Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 22-2729 (2026)

Uniformity of interpretation

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22-2729. Uniformity of interpretation. The provisions of this act* shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2729; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1991–1993 · leading case: Kennon v. State, 809 P.2d 546 (Kan. 1991).
Kennon v. State, 809 P.2d 546 (Kan. 1991). “K.S.A. 22-2729 provides: “Uniformity of interpretation.”
Dunn v. Hindman, 836 F. Supp. 750 (D. Kan. 1993). “Petitioner contends that because Kansas did not adopt the Commissioner’s note into K.S.A. 22-2705, the note should be ignored and her expansive construction of the definition of leaving the state involuntarily or under compulsion should be accepted.”
Dunn v. Hindman, 855 P.2d 994 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993). “K.S.A. 22-2729 directs that the provisions of the Kansas Uniform Criminal Extradition Act “shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.”
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