6; July…

60-2312. No right to elect exemptions under federal law, exception. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person, as an individual debtor under the federal bankruptcy reform act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), may elect exemptions pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of sectio…

60-2313. Exemptions from legal process. (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided by law, every person residing in this state shall have exempt from seizure and sale upon any attachment, execution or other process issued from any court in this state: (1) Any pension, annuity, r…

60-2314. Same; municipal, county and state property. (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided by law, the state and political subdivisions of the state shall have exempt from seizure and sale upon any attachment, execution or other process issued from any court in this state: …

60-2315. Bankruptcy proceedings; earned income tax credits. An individual debtor under the federal bankruptcy reform act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), may exempt the debtor's right to receive tax credits allowed pursuant to section 32 of the federal internal revenue code of …

60-2401. Writ of execution. (a) Definitions. A general execution is a direction to an officer to seize any nonexempt property of a judgment debtor and cause it to be sold in satisfaction of the judgment. A special execution or order of sale is a direction to an officer to effect …

60-2402. Multiple executions. Subject to any rights, liens, or preferences existing by law independently of the levy of an execution, when two (2) or more general executions are levied against property of the same judgment debtor, their priorities and all questions pertaining the…

60-2403. Judgment, when dormant; release of record; child support judgments after July 1, 2007, never dormant; court costs, fees, fines and restitution judgments after July 1, 2015, never dormant. (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a renewal affidavit is not filed o…

60-2403a. History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2403; L. 1973, ch. 238, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 147, § 14; L. 1985, ch. 115, § 54; L. 1988, ch. 218, § 2; L. 1990, ch. 207, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 103, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 257, § 8; L. 2007, ch. 12, § 1; Repealed, L. 2009, ch. 143, § 37; July 1. Previou…

60-2404. Revivor of dormant judgment. A dormant judgment may be revived and have the same force and effect as if it had not become dormant if the holder thereof files a motion for revivor and files a request for the immediate issuance of an execution thereon if such motion is gra…

60-2405. Substitution of judgment creditor. Any person who claims to have succeeded to the interest of the holder of a judgment by appointment as personal representative for a deceased or incompetent judgment holder, by assignment, by operation of law, or otherwise, shall file wi…

60-2406. Sale subject to liens. The interest of a judgment debtor in property, either real or personal, may be levied upon and sold on execution subject to liens or encumbrances already existing. If the holder of a lien or other security interest in tangible personal property ass…

60-2407. Levy on property claimed by third person. If the officer, by virtue of an execution issued from any court of record in this state, shall levy the same on any goods and chattels claimed by any person other than the defendant, or be requested by the plaintiff to levy on an…

60-2408. Forthcoming bond. In all cases where an officer shall by virtue of an execution levy upon any goods or chattels, they may be left in the possession of the defendant or some other person pending sale if the officer take an undertaking from such person with security in suc…

60-2409. Notice of sale of personal property; resale. The officer who levies upon personal property, before such officer proceeds to sell the same, shall cause public notice to be given of the time and place of sale, for at least 14 days before the day of sale. The notice shall b…

60-2410. Sale of real property under execution. (a) Notice. Lands and tenements taken on execution shall not be sold until the officer gives public notice of the time and place of sale once each week for three consecutive weeks prior to the day of sale, by publication in the coun…

60-2411. Printer's fees advanced. The officer who levies upon personal property, or lands and tenements, or who is charged with the duty of selling the same, by virtue of any writ of execution, may refuse to publish a notice of the sale thereof by advertisement in a newspaper unt…

60-2412. Restriction on purchasers. No officer making the sale of property, either real or personal, nor any appraiser of such property, shall either directly or indirectly purchase the same, and any such sale, if made, shall be fraudulent and void. History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-…

60-2413. Contribution between joint obligors. (a) Generally. Persons jointly liable to another in contract are entitled to contribution among themselves as heretofore recognized by principles of equity. Such right of contribution may be asserted in separate actions or by way of c…

60-2414. Redemption of real property. (a) Right of redemption by defendant owner. Except as stated in subsection (m) and as otherwise provided by law, the defendant owner may redeem any real property sold under execution, special execution or order of sale, at any time within 12 …