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K.S.A. § 19-801a (2026)

Sheriff; election, term, bond

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19-801a. Sheriff; election, term, bond. Except in those counties operating under the provisions of any consolidated law enforcement act, beginning with the general election in 1976, a sheriff shall be elected in each county, for four (4) years. Such sheriff shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, execute to the state of Kansas a good and sufficient corporate surety bond, issued by a company authorized to do business in Kansas in an amount fixed by the board of county commissioners of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Such bond, when approved, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.

History: L. 1972, ch. 75, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 93, § 23; L. 1976, ch. 123, § 4; April 30.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1984–2025 · leading case: Bd. of Lincoln Cnty. Comm'rs v. Nielander, 62 P.3d 247 (Kan. 2003).
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Bd. of Lincoln Cnty. Comm'rs v. Nielander, 62 P.3d 247 (Kan. 2003). “19-1201; K.S.A. 19-801a. Nielander and Jackson maintain that, although the Board is authorized to transact all county business and to engage in local legislation subject to certain statutory exceptions in K.”
Tyler v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 49 P.3d 511 (Kan. 2002). “Lee noted that under K.S.A. 19-801a, the sheriff was an independent elected official of the county.”
Lee v. Wyandotte Cnty., Kan., 586 F. Supp. 236 (D. Kan. 1984). “Under Kansas law, K.S.A. 19-801a, the sheriff is an independent elected official of the county.”
Eames v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 733 F. Supp. 322 (D. Kan. 1990). “The sheriff and his deputies, including dispatchers, are employees of the county they serve, K.S.A. 19-801a et seq., and it is undisputed in this case that the dispatcher at issue acted within the scope of her employment at all relevant times.”
Dechant v. Grayson (D. Kan. 2021). · cites it 2× “See K.S.A. § 19-801a et seq. This authority includes serving and executing warrants either in person or through the 2 Dechant does offer well pleaded allegations about his own encounter with Undersheriff Grayson.”
Ponce v. Sedgwick Cnty., Kansas, Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners (D. Kan. 2025). · cites it 2× “” According to Sheriff Easter’s narrow interpretation of Monroe, an official act is “an act or duty imposed on an officer by law, that is, an act which the law requires him officially to perform.”
Martin v. Sedgwick Cnty., Kansas, Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners Case Consol. for Discovery; All Non-Dispositive filings to be made in Lead Case 24-cv-1124 (D. Kan. 2025). · cites it 2× “” According to Sheriff Easter’s narrow interpretation of Monroe, an official act is “an act or duty imposed on an officer by law, that is, an act which the law requires him officially to perform.”
Rothermel v. Sedgwick Cnty., Kansas, Bd. of Commissioners (D. Kan. 2024). “And since the legislature acts by statute, not by constitutional amendment, the court then observed that the legislature did in fact provide for sheriffs as county officers under K.S.A. 19-801a et seq. Id. The court of appeals contrasted Kansas’ approach with that of Alabama,…”
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