Chapter 68 — ROADS AND BRIDGES

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68-101. Definitions. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them wherever they appear in chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto: (a) "Highway commissioners," "township board of hi…

68-102. Laying out, altering or vacating roads. (a) Upon petition of any adjacent landowner, the board of county commissioners may lay out, alter or vacate a road. The board of county commissioners also may layout or alter any road when deemed necessary by the board. (b) The boar…

68-102a. Same; notice. Before any road is laid out, altered or vacated without the presentation of a petition, the county clerk shall give notice of the proposed action by publication once in the official county newspaper and by sending notice by certified mail to each owner of p…

68-103. Petition, contents. All petitions for laying out or altering a road shall specify the place of beginning, the intermediate points, if any, and the place of termination of such road. History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 3; May 22; R.S. 1923, 68-103. Source or Prior Law: L. 1864, c…

68-104. Viewers; notice of view; duties of county surveyor. (a) Upon presentation of any petition for a road, or for the alteration or vacation of any road, to the county commissioners, at any regular session of their board, it shall be the duty of such commissioners, if they fin…

68-105. Notice by petitioner; affidavits of service; filing. It shall be the duty of at least one of the petitioners to cause six days' notice to be given in writing to the owner or owners or their agents, if residing in the county, or if such owner be a minor, idiot or insane pe…

68-106. Viewing, surveying, laying out, altering or vacating road; assessment of damages; application for damages, when; filing, survey and plat. It shall be the duty of the commissioners or said viewers or a majority of them, and the county surveyor to meet at the time and place…

68-107. Separate certificates of damages assessed; appeal from award; benefit district assessment in counties between 30,000 and 90,000; notice and hearing; appeal. It shall be the duty of the commissioners or viewers, at the same time that they make their certificate of the view…

68-108. History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 8; R.S. 1923, 68-108; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 2; Repealed, L. 2011, ch. 49, § 30; July 1. Source or Prior Law: L. 1864, ch. 112, § 8; G.S. 1868, ch. 89, § 8; L. 1872, ch. 175, § 4; L. 1874, ch. 108, § 8; L. 1903, ch. 411, § 5. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. …

68-109. Road on county or city line; petition; viewers; filing survey and plat. When it shall become necessary to establish a road on a county line, the inhabitants along such line may petition the board of commissioners of their respective counties for a view of said road in the…

68-110. Compensation of commissioners; viewers, chainmen, flagmen and markers; payment of costs and expenses. All persons required to render services under chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, shall receive compensation…

68-111. History: L. 1913, ch. 266, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-111; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30. Source or Prior Law: L. 1874, ch. 113, §§ 1–6. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATU…

68-112. History: L. 1913, ch. 266, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-112; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School …

68-113. State-line roads; establishment; width limitation. The boards of county commissioners of counties along the state line may establish a road in the state of Kansas along such state line in the manner provided by law for the laying out of other public highways: Provided, Th…

68-114. Proceedings for change in roads; eminent domain. When it is found necessary to lay out, relocate, alter, widen or vacate a road or highway for the purpose of eliminating sharp turns or other dangerous places, or for the proper construction of a highway, or for the extensi…

68-115. Opening and repair of roads by county engineer or township trustee; drains and ditches; penalty for obstruction; compensation for road building material taken; appeal. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), it shall be the duty of each and every county engineer to open…

68-115a. Township minimum maintenance roads. The township board of each township may establish by resolution of the board minimum standards for road beds and road drainage. History: L. 1995, ch. 232, § 2; May 4. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 20…

68-116. Prescribed width of county roads; hedges; increase of width, when. The width of all county roads shall be determined by the viewers at the time of establishing the same, and shall not be more than one hundred and twenty (120) nor less than sixty (60) feet and in cases whe…

68-117. Access to public highway, when; petition; width of road and plat; payment of expenses. Whenever the premises of any person shall be so completely surrounded by adjoining lands, the property of others or by such lands and water, as to be without access to any public highwa…

68-117a. Counties having a township of 10,000 or over with no city or town; petition for laying out, viewing or altering roads; bond. In all counties in which there is a township with a population of ten thousand or more outside of the limits of any incorporated city or town, app…

68-117b. Same; benefit district; damages; abandonment of proceedings, when; assessment of benefits. Every such petition for laying out, widening or altering a road, shall contain a description of the boundary lines of the benefit district, within the limits hereinafter prescribed…

68-117c. Same; hearing; publication of notice; copy of proceedings to owners; limitation on time for appeal. The board of county commissioners shall set a day for a hearing in connection with the establishment of the benefit district, and the fixing of damages and benefits, which…

68-117d. Same; appeal from award; appraisers; report; exceptions to report; notice of hearing; copy of judgment to county clerk. Any person owning land within the benefit district, and feeling himself aggrieved by the orders made by the board of county commissioners, or viewers, …

68-118. Informational signs at intersections on township roads. Each township trustee within his township is authorized to cause to be erected and kept up at the expense of the township, informational signs at the intersection of any roads under his supervision, containing an ins…

68-119. History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 43; R.S. 1923, 68-119; Repealed, L. 1995, ch. 205, § 1; July 1. Source or Prior Law: L. 1869, ch. 83, § 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Failure to erect watermarks; township not liable for losses. Township of Quincy v. Sheehan, 48 Kan. 620, 29 P. 1084.…

68-120. History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 52; R.S. 1923, 68-120; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 8; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4701; July 1, 1970. Source or Prior Law: L. 1864, ch. 112, § 16; G.S. 1868, ch. 89, § 17; L. 1874, ch. 108, § 17. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Willful obstruction of road dr…

68-121. History: L. 1917, ch. 266, § 1; L. 1923, ch. 176, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-121; L. 1949, ch. 342, § 1; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 354, § 9; June 29. Revisor's Note: Later act, see chapter 68, article 21. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Highway defective upon failure to place red lights on deto…

68-122. History: L. 1917, ch. 266, § 2; L. 1923, ch. 176, § 2; R.S. 1923, 68-122; L. 1949, ch. 342, § 2; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 354, § 9; June 29. Revisor's Note: Later act, see chapter 68, article 21. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Failure to provide warning signs; subject to prosecution f…

68-123. History: L. 1917, ch. 266, § 3; R.S. 1923, 68-123; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 354, § 9; June 29. Revisor's Note: Later act, see chapter 68, article 21. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR …

68-124. Private roads as public highways, maintenance. Where under the laws of the state of Kansas, now in existence, or that may hereafter be enacted, any road or highway that is not a county road has been declared to be a public road or highway, it shall be the duty of the town…

68-125. History: L. 1921, ch. 223, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-125; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School…

68-126. Fences across public highways; gates; county commissioners' powers and duties. The county commissioners of any county are hereby empowered, where lands are used largely as pasture lands and wherever in their judgment the convenience of the traveling public will not be mat…

68-127. Same; penalty. Any person who shall injure or destroy, at any time, or who shall leave open any gate constructed under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-126, contrary to the intent and the purpose of said order, and at a time when by the terms of said order such gate or gates a…

68-128. History: L. 1923, ch. 179, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-128; L. 1943, ch. 234, § 1; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 299, § 30; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Do…

68-128a. Highways through pastures; maintenance, auto gates and passes; cost; liability for damages to livestock. (a) Whenever by license or custom the public is permitted to travel through any pasture lands enclosed by fences, and the owner or owners of such land shall give thei…

68-128b. History: L. 1929, ch. 231, § 2; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 299, § 30; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents…

68-131. Township sidewalks and crossings; petition; special assessments. (a) It shall be lawful for the township board of any township to establish and maintain a sidewalk not more than five feet in width in and along the outer edge of any highway or across the same whenever a pe…

68-132. Same; contracts; specifications and bids; publication notice; bond of contractor; inspector. All contracts for such improvements costing more than $100 shall be in writing. At least twenty (20) days before the township board shall let any contract for such improvement, th…

68-133. Same; time for action to set aside or enjoin. No suit or action of any kind shall be maintained in any court to set aside or in any way contest or enjoin or levy or collect any tax or special assessment levied under the provisions of this act after the expiration of thirt…