Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 40-3105 (2026)

Exempt vehicles

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40-3105. Exempt vehicles. The following vehicles shall be exempt from the provisions of this act:

(a) Any motor vehicle owned by the government of the United States, any state or any political subdivision of any state;

(b) an implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment which is operated only incidentally on a highway or property open to use by the public;

(c) a vehicle operated on a highway only for the purpose of crossing such highway from one property to another; and

(d) a nonhighway vehicle for which a nonhighway certificate of title has been issued pursuant to K.S.A. 8-198, and amendments thereto, except when such vehicle is being operated pursuant to subsection (g) of K.S.A. 8-198, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1974, ch. 193, § 5; L. 1976, ch. 45, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 41, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 173, § 3; January 1, 1988.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1974–2002 · leading case: Barnes v. Kansas Dep't of Revenue, 714 P.2d 975 (Kan. 1986).
Barnes v. Kansas Dep't of Revenue, 714 P.2d 975 (Kan. 1986). · cites it 2× “Evidence of any such fact may be filed with the director; "(5) to the driver or owner of any vehicle involved in the accident which was exempt from the provisions of this act pursuant to K.S.A. 40-3105. "(h) For the purposes of provisions (1) and (2) of subsection (g) of this…”
Tyler v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 49 P.3d 511 (Kan. 2002). “K.S.A. 40-3105(a) exempts government-owned vehicles from the KAIRA.”
Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. v. Horinek, 660 P.2d 1374 (Kan. 1983). “” K.S.A. 40-3105 provides for certain exemptions from the Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act: “The following vehicles shall be exempt from the provisions of this act: “(a) Any motor vehicle owned by the government of the United States, any state or any political…”
Manzanares v. Bell, 522 P.2d 1291 (Kan. 1974). “(the original Kansas No-Fault Act), reinacted 16 sections without change, and altered the remaining five sections as indicated below: (1) Section 5 changed K.S.A. 40-3105 ( d ), ( e ) and ( f ) to eliminate the exemptions provided commercial and non-resident motor vehicles.”
— K.S.A. § 40-3105(a) — 1 case
Tyler v. Employers Mut. Cas. Co., 49 P.3d 511 (Kan. 2002). “K.S.A. 40-3105(a) exempts government-owned vehicles from the KAIRA.”
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