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K.S.A. § 20-302 (2026)

District judges; power and authority

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20-302. District judges; power and authority. The district judge provided for in the Kansas constitution shall have and exercise the full judicial power and authority of a district court.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 28, § 2; R.S. 1923, 20-302; L. 1965, ch. 214, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 146, § 11; January 10, 1977.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: State v. Robinson, 363 P.3d 875 (Kan. 2015).
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State v. Robinson, 363 P.3d 875 (Kan. 2015). · cites it 2× “" K.S.A. 20-302. The legislature later created two classes 121 of "judges of the district courts"—district magistrate judges and district judges.”
Manhattan Bldgs., Inc. v. Hurley, 643 P.2d 87 (Kan. 1982). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 20-302, -302a. The case before us, however, is not so simple.”
State v. Valladarez, 206 P.3d 879 (Kan. 2009). “20-330, and K.S.A. 20-302, with or without a formal written assignment by the administrative [now chief] judge, any district judge has authority to issue an order in any case in the judge’s assigned district unless such action would contravene the administrative judge’s…”
Krogen v. Collins, 907 P.2d 909 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995). “K.S.A. 20-302. A district judge in a judicial district having more than one district judge has all the authority throughout the district as if each judge were the sole judge of the district.”
Morrow v. State, 849 P.2d 1004 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993). “K.S.A. 20-302 states: “The district judge provided for in the Kansas constitution shall have and exercise the full judicial power and authority of a district court.”
Escalante v. Droege (D. Kan. 2024). · cites it 2× “” Kan. Stat. Ann. § 20-302 . Undoubtedly, that includes the power to transfer a case for case management reasons.”
Knoche v. Droege (D. Kan. 2024). “” In analyzing the sufficiency of Plaintiff’s complaint, the Court “need accept as true only the plaintiff's well-pleaded factual contentions, not his conclusory allegations.”
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