Statute 61-4001: Court fees; authorized only by legislative
enactment; poverty affidavit.
(a) Docket
fee. No case shall be filed or docketed pursuant to
the code of civil procedure for limited actions without the payment
of a docket fee in the amount of $28 on and after July 1, 2006
through June 30, 2010, and $26 on and after July 1, 2010, if the amount in
controversy or
claimed does not
exceed $500; $48 on and after July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2010,
and $46 on and after July 1, 2010, if the amount in controversy or claimed
exceeds $500 but
does not exceed
$5,000; or $94 on and after July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2010,
and $92 on and after July 1, 2010, if the amount in controversy or claimed
exceeds $5,000. If
judgment is
rendered for the plaintiff, the court also may enter judgment for the plaintiff
for the amount
of the docket fee paid by the plaintiff.
(b) Poverty affidavit; additional court costs; exemptions for the
state and municipalities. The provisions of subsections
(b), (c) and (d) of
K.S.A. 60-2001 and 60-2005 and amendments thereto, shall be applicable
to lawsuits brought
under the code of civil procedure for limited actions.
(c) The docket fee established in this section shall be the only fee
collected or moneys in the nature of a fee collected for the docket fee. Such
fee shall only be established by an act of the legislature and no other
authority is established by law or otherwise to collect a fee.
History: L. 2000, ch. 161, § 95;
L. 2001, ch. 211, § 15;
L. 2006, ch. 195, § 20;
L. 2007, ch. 195, § 33; July 1.