Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 22-2503 (2026)

Territorial and time limitations on execution of certain search warrants

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22-2503. Territorial and time limitations on execution of certain search warrants. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), search warrants issued by a district magistrate judge may be executed only within the judicial district in which the judge resides or within the judicial district to which the judge has been assigned pursuant to K.S.A. 20-319, and amendments thereto.

(b) Search warrants issued pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2502(a)(2), and amendments thereto:

(1) That are issued by a district judge may be executed anywhere within the state; and

(2) shall be valid during the time period specified by the warrant regardless of whether the tracking device or the subject person or property leaves the issuing jurisdiction.

(c) Warrants issued for electronically stored information, electronic devices or media capable of storing electronically stored information located within Kansas authorize the transfer of such information, devices or media for further examination and review to anywhere within the state of Kansas or outside the state of Kansas at any time after the seizure unless otherwise specified in the warrant. The provisions of this subsection shall apply prospectively to warrants issued after July 1, 2019.

(d) As used in this section, "tracking data" and "tracking device" have the same meanings as defined in K.S.A. 22-2502, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2503; L. 1976, ch. 163, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 96, § 1; L. 2013, ch. 118, § 3; L. 2019, ch. 30, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1994–2016 · 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 41× “When K.S.A. 22-2503 and K.S.A. 22-2505 are read together and considered alongside legislative amendments subsequent to the 1970 codification of the Kansas Code of Criminal Procedure, it is evident the legislature intended that district judges retain their pre-Code authority to…”

State v. Rupnick, 125 P.3d 541 (Kan. 2005). · cites it 14× “Validity of Search Warrant Defendant contends the warrant in this case violated K.S.A. 22-2503. Because this claim requires interpretation of a statute, it raises a question of law reviewable de novo by this court.”

State v. Englund, 329 P.3d 502 (Kan. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 21× “See K.S.A. 22-2503. *125 The State argued the territorial restriction on the issuance of search warrants found in K.”

State v. Sodders, 872 P.2d 736 (Kan. 1994). · cites it 4× “K.S.A. 22-2503. A search warrant issued by a district judge may be executed anywhere within the state by the officer specifically named in the warrant or by any officer having the warrant within the jurisdiction of the judge that issued the warrant.”

City of Dodge City v. Webb (Kan. 2016). “K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 22-2502(a)(1)(A)-(G). Further, it has established territorial and time limits on certain search warrants, K.”

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