Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 60-2003 (2026)

Items allowable as costs

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60-2003. Items allowable as costs. Items which may be included in the taxation of costs are:

(1) The docket fee as provided for by K.S.A. 60-2001, and amendments thereto.

(2) The mileage, fees, and other allowable expenses of the sheriff, other officer or private process server incurred in the service of process or in effecting any of the provisional remedies authorized by this chapter.

(3) Publisher's charges in effecting any publication of notices authorized by law.

(4) Statutory fees and mileage of witnesses attending court or the taking of depositions used as evidence.

(5) Reporter's or stenographic charges for the taking of depositions used as evidence.

(6) The postage fees incurred pursuant to K.S.A. 60-303, and amendments thereto.

(7) Alternative dispute resolution fees shall include fees, expenses and other costs arising from mediation, conciliation, arbitration, settlement conferences or other alternative dispute resolution means, whether or not such means were successful in resolving the matter or matters in dispute, which the court shall have ordered or to which the parties have agreed.

(8) Convenience fees and other administrative fees levied for the privilege of paying assessments, fees, costs, fines or forfeitures by credit card or other means, including, but not limited to, fees for electronic filing of documents or pleadings with the court.

(9) Such other charges as are by statute authorized to be taxed as costs.

History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-2003; L. 1974, ch. 168, § 5; L. 1990, ch. 202, § 13; L. 1991, ch. 173, § 3; L. 1998, ch. 100, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 118, § 7; L. 2011, ch. 48, § 17; L. 2015, ch. 53, § 3; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 28 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: Breedlove v. State, 445 P.3d 1101 (Kan. 2019).

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Breedlove v. State, 445 P.3d 1101 (Kan. 2019). · cites it 4× “Such fee shall be an item allowable as a cost pursuant to K.S.A. 60-2003, and amendments thereto. "(b) As used in this section, 'dispositive motion' means a motion to dismiss, a motion for judgment on the pleadings, a motion for summary judgment or partial summary judgment or a…”

Johnson v. Westhoff Sand Co., 135 P.3d 1127 (Kan. 2006). · cites it 2× “In Grant our Court of Appeals rejected plaintiff s argument that K.S.A. 60-2003 authorized payment of his physician witness fees, because there was nothing in the statute permitting the assessment of expert witness fees as costs.”

Snodgrass v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 789 P.2d 211 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 4× “§ 60-2003 (1979). K.S.A. 60-2002 and 60-2003 indicate the intent of the legislature to award attorney fees as costs in the action.”

Wendt v. Univ. of Kansas Med. Ctr., 59 P.3d 325 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 3× “This court reviews the trial court’s taxing of costs for abuse of discretion.”

Higgins v. Abilene Mach., Inc., 172 P.3d 1201 (Kan. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 10× “In Divine, the defendants filed an offer of judgment under K.S.A. 60-2002(b) that was not accepted by the plaintiff.”

Higgins v. Abilene Mach., Inc., 204 P.3d 1156 (Kan. 2009). · cites it 2× “, see K.S.A. 60-2003; and expert witness fees have never been included in this definition, Divine, 235 Kan.”

Divine v. Groshong, 679 P.2d 700 (Kan. 1984). · cites it 3× “) K.S.A.60-2003 enumerates the items which may be included in the taxation of the costs.”

Cessna Aircraft Co. v. Metro. Topeka Airport Auth., 940 P.2d 84 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 3× “MTAA argues that these costs are not allowable costs under K.S.A. 60-2003, and thus the district court erred in assessing them against MTAA.”

Bussman v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am., 317 P.3d 70 (Kan. 2014). “In K.S.A. 60-2003(8), our legislature stated that “[sjuch other charges as are by statute authorized to be taxed as costs” may be included in the taxation of costs.”

Foster v. Stonebridge Life Ins. Co., 327 P.3d 1014 (Kan. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 60-2003 provides the items that can be claimed as “costs”: “Items which may be included in the taxation of costs are: (1) The docket fee as provided for by K.”

Grant v. Chappell, 916 P.2d 723 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “These statutes are, in relevant part: K.S.A. 60-2003: “Items which may be included in the taxation of costs are: (4) Statutory fees and mileage of witnesses attending court or the taking of depositions used as evidence.”

DeSpiegelaere v. Killion, 947 P.2d 1039 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997). “Recoverable costs, including fees and charges of the court, are covered by K.S.A. 60-2003. 235 Kan. at 141 . Attorney fees which are compensation for the performance of services are recoverable in the case at bar under K.”

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— K.S.A. § 60-2003(4) — 2 cases

Johnson v. Westhoff Sand Co., 135 P.3d 1127 (Kan. 2006). “In Grant our Court of Appeals rejected plaintiff s argument that K.S.A. 60-2003 authorized payment of his physician witness fees, because there was nothing in the statute permitting the assessment of expert witness fees as costs.”

Cessna Aircraft Co. v. Metro. Topeka Airport Auth., 940 P.2d 84 (Kan. Ct. App. 1997). “MTAA argues that these costs are not allowable costs under K.S.A. 60-2003, and thus the district court erred in assessing them against MTAA.”

— K.S.A. § 60-2003(5) — 4 cases

Wendt v. Univ. of Kansas Med. Ctr., 59 P.3d 325 (Kan. 2002). “This court reviews the trial court’s taxing of costs for abuse of discretion.”

Laing v. Shanberg, 13 F. Supp. 2d 1186 (D. Kan. 1998).

R. B. Enter., Inc. v. State, 747 P.2d 152 (Kan. 1987).

Frederking v. Frederking, 992 P.2d 1255 (Kan. Ct. App. 1999).

— K.S.A. § 60-2003(6) — 2 cases

Snodgrass v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 789 P.2d 211 (Kan. 1990). “§ 60-2003 (1979). K.S.A. 60-2002 and 60-2003 indicate the intent of the legislature to award attorney fees as costs in the action.”

Frickey Ex Rel. Frickey v. Equity Mut. Ins., 576 P.2d 702 (Kan. Ct. App. 1978).

— K.S.A. § 60-2003(8) — 1 case

— K.S.A. § 60-2003(9) — 2 cases

Richardson v. Murray (Kan. Ct. App. 2017).

Loyd v. Rural Water Dist. No. 2, Jefferson Cnty., Kansas (Kan. Ct. App. 2022).

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