Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 5-201 (2026)

Submission of controversy

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5-201. Submission of controversy. All persons who shall have any controversy or controversies may submit such controversy or controversies to the arbitration of any person or persons, to be mutually agreed upon by the parties, and they may make such submission a rule of any court of record in this state.

History: L. 1876, ch. 102, § 1; May 1; R.S. 1923, § 6-101.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1978–1994 · leading case: Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners Ex Rel. Bd. of Trs. v. Cent. Air Conditioning Co., 683 P.2d 1282 (Kan. 1984).
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners Ex Rel. Bd. of Trs. v. Cent. Air Conditioning Co., 683 P.2d 1282 (Kan. 1984). · cites it 4× “Through this omission and the failure of Kansas Legislature to repeal K.S.A. § 5-201 et seq. arbitration in Kansas can be conducted pursuant to common law rules or K.”
Hartzler v. Am. Fam. Mut. Ins. Co., 881 S.W.2d 653 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994). “For example, the preprinted policies grant the parties the right to arbitrate underinsured and uninsured coverage under K.S.A. 5-201 through 5-213. Additionally, the terms of cancellation include those “otherwise permitted by the laws of Kansas,” and each policy defines a motor…”
City of Beverly v. White, Hamele & Assocs., 580 P.2d 1321 (Kan. 1978). · cites it 3× “When the city first wrote to the defendant-engineers it stated it was obliged to invoke the arbitration clause in the 1970 agreement.”
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