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K.S.A. § 41-2611 (2026)

Grounds for suspension, involuntary cancellation or revocation of license

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41-2611. Grounds for suspension, involuntary cancellation or revocation of license. The director may suspend, involuntarily cancel or revoke any license issued pursuant to the club and drinking establishment act for any one or more of the following reasons:

(a) The licensee has fraudulently obtained the license by giving false information in the application therefor or any hearing thereon.

(b) The licensee has violated any of the provisions of the club and drinking establishment act, any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to such act or any lawful order issued by the director.

(c) The licensee has become ineligible to obtain a license or permit under this act.

(d) The licensee's manager or employee has been intoxicated while on duty.

(e) The licensee, or its manager or employee, has permitted any disorderly person to remain on premises where alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage is sold by such licensee.

(f) There has been a violation of a provision of the laws of this state, or of the United States, pertaining to the sale of intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage, or any crime involving a morals charge, on premises where alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage is sold by such licensee.

(g) The licensee, or its managing officers or any employee, has purchased and displayed, on premises where alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage is sold by such licensee, a federal wagering occupational stamp issued by the United States treasury department.

(h) The licensee, or its managing officers or any employee, has purchased and displayed, on premises where alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage is sold by such licensee, a federal coin operated gambling device stamp for the premises issued by the United States treasury department.

(i) The licensee holds a license as a class B club, drinking establishment or caterer and:

(1) Has been found guilty of a violation of article 10 of chapter 44 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, under a decision or order of the Kansas human rights commission that has become final; or

(2) such licensee has been found guilty of a violation of K.S.A. 21-4003, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 21-6102, and amendments thereto.

(j) There has been a violation of K.S.A. 21-4106 or 21-4107, prior to their repeal, or K.S.A. 21-6204, and amendments thereto, on premises where alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage is sold by such licensee.

History: L. 1965, ch. 316, § 11; L. 1978, ch. 186, § 4; L. 1979, ch. 152, § 7; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 66; L. 1991, ch. 148, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 1, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 182; L. 2015, ch. 82, § 19; L. 2021, ch. 107, § 21; May 27.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1972–1998 · leading case: State v. JC Sports Bar, Inc., 861 P.2d 1334 (Kan. 1993).
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State v. JC Sports Bar, Inc., 861 P.2d 1334 (Kan. 1993). “Instead, a club was subject to license revocation proceedings as called for in K.S.A. 41-2611(b). 8 Kan. App. 2d at 656 .”
DPR, INC. v. City of Pittsburg, 953 P.2d 231 (Kan. Ct. App. 1998). “We have examined the statutes in question and find nothing to indicate that the State intended to preempt the regulation of private clubs.”
State v. Dailey, 498 P.2d 614 (Kan. 1972). “In the grounds specified for the suspension or revocation of a club license in K.S.A. 1971 Supp. 41-2611, subsection ( e ) provides as follows: *714 "For violation on the club premises of any provision of the laws of this state, or of the United States, pertaining to the ( i )…”
State v. Sleeth, 664 P.2d 883 (Kan. Ct. App. 1983). “See K.S.A. 41-2611(h). This first part of the statute is thus regulatory, not penal, in nature.”
— K.S.A. § 41-2611(b) — 1 case
State v. JC Sports Bar, Inc., 861 P.2d 1334 (Kan. 1993). “Instead, a club was subject to license revocation proceedings as called for in K.S.A. 41-2611(b). 8 Kan. App. 2d at 656 .”
— K.S.A. § 41-2611(h) — 1 case
State v. Sleeth, 664 P.2d 883 (Kan. Ct. App. 1983). “See K.S.A. 41-2611(h). This first part of the statute is thus regulatory, not penal, in nature.”
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