Chapter 8, AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES

8-2,152. Commercial driver's licenses; civil penalties. (a) A driver who is convicted of violating an out-of-service order shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,100 nor more than $2,750, in addition to any disqualification under K.S.A. 8-2,142, and amendments th…

8-2,153. Commercial driver's licenses; violation of act; penalty. (a) It shall be unlawful and constitute a class B misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act, unless a different penalty is prescribed by this …

8-2,154. Commercial driver's license drive test fee fund; use of moneys. There is hereby created in the state treasury the commercial driver's license drive test fee fund. All moneys credited to the commercial driver's license drive test fee fund shall be used by the department o…

8-2,155. Commercial driver's license drive test fees; disposition and use of moneys. The division of vehicles shall remit the commercial driver's license drive test fees received by the division under K.S.A. 8-240(a)(1), and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer in accordanc…

8-2,156. Hazardous materials endorsement; exception. Any person driving under a commercial class A license shall not be required to obtain a hazardous materials endorsement pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 383 if the person is: (a) Acting within the scope of the license holder's employmen…

8-2,157. Commercial driver's licenses; training in human trafficking identification and prevention required; approval by attorney general; rules and regulations. On and after July 1, 2018, an applicant for issuance or renewal of a commercial driver's license, prior to such issuan…

8-2,158. Driver's license, instruction permit or non-driver's identification card emergency contact information; confidentiality; procedure. (a) Not later than July 1, 2022, the division of vehicles shall maintain in its files a record of the name, address and telephone number of…

8-222. Liability of owner for damages caused by negligence of minors under age of sixteen. Every owner of a motor vehicle causing or knowingly permitting a minor under the age of sixteen years to drive such vehicle upon a highway, and any person who gives or furnishes a motor veh…

8-234a. Definitions. (a) As used in the motor vehicle drivers' license act, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein: (1) "Drivers' license examiner" or "examiner" means a drivers' license examiner of the division of vehicles or…

8-234b. Classes of drivers' licenses; applications for original licenses; examinations; rules and regulations. (a) Every original driver's license issued by the division shall indicate the class or classes of motor vehicles which the licensee is entitled to drive. For this purpos…

8-234d. Motor vehicle drivers' license act; scope and effect of certain sections. (a) Nothing in K.S.A. 8-234b and 8-234c shall be construed as abrogating, limiting or otherwise affecting any other provision of the motor vehicle drivers' license act which imposes restrictions or …

8-235. Drivers' licenses required; exercise of privileges granted licensees; city license, when; appeal from denial of license; penalty; motorized bicycle driver's license. (a) No person, except those expressly exempted, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state …

8-235b. Findings of department upon receipt of application; issuance of license, when. The division, upon receipt of an application for an original driver's license, if it finds the applicant to be the then holder of a valid driver's license and finds from said application that t…

8-235c. Findings of division; when examination required; exception. If the division finds that an applicant for an original driver's license does not then have a valid driver's license, or finds that any of the statements relating to prior revocation, suspension or refusal of lic…

8-235d. Applications for licenses other than renewals; examinations; locations; issuance of license; requirements for applicant under age of eighteen years. (a) Drivers' license examiners of the division shall accept original applications for drivers' licenses and instruction per…

8-235e. Application for driver's license, instructional permit or nondriver's identification card constitutes consent to selective service registration. (a) Any person, who is subject to registration under the provisions of section 3 of the military selective service act, 50 U.S.…

8-236. Persons exempt from license. (a) The following persons are exempt from the license requirements of the motor vehicle drivers' license act: (1) A nonresident who is at least 16 years of age and who has in such person's immediate possession a valid license issued to such non…

8-237. Persons to whom license not issued. The division of vehicles shall not issue any driver's license to any person: (a) Who is under the age of 17 years, except that the division may issue a restricted class C or M license, as provided in K.S.A. 8-2,101, and amendments theret…

8-238. Operators of school buses; operators of vehicles transporting persons or certain property for compensation; age restrictions. No person who is under the age of 18 years shall drive any school bus transporting school children or any motor vehicle when in use for the transpo…

8-239. Instruction permits for persons 17 years of age and older; conditions and requirements. Any person who is at least 17 years of age may apply to the division for an instruction permit. The division may in its discretion, after the applicant has successfully passed all parts…

8-240. Drivers' licenses and instruction permits; application for; requirements; examination tests; reexamination; drivers' records; fees; late application penalties; electronic online renewal; quarterly report to secretary of state of noncitizens who were issued drivers' license…

8-241. Licensee must submit to examination, when; examination and reinstatement fees; disposition of moneys; notice; restriction, suspension or revocation of license, when; license with DUI-IID designation, requirements, fees. (a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 8-2,125 through 8-2,…

8-243. Issuance of licenses; contents; signature; photograph, exception; fee; anatomical gift; distinguishable license for deaf and hard of hearing; distinguishable number for registered offenders; veterans; persons needing assistance with cognition. (a) Upon payment of the requi…

8-244. Licenses to be carried and delivered upon demand; defense. (a) Every licensee shall have such person's driver's license in such person's immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle. However, no person charged with violating this subsection shall be con…

8-245. Restrictions on licensees; suspension or revocation; misdemeanor. (a) The division, upon issuing a driver's license shall have authority, whenever good cause appears, to impose reasonable restrictions suitable to the licensee's driving ability with respect to the type of, …

8-246. Replacement drivers' licenses. (a) If a driver's license issued under the provisions of this act is lost or destroyed, or if a new name is acquired, the person to whom such driver's license was issued may obtain a replacement upon: (1) Furnishing satisfactory proof of the …

8-247. Expiration of licenses; annual renewal for registered offenders; notice; renewal of license; reexamination; additional examinations; seizure disorders; extension of license when out-of-state; anatomical gift; state organ and tissue registry. (a) (1) All original licenses i…

8-248. Notice of change of address or name. Whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driver's license shall move from the mailing address or residence address named in such application or in the license issued to such person, or when the name of the licensee is chan…

8-249. Records to be kept by division; rules and regulations. (a) The division shall file every application for a driver's license received by it and shall maintain suitable records from which information showing the following may be obtained: (1) All applications denied and the …

8-250. Authority of division to cancel license; surrender of license. (a) The division is hereby authorized to cancel any driver's license upon determining that the person was not entitled to the issuance thereof or failed to give the required or correct information in his or her…

8-251. Suspending or revoking privileges of nonresidents; reporting convictions and bond or collateral forfeitures. (a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident hereunder shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the divi…

8-252. Suspension or revocation of resident's license upon conviction in another state; period of suspension or revocation; return of license after suspension; granting new license after revocation; exceptions. The division is authorized to suspend or revoke the driver's license …

8-252a. Suspension or revocation of driving privileges of nonresident or unlicensed person. (a) Whenever a nonresident or a person who is unlicensed is convicted of any offense or is subject to a juvenile adjudication or an order of the division which would require the revocation…

8-253. Duty of court to require surrender of license upon revocation; report of convictions and adjudications; records; forms; notice of disposition of appeals. (a) When K.S.A. 8-254, and amendments thereto, makes mandatory the revocation of a person's driving privileges by the d…

8-254. Mandatory revocation of driver's license by division of vehicles; exceptions for court imposed restrictions. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), the division shall revoke a person's driving privileges upon receiving a record of the person's conviction of any o…

8-255. Restriction, suspension or revocation of driving privileges by division of vehicles; grounds; procedure for restriction, suspension or revocation; driver improvement clinics; reinstatement fee. (a) The division is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke a person's drivin…

8-255b. Medical advisory board; appointment; procedure; advisory opinions; limiting tort liability. (a) The secretary of revenue may appoint a medical advisory board which shall be composed of five members. Such board shall be within the department of revenue and attached to the …

8-255c. No duty to report information to division or medical advisory board; nonliability for reports of information; information to be kept confidential. (a) No person reporting to the division or to the medical advisory board in good faith any information that any such person m…

8-256. Period of suspension or revocation. The division shall not suspend or revoke a person's license to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways for a period of more than one year, except as specifically authorized by statute. History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 23; L. 1941, ch. …

8-256a. Application of act to certain persons. The provisions of this act* shall apply to all persons whose licenses are presently revoked. History: L. 1967, ch. 60, § 4; April 28. Revisor's Note: * For the meaning of "this act" see L. 1967, ch. 60 in the Comparative Table of Sec…

8-257. Surrender of license; division authorized to destroy; application. (a) The division, upon suspending or revoking a license, shall require that such license shall be surrendered to the division. (b) Upon the receipt of any Kansas driver's license or permit that has been sur…

8-258. No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state. Any resident or nonresident, whose license to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this act or whose privilege to obtain a driver's license has b…

8-259. Cancellation, suspension, revocation or denial of license by division; judicial review. (a) Except in the case of mandatory revocation under K.S.A. 8-254 or 8-286, and amendments thereto, mandatory suspension for an alcohol or drug-related conviction under subsection (b) o…

8-260. Unlawful use of driver's license or nondriver's identification card; other unlawful acts relating thereto. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, for any purpose, to: (1) Display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in possession any fictitious or fraudulently alte…

8-261a. Making false affidavit perjury. Any person who shall willfully and corruptly swear or affirm falsely to any material matter or thing required by the terms of this act to be sworn to or affirmed, is guilty of perjury and upon conviction shall be punishable by fine or impri…

8-262. Driving while license canceled, suspended or revoked; criminal penalty; fine; confinement required in certain circumstances; extension of time of suspension or revocation. (a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (a)(3), (a)(4) and (c), any person who drives a motor vehic…

8-263. Permitting unauthorized minor to drive. No person shall cause or knowingly permit his or her child or ward under the age of eighteen years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor is not authorized under the provisions of this act or in violation of any of…

8-264. Permitting unauthorized person to drive. No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or her under such person's control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not licensed under the provisions of this act. History: L. 1937, ch. 73…

8-265. Employing persons to operate vehicle; proper class of license required. No person shall employ any person to operate a motor vehicle, if the person so employed is not then licensed to operate the appropriate class of motor vehicles as provided in this act. History: L. 1937…

8-266. Renting motor vehicle to another; record. (a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed hereunder to operate such motor vehicle or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the laws of the state of…