Chapter 8 — AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES

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…

8-255a. History: L. 1949, ch. 104, § 27; Repealed, L. 1959, ch. 49, § 35; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents U…

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…

8-259a. History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 26; L. 1949, ch. 104, § 31; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 27; L. 1963, ch. 52, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 47, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 318, § 16; L. 1987, ch. 184, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 47, § 10; L. 1989, ch. 38, § 32; L. 1990, ch. 44, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 36, § 12; L. 1993, ch…

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…

8-261. History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 28; Repealed, L. 1949, ch. 104, § 53; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents US…

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…

8-266a. History: L. 1949, ch. 104, § 38; Repealed, L. 1959, ch. 49, § 35; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents U…

8-266b. Drivers' manual. The director of vehicles shall cause to be prepared and printed a suitable Kansas drivers' manual. It shall be the duty of the division to distribute the manual in such manner that each applicant for a driver's license, upon request, may be presented with…

8-267. Disposition and use of moneys; state safety fund, motorcycle safety fund, truck driver training fund, photo fee fund, hazmat fee fund, state highway fund, division of vehicles operating fund and correctional services special revenue fund. All moneys received under this act…

8-267a. History: L. 1938, ch. 13, § 3; Repealed, L. 1949, ch. 104, § 53; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents US…

8-267b. History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 34; L. 1939, ch. 84, § 2; L. 1949, ch. 104, § 40; L. 1955, ch. 53, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 32; L. 1961, ch. 53, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 54, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 43; L. 1975, ch. 36, § 32; L. 1982, ch. 42, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 38, § 3; L. 1989, ch. 3…

8-268. Penalties for violations. Any person who shall violate any provision of this act, unless otherwise specifically provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, unless otherwise specifically provided, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) o…

8-268a. Invalidity of part. If any part or parts of this act shall be held to be unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this act and the legislature hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this a…

8-269. Uniformity of interpretation. This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 36; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Polici…

8-270. Effect of noncompliance. The operation of a vehicle in this state without complying with the provisions of this act shall not be considered as operating the same unlawfully or in violation of law so as to affect the validity of any contract or policy of liability insurance…

8-271. Title of act. This act and the acts of which this act is amendatory shall be known and may be cited as the motor vehicle drivers' license act. History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 38; L. 1974, ch. 38, § 6; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 20…

8-272. State safety fund, motorcycle safety fund and truck driver training fund; entitlements; certification of amounts; distribution; proration of insufficient appropriations; motorcycle safety courses and instructors; institutions, truck driver training. (a) Any school district…

8-273. Drivers' training schools; definitions. As used in this act*: (a) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle that is self-propelled upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway except devices used exclusively upon stationary rail…

8-274. Same; license to operate. No person shall operate a driver training school or engage in the business of giving instruction for hire in the driving of motor vehicles or in the preparation of an applicant for examination given by driver license examiners for an operator's or…

8-275. Same; qualifications to operate school. In order for a person to qualify to operate a driving school, such person shall meet the following requirements: (a) Be of good moral character; (b) maintain an established place of business to the public; (c) maintain bodily injury …

8-276. Drivers' training schools; qualifications for instructor of school. (a) In order for a person to qualify as an instructor for a driving school, such person shall meet the following requirements: (1) Present to the department evidence of: (A) Credit in driver education and …

8-277. Same; issuance of certificate, when; expiration; renewal of licenses. (a) The department shall issue a license certificate to each applicant to conduct a driver training school or to each driver training instructor when the department is satisfied that such applicant has m…

8-278. Same; rules and regulations. (a) The department is authorized to prescribe by rules and regulations, standards for the eligibility, conduct and operation of driver training schools and instructors and to adopt other reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisi…

8-279. Same; cancellation, suspension, revocation or refusal to issue license, when. The department may cancel, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any driver's training school or driver's training instructor license if any of the following occurs: (a) The department is satisfied …

8-280. Same; commercial driver education fund; disposition of moneys. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the commercial driver education fund. The commercial driver education fund shall be administered by the department of revenue. All expenditures from the commerc…

8-281. Same; penalty for violations. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be sentenced to the county jail for not more than six (6) months or both su…

8-282. Same; act inapplicable to certain schools. This act shall not apply to an accredited grade school, high school, junior college or college conducting a driver's training course; nor shall it apply to driver improvement schools operated by this state or a municipality thereo…

8-283. Same; citation of act. This act may be cited as the drivers' training school license act. History: L. 1965, ch. 72, § 11; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archiv…

8-284. Public policy of state. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state of Kansas: (a) To provide maximum safety for all persons who travel or otherwise use the public highways of the state; (b) To deny the privilege of operating motor vehicles on such highways …

8-285. "Habitual violator" defined; other definitions. Except as otherwise provided in this section, as used in this act, the words and phrases defined in K.S.A. 8-234a, and amendments thereto, shall have the meanings ascribed to them therein. The term "habitual violator" means a…