History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4101; April 1, 1974.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4102; April 1, 1974.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4103; April 1, 1974.
(1) K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, driving under the influence;
(2) K.S.A. 21-3412a, and amendments thereto, domestic battery;
(3) K.S.A. 21-3701, and amendments thereto, theft;
(4) K.S.A. 21-3707, and amendments thereto, giving a worthless check; or
(5) K.S.A. 65-4162, and amendments thereto, possession of marijuana.
(b) Search warrants shall not issue out of a municipal court.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4104; L. 2007, ch. 168, § 3; July 1.
(a) A citizen of the United States;
(b) a graduate of a high school or secondary school or the equivalent thereof; and
(c) (1) in cities other than cities of the first class, an attorney regularly admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas or certified by the supreme court in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 12-4114, as qualified to serve as a municipal judge; or
(2) in cities of the first class an attorney regularly admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas.
The municipal judge shall receive a monthly or annual salary set by ordinance of the city in which such municipal judge presides, except where otherwise provided by law.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4105; L. 1989, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.
(b) The municipal judge shall have the power to hear and determine all cases properly brought before such municipal judge to: Grant continuances; sentence those found guilty to a fine or confinement in jail, or both; commit accused persons to jail in default of bond; determine applications for parole; release on probation; grant time in which a fine may be paid; correct a sentence; suspend imposition of a sentence; set aside a judgment; permit time for post trial motions; and discharge accused persons.
(c) The municipal judge shall maintain a docket in which every cause commenced before such municipal judge shall be entered. Such docket shall contain the names of the accused persons and complainant, the nature or character of the offense, the date of trial, the names of all witnesses sworn and examined, the finding of the court, the judgment and sentence, the date of payment, the date of issuing commitment, if any, and every other fact necessary to show the full proceedings in each case.
(d) The municipal judge shall promptly make such reports and furnish the information requested by any departmental justice or the judicial administrator, in the manner and form prescribed by the supreme court.
(e) The municipal judge shall ensure that information concerning dispositions of city ordinance violations that result in convictions comparable to convictions for class A and B misdemeanors under Kansas criminal statutes is forwarded to the Kansas bureau of investigation central repository. This information shall be transmitted, on a form or in a format approved by the attorney general, within 30 days of final disposition.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4106; L. 1989, ch. 67, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 30; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 5; L. 1994, ch. 291, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 71, § 1; July 1.
In the event a vacancy shall occur in the office of municipal judge, a successor shall be appointed to fill the unexpired term in the same manner as the municipal judge was appointed.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4107; April 1, 1974.
The clerk of the municipal court, or the municipal judge if no clerk is appointed, within 10 days after selection, and before entering upon the duties of office, shall execute to the city such bond as the governing body may require, which shall be approved by the governing body, and filed in the office of the city clerk, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required of such clerk by law, and for the faithful application and payment of all moneys that may come into such clerk's hands in the execution of the duties of the office. The city shall pay the cost of such bond.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4108; L. 1989, ch. 67, § 2; July 1.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4109; April 1, 1974.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4110; April 1, 1974.
The powers of law enforcement officers with respect to the code of criminal procedure shall not be reduced by this code.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4111; April 1, 1974.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4112; L. 1989, ch. 66, § 5; L. 1992, ch. 315, § 4; L. 1998, ch. 155, § 2; July 1.
(a) "Appearance bond" means an undertaking, with or without security, entered into by a person in custody by which the person is bound to comply with the conditions of the undertaking.
(b) "Accused person" means a person, corporation or other legal entity accused by a complaint of the violation of a city ordinance.
(c) "Arraignment" means the formal act of calling the person accused of violating an ordinance before the municipal court to inform the person of the offense with which the person is charged, to ask the person whether the person is guilty or not guilty and, if guilty, to impose sentence.
(d) "Arrest" means the taking of a person into custody in order that the person will appear to answer for the violation of an ordinance. The giving of a notice to appear is not an arrest.
(e) "Bail" is the security given for the purpose of insuring compliance with the terms of an appearance bond.
(f) "City attorney" means any attorney who represents the city in the prosecution of an accused person for the violation of a city ordinance.
(g) "Complaint" means a sworn written statement, or a written statement by a law enforcement officer, of the essential facts constituting a violation of an ordinance.
(h) "Custody" means the restraint of a person pursuant to an arrest.
(i) "Detention" means the temporary restraint of a person by a law enforcement officer.
(j) "Law enforcement officer" means any person who by virtue of office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order and to make arrests for violation of the laws of the state of Kansas or ordinances of any municipality thereof.
(k) "Notice to appear" is a written notice to a person accused by a complaint of having violated an ordinance of a city to appear at a stated time and place to answer to the charge of the complaint.
(l) "Subpoena" is a process issued by the court to cause a witness to appear and give testimony at a time and place therein specified.
(m) "Ordinance traffic infraction" is a violation of an ordinance that proscribes or requires the same behavior as that proscribed or required by a statutory provision that is classified as a traffic infraction in K.S.A. 8-2118 and amendments thereto.
(n) "Warrant" is a written order made by a municipal judge directed to any law enforcement officer commanding the officer to arrest the person named or described in it.
(o) "Ordinance cigarette or tobacco infraction" is a violation of an ordinance that proscribes the same behavior as proscribed by subsection (m) or (n) of K.S.A. 79-3321 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4113; L. 1984, ch. 78, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 27; L. 1996, ch. 214, § 18; July 1.
(b) Any person who successfully completes the examination administered under this section or who meets all of the qualifications prescribed by K.S.A. 12-4105, and amendments thereto, shall be certified by the supreme court as being qualified to hold such office. In order to continue to hold such office, such judge must attend at least 10 hours of continuing judicial education as approved by the supreme court in each calendar year. A continuing judicial education program offering at least 10 hours of credit shall be provided at least once each year at no expense to either the municipal judge or the municipality.
(c) The supreme court shall administer the training, testing and continuing judicial education provided for in this section, which shall be funded by the judicial branch education fund as provided for in K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 20-1a11 or may contract with another person or organization for that service.
History: L. 1989, ch. 66, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 315, § 5; July 1.
History: L. 1989, ch. 66, § 2; Repealed, L. 1992, ch. 315, § 14; July 1.
History: L. 1989, ch. 66, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 233, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 54, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 54; July 1.
History: L. 1989, ch. 66, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 315, § 6; Repealed, L. 1993, ch. 54, § 2; July 1.
One dollar to the local law enforcement training reimbursement fund established pursuant to K.S.A. 74-5620, and amendments thereto, $11.50 to the law enforcement training center fund established pursuant to K.S.A. 74-5619, and amendments thereto, $2.50 to the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund established by K.S.A. 74-5619, and amendments thereto, $2 to the juvenile detention facilities fund established pursuant to K.S.A. 79-4803, and amendments thereto, to be expended for operational costs of facilities for the detention of juveniles, $.50 to the protection from abuse fund established pursuant to K.S.A. 74-7325, and amendments thereto, $.50 to the crime victims assistance fund established pursuant to K.S.A. 74-7334, and amendments thereto and $1 to the trauma fund established pursuant to K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 75-5670, and amendments thereto.
(b) The judge or clerk of the municipal court shall remit the appropriate assessments received pursuant to this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the local law enforcement training reimbursement fund, the law enforcement training center fund, the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund, the juvenile detention facilities fund, the crime victims assistance fund and the trauma fund as provided in this section.
(c) For the purpose of determining the amount to be assessed according to this section, if more than one complaint is filed in the municipal court against one individual arising out of the same incident, all such complaints shall be considered as one case.
History: L. 1992, ch. 315, § 10; L. 1994, ch. 335, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 234, § 6; L. 1999, ch. 127, § 9; L. 2000, ch. 181, § 3; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 55; L. 2002, ch. 199, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 170, § 1; July 1.
History: L. 1996, ch. 194, § 3; July 1.
(b) The following terms shall mean:
(1) "Beneficiary under an order of restitution" means the victim or victims of a crime to whom a municipal court has ordered restitution be paid;
(2) "contracting agent" means a person, firm, agency or other entity who contracts hereunder to provide collection services;
(3) "cost of collection" means the fee specified in contracts hereunder to be paid to or retained by a contracting agent for collection services and shall not exceed 33% of the amount collected. The cost of collection shall be paid from the amount collected, but shall not be deducted from the debts owed to municipal courts or restitution. Cost of collection also includes any filing fee required under K.S.A. 60-4303, and amendments thereto; and
(4) "debts owed to municipal courts" means any assessment of court costs, fines, fees, moneys expended by the city in providing counsel and other defense services to indigent defendants or other charges which a municipal court judge has ordered to be paid to the court, and which remain unpaid in whole or in part, and includes any interest or penalties on such unpaid amounts as provided for in the judgment or by law. "Debts owed to municipal courts" also includes the cost of collection when collection services of a contracting agent hereunder are utilized.
(c) Municipal courts are authorized to utilize the collection services of contracting agents pursuant to this section for the purpose of collecting all outstanding debts owed the municipal courts.
(d) Any beneficiary under an order of restitution entered by a municipal court is authorized to utilize the collection services of contracting agents pursuant to this section for the purpose of collecting all outstanding amounts owed under such order of restitution.
(e) Contracts shall provide for the payment of any amounts collected to the clerk of the municipal court for the court in which the debt being collected originated, after first deducting the collection fee. In accounting for amounts collected from any person, the municipal court clerk shall credit the person's amount owed the amount of the net proceeds collected. The clerk shall not reduce the amount owed by any person that portion of any payment which constitutes the cost of collection pursuant to this section.
(f) When the appropriate cost of collection has been paid to the contracting agent as agreed upon in the contract, the municipal court clerk shall then distribute amounts collected as follows:
(1) When collection services are utilized pursuant to subsection (c), all amounts shall be applied against the debts owed to the court as specified in the original judgment creating the debt;
(2) when collection services are utilized pursuant to subsection (d), all amounts shall be paid to the beneficiary under the order of restitution designated to receive such restitution, except where that beneficiary has received recovery from the Kansas crime victims compensation board and such board has subrogation rights pursuant to K.S.A. 74-7312, and amendments thereto, in which case all amounts shall be paid to the board until its subrogation lien is satisfied.
(g) Whenever collection services are being utilized against the same debtor pursuant to both subsections (c) and (d), any amounts collected by a contracting agent shall be first applied to satisfy debts pursuant to an order of restitution. Upon satisfaction of all such debts, amounts received from the same debtor shall then be applied to satisfy, debts owed to courts.
History: L. 2007, ch. 168, § 1; July 1.