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K.S.A. § 19-804a (2026)

Exercise of functions of sheriff by county clerk, when

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19-804a. Exercise of functions of sheriff by county clerk, when. When there shall be no sheriff or undersheriff in any county, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to exercise all the powers and duties of the sheriff of such clerk's county until a sheriff be elected or qualified. When the sheriff for any cause shall be committed to the jail of such sheriff's county, the county clerk shall be keeper thereof during the time the sheriff shall remain a prisoner therein.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 117; R.S. 1923, 19-1002; L. 1965, ch. 164, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 93, § 25; L. 2010, ch. 111, § 1; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Court-appointed process server is not an "officer" and not authorized to exercise the sheriff's duties. Steele v. City of Wichita, 250 Kan. 524, 535, 826 P.2d 1380 (1992).


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Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Steele v. City of Wichita, 826 P.2d 1380 (Kan. 1992).
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Steele v. City of Wichita, 826 P.2d 1380 (Kan. 1992). “K.S.A. 19-804a authorizes the county clerk to exercise all the powers and duties of the sheriff when there is no sheriff in an organized county.”
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