12-4510.
Same; imprisonment; fine.
When a sentence of imprisonment is pronounced, the municipal judge or the clerk of the municipal court shall prepare and deliver to the chief of police a copy of the entry of judgment, duly certified by such judge or clerk, which shall be sufficient authority to such chief of police to execute the sentence and confine the accused person to jail for the time specified, or until further order of the court.
When a fine is levied as punishment, the municipal judge or clerk of the municipal court shall issue a statement setting forth the amount of the fine and the manner of payment. Failure to pay in the manner specified may constitute contempt of court.
History:
L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4510; April 1, 1974.
Notes of Decisions
Petty v. City of El Dorado, 19 P.3d 167 (Kan. 2001).
“K.S.A. 12-4510. A diversion agreement is the specification of formal terms and conditions which a defendant must fulfill in order to have the charges against such defendant dismissed.”
State v. Long, 203 P.3d 45 (Kan. Ct. App. 2009).
“K.S.A. 12-4510 provides that when a municipal court levies a fine as punishment, the defendant’s failure to pay the fine in the manner specified may constitute contempt of court.”
State v. Diaz, 308 P.3d 17 (Kan. Ct. App. 2013).
“See K.S.A. 12-4510 (failure to pay a fine “may constitute contempt of court”); State v.”
City of Topeka Mun. Court v. Lister (Kan. Ct. App. 2020).
“The most relevant statute is K.S.A. 12-4510, which states that "[w]hen a fine is levied as punishment, the municipal judge or clerk of the municipal court shall issue a statement setting forth the amount of the fine and the manner of payment.”
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