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K.S.A. § 12-4101 (2026)

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12-4101. Title. This act is called and may be cited as the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts.

History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4101; April 1, 1974.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2022 · leading case: City of Junction City v. Griffin, 607 P.2d 459 (Kan. 1980).
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City of Junction City v. Griffin, 607 P.2d 459 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 10× “This holding was based on the belief that the Code of Procedure for Municipal Courts, K.S.A. 12-4101 through 12-4701, was an enactment of statewide concern which was uniformly applicable to all cities.”
Blevins v. Hiebert, 795 P.2d 325 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 2× “There, Junction City opted out of the Code of Procedure for Municipal Courts, K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq. We recognized the clear legislative intent to provide a uniform procedure for municipal courts.”
Farha v. City of Wichita, 161 P.3d 717 (Kan. 2007). “12-4112, is a part of the Kansas Code of Procedure *515 for Municipal Courts (KCPMC), currently K.S.A. 12-4101 through 4602. The KCPMC was originally enacted in 1973 and governs “the practice and procedure of all cases in municipal courts.”
City of Overland Park v. Fricke, 601 P.2d 1130 (Kan. 1979). “The procedure to be followed in all municipal courts is governed by the Code of Procedure for Municipal Courts, K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq. That code contains a speedy trial provision which is even more stringent than the one provided for criminal cases in the district court.”
City of Lenexa v. Higgins, 825 P.2d 1152 (Kan. Ct. App. 1992). “22-3609(2) never commenced! Higgins states, and both parties ágree, the code of procedure for municipal courts, K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq., does not expressly state whether the time to file an appeal runs from the court’s oral pronouncement of sentence or from the filing of a…”
State v. Diaz, 308 P.3d 17 (Kan. Ct. App. 2013). “To determine if there was sufficient evidence to support the charge, we must begin by analyzing whether the signing of a municipal traffic citation, containing a notice to appear, constitutes the execution of “bond or other instrument of bail.”
State v. Bannon, 257 P.3d 831 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011). “22-2909(a) is found in the Kansas Code of Procedure for Municipal Courts, K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq. Diversion agreements filed in municipal courts are governed by K.”
City of Junction City v. Griffin, 601 P.2d 684 (Kan. 1979). “12-509(b) is in violation of the Code of Procedure for Municipal Courts, K.S.A. 12-4101 through 12-4701, *517 which contains a comprehensive code of criminal procedure.”
City of Topeka Mun. Court v. Lister (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “But unlike the state statute in Douglas providing for court costs to be enforced as a judgment when imposed, there is no statute in the Kansas Code of Procedure for Municipal Courts (KPMC), K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq., that automatically converts municipal fines to a judgment.”
State v. Obiero (Kan. Ct. App. 2022). “First, the Haysville City Code incorporates the Kansas Code of Procedures for Municipal Courts, K.S.A. 12-4101 through K.S.A. 12- 4602, to govern its municipal courts.”
City of Tonganoxie v. Jack, 779 P.2d 34 (Kan. Ct. App. 1989). “The decision does not purport to deal with, nor does it deal with, complaints filed under the code for municipal courts, chapter 12 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, specifically at K.S.A. 12-4101 et seq. This code governs practice and procedure in all cases in municipal court.”
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