20-301a.
Classes of judges; judge of the district court defined; jurisdiction, power and authority.
There shall be two classes of judges of the district courts established pursuant to K.S.A. 20-301: District judges and district magistrate judges. As used in this act, "judge of the district court" means any of such judges. Such judges shall have the jurisdiction, powers and duties prescribed by this act and otherwise prescribed by law. The judicial power and authority of a judge of the district court in each judicial district may be exercised anywhere within such judicial district and may be exercised anywhere within any other judicial district when assigned to hear any proceeding or try any cause in such judicial district, as provided in K.S.A. 20-319, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 146, § 10; L. 1986, ch. 115, § 31; January 12, 1987.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
11
cases (
3 in the last 5 years), 1978–2023 · leading case:
State v. Robinson, 363 P.3d 875 (Kan. 2015).
State v. Robinson, 363 P.3d 875 (Kan. 2015).
· cites it 47× “K.S.A. 20-301a. A "'judge of the district court' means any of such judges.”
State v. Englund, 329 P.3d 502 (Kan. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 13× “” Central to Englund’s arguments are Article 3, § 6(b) of the Kansas Constitution which extends to district courts “such jurisdiction in their respective districts as may be provided bylaw,” and K.S.A. 20-301a which limits a judge’s judicial power to the judicial district in…”
Schroeder v. Kochanowski, 311 F. Supp. 2d 1241 (D. Kan. 2004).
· cites it 2× “See K.S.A. 20-301a (1995). 53 . See Van Sickle v.”
State v. Valladarez, 206 P.3d 879 (Kan. 2009).
“” The phrase “judge of the district court” is defined in K.S.A. 20-301a to include both district judges ánd district magistrate judges; thus, the 1999 amendment to K.”
Sinclair v. Schroeder, 586 P.2d 683 (Kan. 1978).
“K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 20-301a. In addition, the 1976 legislature prescribed the qualifications for each such class of judges.”
State v. Gibson, 874 P.2d 1122 (Kan. 1994).
· cites it 3× “22-2516(3), K.S.A. 1976 Supp. 20-301a, and Article 3, § 6 of the Kansas Constitution, stating: *479 “Pursuant to the statute, a district judge may authorize the interception of wire or oral communications within his ‘territorial jurisdiction.”
State v. Adams, 576 P.2d 242 (Kan. Ct. App. 1978).
“22-2516(3), when applied to a district judge and when considered in light of Article 3, § 6 and K.S.A. 20-301a, means the judicial district within which the district judge sits.”
Newberry v. Befort, 20 P.3d 1281 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 2× “” K.S.A. 20-301a. By statute, a district judge must be “regularly admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas.”
Macomber v. State (Kan. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “But K.S.A. 20-301a provides that "[t]he judicial power and authority of a judge of the district court in each judicial district may be exercised anywhere within such judicial district.”
Cline v. Russo (D. Kan. 2023).
· cites it 2× “3 § 6; and then citing K.S.A. § 20-301a). Kansas,39 and they are barred by Eleventh Amendment immunity.”
Cline v. Seal (D. Kan. 2023).
· cites it 2× “3 § 6; and then citing K.S.A. § 20-301a). Kansas,23 and they are barred by Eleventh Amendment immunity.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.