Chapter 77, STATUTES; ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURE

77-101. Commission for Revised Statutes of 1923. The supreme court of the state of Kansas shall appoint a commission of three members, who shall have the same qualifications as justices of said court, and said commission is hereby authorized to make a contract for the revision, c…

77-102. Same; members. It shall be the duty of the supreme court to appoint the commission immediately upon the taking effect of this act. Said commission shall qualify and immediately enter upon their duties. Each member of such commission shall receive for his or her services h…

77-103. Reenactment of Revised Statutes of 1923; authentication. Before any copies of said statutes shall be printed or sold and delivered, all statutes revised or changed shall be submitted by said commission to the legislature of the state of Kansas for reenactment. When said c…

77-104. History: L. 1923, ch. 246 (S.C.R. No. 2); approved January 18; R.S. 1923, 77-104. Revisor's Note: This section provided for examination of the Revised Statutes of 1923 by a joint committee composed of the judiciary committees of the 1923 legislature. The text is omitted a…

77-105. Laws constituting Revised Statutes of 1923. The following laws shall constitute the General Statutes of Kansas: All laws included by Chester I. Long, F. Dumont Smith and Hugh P. Farrelly, as the commission to revise the General Statutes, in the assembled sections on file …

77-106. Incorporation of Session Laws of 1923 in Revised Statutes of 1923; publication. The commission shall incorporate in the assembled sections the laws of a general nature passed at the present session, arrange, edit, number, insert headings, history and cross references, ann…

77-107. Record of 1923 revision. When the work of the commission is finally completed, the assembled sections, duly certified as aforesaid, shall be placed on file in the office of the secretary of state, as a permanent record for future reference. History: L. 1923, ch. 144, § 3;…

77-108. Quorum of commission. The duties imposed upon said commission may be performed by a majority thereof. History: L. 1923, ch. 144, § 4; March 9; R.S. 1923, 77-108.

77-109. Common law. The common law as modified by constitutional and statutory law, judicial decisions, and the conditions and wants of the people, shall remain in force in aid of the General Statutes of this state; but the rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation ther…

77-110. Effect of repeals by Revised Statutes of 1923 on rights and liabilities. The repeal of acts and parts of acts herein provided for shall not revive any law heretofore repealed or superseded, nor any office heretofore abolished; neither shall it affect any act done or right…

77-111. Same; effect on limitation periods. When a limitation or period of time prescribed in any of the acts repealed, for acquiring a right, or barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, has begun to run, and the same or a similar limitation is prescribed in the Revised Statut…

77-112. Continuation of existing laws in Revised Statutes of 1923. The provisions of the Revised Statutes, so far as they are the same as those of prior laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws, and not as new enactments. History: L. 1923, ch. 144, § 8; March 9; R.…

77-113. Construction of Revised Statutes of 1923. The arrangement and classification of the several sections of the Revised Statutes have been made for the purpose of convenience and orderly arrangement and therefore no implication or presumption of a legislative construction is …

77-114. Repeals by Revised Statutes of 1923. All acts of a general nature, not enumerated in K.S.A. 77-105, are hereby repealed upon the publication of the Revised Statutes of 1923. History: L. 1923, ch. 144, § 10; March 9; R.S. 1923, 77-114. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in discussi…

77-115a. Sale of Revised Statutes 1923. The secretary of state is hereby instructed to dispose of the remaining copies of the Revised Statutes of 1923 now in his or her hands at a price of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per copy. History: L. 1927, ch. 320, § 1; February 9.

77-115b. Distribution of Revised Statutes 1923. The secretary of state is hereby instructed to furnish to each register of deeds, county superintendent of public instruction and county engineer in all of the counties in the state one copy of the Revised Statutes of 1923. History:…

77-116. General Statutes of 1868. General Statutes 1868, chapter 119, sections 1 to 11, inclusive, included by reference. [The title to the act was "An act concerning the general statutes." Section 1 in part was "The following acts of the legislature shall constitute the General …

77-117. General Statutes, compilation of 1915; sale by secretary of state. Laws 1915, chapter 28, sections 1 to 4, inclusive, included by reference. [The title to the act was in part as follows: "An act relating to compilations, editing and printing of the General Statutes of Kan…

77-118. Sale of General Statutes of 1897 and 1901 by secretary of state. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to sell General Statutes of Kansas, 1897, in two volumes, at one dollar per set, net to the state, and General Statutes of Kansas, 1901, in one volume, at one doll…

77-118a. Sale of General Statutes of 1901 by secretary of state. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to sell General Statutes of Kansas, 1901, at the best price it is able to obtain. History: L. 1931, ch. 293, § 1; May 28.

77-118b. Disposition of moneys derived from sales under K.S.A. 77-118a. All moneys derived from such sales shall be placed in the state treasury for the benefit of the general fund in like manner as other fees. History: L. 1931, ch. 293, § 2; May 28.

77-119. Disposition of moneys from sales under K.S.A. 77-118. All moneys derived from such sales shall be covered into the state treasury each month, in like manner as other fees. History: L. 1913, ch. 315, § 2; April 30; R.S. 1923, 77-119.

77-123. History: L. 1935, ch. 297, § 4; March 14. Revisor's Note: This section provided for the authentication of the General Statutes of 1935. Since no new actions or proceedings are likely to arise thereunder, the text is omitted. Later act, see 77-137.

77-124. Distribution and sale of General Statutes of 1935 .... Third, The balance of said statute books, after such distribution, shall be safely kept by the secretary of state for sale at the price of seven dollars and fifty cents per copy. History: L. 1935, ch. 297, § 5; L. 193…

77-130a. Sale of copies of General Statutes of 1949. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to sell any of the remaining copies of the General Statutes of 1949 now on hand at a price of five dollars ($5) per copy. History: L. 1964, ch. 31, § 1 (Budget Session); February 17.

77-130b. Disposition of proceeds. All moneys received from such sales shall by the secretary of state be paid into the state treasury, which moneys shall be credited to the state general revenue fund. History: L. 1964, ch. 31, § 3 (Budget Session); February 17.

77-131. Kansas Statutes Annotated; preparation, printing and binding; preservation of type. After the adjournment of the regular session of the legislature of 1963, the revisor of statutes, in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall edit and prepare for the printing and…

77-132. Kansas Statutes Annotated; state and federal laws included in publication. The Kansas Statutes Annotated shall include: (a) All general laws and laws of a general nature which are in force and effect at the time of publication of the volume or volumes containing such laws…

77-133. Same; other material included. The revisor of statutes shall prepare and include in the Kansas statutes annotated: (a) Prefatory material, including statement of copyright authority, authentication statements and table of contents; (b) captions prefacing the text of the s…

77-134. General index; contract authority. The revisor of statutes of and for the state of Kansas is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the West Publishing Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, a Minnesota corporation, for the writing of a full, detailed and combined gener…

77-136. Editing of statutes by revisor of statutes. In arranging the material in the Kansas Statutes Annotated and latest supplements thereto, the revisor of statutes shall not alter the sense, meaning or effect of any legislative act but may correct manifest orthographical, cler…

77-136a. Incorporation of certain statutes by reference in Kansas Statutes Annotated authorized. In addition to the authority granted to the revisor of statutes to edit the Kansas Statutes Annotated and the latest supplement thereto, the revisor is authorized to include by refere…

77-137. Authentication; evidence in courts; reference to sections. Before any copies of a volume of said Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be printed and bound, they shall be examined and compared by the secretary of state and by the attorney general, and if they contain all the la…

77-138. Kansas Statutes Annotated; number of copies printed; distribution and sale; sale price fixed by legislative coordinating council; proceeds credited to state general fund. (a) Volumes of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be printed and bound by the director of printing a…

77-147. Disposition of obsolete volumes and supplements. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever the secretary of state and the revisor of statutes determine that a volume of Kansas Statutes Annotated or a pocket-part supplement thereto has become obsolete …

77-148. Constitutions volume; publication of new volume; contents; comparative table of sections; supplementation. (a) Prior to December 31, 1979, the revisor of statutes shall edit, prepare for printing and publish a new hardbound constitutions volume of the Kansas Statutes Anno…

77-149. Comparative table of sections; publication in 1978. The 1978 cumulative pocket-part supplement to the constitutions volume of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall include a comparative table of sections compiled from session law references appearing in legislative historie…

77-150. General index volumes; publication and sale of new volumes; annual republication. The revisor of statutes shall prepare in one or more paperbound volumes, to be included in the sale of supplements to the Kansas Statutes Annotated, a general index to replace the general in…

77-151. New replacement volumes to Kansas Statutes Annotated; editing, publication and printing; distribution and sale. (a) Each year the revisor of statutes shall edit and prepare for printing and publication such volumes of the Kansas Statutes Annotated as have been included in…

77-152. Same; specifications for printing and publication. (a) Replacement volumes to the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be printed and bound in accordance with the following specifications: (1) Text of sections in ten (10) point Caledonia light and bold type on a ten (10) point…

77-163. Cumulative supplements to Kansas Statutes Annotated; general index volumes. After the close of each regular session of the legislature the revisor of statutes shall prepare and furnish to the director of printing copy for the general index paperbound volume or volumes and…

77-164. Same; authentication; evidence in courts; reference to sections. Before any copies of said pocket-part supplements shall be printed or sold and delivered by the secretary of state they shall be examined and compared by him or her and the attorney general, and if they cont…

77-165. Cumulative supplements to Kansas Statutes Annotated; number of copies printed; distribution and sale; sale price fixed by legislative coordinating council; proceeds credited to state general fund. (a) Such number of copies of the cumulative supplements for each volume of …

77-166. Sale of copies of 1961 supplement to General Statutes of 1949. The secretary of state be and is hereby authorized to sell any of the remaining copies of the 1961 supplement to the General Statutes of 1949 now on hand at a price of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per c…

77-168. Volume 7 of Kansas Statutes Annotated; contents; preparation. After the passage of 1965 Senate bill No. 4, known as the "uniform commercial code," the revisor of statutes shall edit and prepare for printing and publication the provisions thereof as a new and separate volu…

77-169. Same; cost estimates. The revisor of statutes and the state printer shall prepare estimates of the costs of preparing, indexing, printing and binding said volume which shall be transmitted by the revisor of statutes to the appropriate committees of the 1965 legislature. H…

77-170. Same; printing; distribution; sale. Ten thousand (10,000) copies of such volume shall be printed by the state printer and delivered to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall dispose of such copies as follows: First, by delivering to all members of the legisl…

77-171. Volume 7 of Kansas Statutes Annotated; reprinting; distribution; sale. The revisor of statutes is hereby authorized to provide for the reprinting and binding of two thousand (2,000) additional copies of the Uniform Commercial Code as published in 1965 and designated as Vo…

77-201. Rules of construction. In the construction of the statutes of this state the following rules shall be observed, unless the construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature or repugnant to the context of the statute: First. The repeal of a sta…

77-203. Notice; certified mail in lieu of registered mail; sufficiency. In lieu of giving notice by registered mail as provided for by specific statutes of this state, any party may give the notice required by certified mail and notice so given by certified mail shall constitute …