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K.S.A. § 22-4709 (2026)

Inspection of record information on individuals

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22-4709. Inspection of record information on individuals. (a) Subject to the provisions of this act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, any person may inspect and challenge criminal history record information maintained by a criminal justice agency concerning themselves. A person's attorney may inspect such information if such attorney satisfactorily establishes his or her identity and presents a written authorization from his or her client.

(b) Nothing in this section requires a criminal justice agency to make a copy of any information or allows a person to remove any document for the purpose of making a copy of it. A person having the right of inspection may make notes of the information.

History: L. 1978, ch. 118, § 9; March 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Inmate's right of inspection of criminal history record information does not include nonconviction data. Hundley v. McKune, 23 Kan. App. 2d 187, 189, 929 P.2d 1382 (1996).


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Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2021 · leading case: Hundley v. McKune, 929 P.2d 1382 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996).
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Hundley v. McKune, 929 P.2d 1382 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “22-4709(a) provides: “Subject to the provisions of this act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, any person may inspect and challenge criminal history record information maintained by a criminal justice agency concerning themselves.”
State v. Allen, 20 P.3d 747 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001). “K.S.A. 22-4709 permits both an inspection of records and a challenge to criminal history.”
Schmidt v. State, 123 P.3d 738 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 22-4709(a) grants Schmidt and his attorney the right to inspect “criminal history record information.”
State v. Brown (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). “A few weeks later, Brown filed a second pro se motion, this time seeking disclosure of his criminal history record by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-4709(a). Again, the State objected to Brown's request, asserting a similar argument as its response…”
— K.S.A. § 22-4709(a) — 3 cases
Hundley v. McKune, 929 P.2d 1382 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996). “22-4709(a) provides: “Subject to the provisions of this act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, any person may inspect and challenge criminal history record information maintained by a criminal justice agency concerning themselves.”
State v. Brown (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). “A few weeks later, Brown filed a second pro se motion, this time seeking disclosure of his criminal history record by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, pursuant to K.S.A. 22-4709(a). Again, the State objected to Brown's request, asserting a similar argument as its response…”
Schmidt v. State, 123 P.3d 738 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). “K.S.A. 22-4709(a) grants Schmidt and his attorney the right to inspect “criminal history record information.”
— K.S.A. § 22-4709(b) — 1 case
Schmidt v. State, 123 P.3d 738 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). “K.S.A. 22-4709(a) grants Schmidt and his attorney the right to inspect “criminal history record information.”
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