Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 60-205 (2026)

Service and filing of pleadings and other papers

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60-205. Service and filing of pleadings and other papers. (a) Service; when required.

(1) In general. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each of the following papers must be served on every party:

(A) An order stating that service is required;

(B) a pleading filed after the original petition, unless the court orders otherwise under subsection (c) because there are numerous defendants;

(D) a written motion, except one that may be heard ex parte; and

(E) a written notice, appearance, demand, offer of judgment or any similar paper.

(2) If a party fails to appear. No service is required on a party who is in default for failing to appear. But a pleading that asserts a new claim for relief against such a party must be served on that party in the manner provided for service of summons in article 3 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

(b) Service; how made.

(1) Serving an attorney. If a party is represented by an attorney, service under this section must be made on the attorney unless the court orders service on the party.

(2) Service in general. A paper is served under this section by:

(A) Handing it to the person;

(B) leaving it:

(i) At the person's office with a clerk or other person in charge, or, if no one is in charge, in a conspicuous place in the office; or

(ii) if the person has no office or the office is closed, at the person's dwelling or usual place of abode with someone of suitable age and discretion who resides there;

(D) leaving it with the court clerk if the person has no known address;

(E) sending it by telefacsimile communication, in which event service is complete upon receipt of a confirmation generated by the transmitting machine; or

(F) serving it by electronic means when authorized by supreme court rule or a local rule.

(1) In general. If an action involves an unusually large number of defendants, the court may on motion, or on its own, order that:

(A) Defendants' pleadings and replies to them need not be served on other defendants;

(B) any crossclaim, counterclaim, avoidance or affirmative defense in those pleadings and replies to them will be treated as denied or avoided by all other parties; and

(2) Notifying parties. A copy of every order must be served on the parties as the court directs.

(d) Filing. (1) Required filings; certificate of service. Any paper after the petition that is required to be served, together with a certificate of service, must be filed within a reasonable time after service. Only a certificate of service must be filed for expert disclosures under K.S.A. 60-226, and amendments thereto, and the following discovery requests and responses, which must not be filed until they are used in the proceeding or the court orders filing:

(A) Depositions other than those taken under K.S.A. 60-227, and amendments thereto;

(B) interrogatories;

(D) requests for admission.

(2) How filing is made; in general. A paper is filed by delivering it:

(A) To the clerk; or

(B) to a judge who agrees to accept it for filing, and who must then note the filing date and the time on the paper and promptly send it to the clerk.

(3) Electronic filing, signing or verification. In accordance with K.S.A. 60-271, and amendments thereto, and supreme court rules, pleadings and other papers may be filed, signed or verified by electronic means.

(e) Section not exclusive. The methods of serving and filing pleadings and other papers provided in this section constitute sufficient service and filing, but they are alternatives to and do not restrict different methods specifically provided by law.

History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-205; amended by Supreme Court order dated July 20, 1972; amended by Supreme Court order dated July 28, 1976; L. 1987, ch. 218, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 128, § 13; L. 1997, ch. 173, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 198, § 18; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 72; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 81 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1967–2025 · leading case: All. Mortg. Co. v. Pastine, 136 P.3d 457 (Kan. 2006).

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All. Mortg. Co. v. Pastine, 136 P.3d 457 (Kan. 2006). · cites it 18× “Beneficial knew of the sale date, although neither it nor its counsel was served notice pursuant to K.S.A. 60-205 and no notice was published pursuant to K.”

Pork Motel, Corp. v. Kansas Dep't of Health & Env't, 673 P.2d 1126 (Kan. 1983). · cites it 9× “) KDHE relies on the service method of K.S.A. 60-205( b ) which provides in part: "Whenever under this article service is required or permitted to be made upon a party represented by an attorney the service shall be made upon the attorney unless service upon the party himself is…”

J. A. Tobin Constr. Co. v. Kemp, 721 P.2d 278 (Kan. 1986). · cites it 14× “In determining whether Tobin's motion to alter or amend judgment was timely filed, we look first to K.S.A. 60-205(e). That statute establishes the procedure necessary for a proper filing: "The filing of pleadings and other papers with the court as required by this *433 article…”

State v. Collier, 913 P.2d 597 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 10× “Second, Collier contends notice of the hearing on the State’s motion was improperly served on Collier’s counsel because it was deposited in the public defender’s mailbox at the district attorney’s office, which did not comply with K.S.A. 60-205(b) regarding proper service of…”

State v. Miller, 427 P.3d 907 (Kan. 2018). · cites it 2× “2d 758 (1996) (applying filing provisions of K.S.A. 60-205[e] to criminal case); see also State v.”

Pieren-Abbott v. Kansas Dep't of Revenue, 106 P.3d 492 (Kan. 2005). · cites it 3× “8-259 does not require service of process upon the Attorney General; service upon the Department of Revenue pursuant to K.S.A. 60-205 is sufficient.” The Gantz appeal was taken before there was any mention in K.”

State v. Clemons, 929 P.2d 749 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 8× “K.S.A. 60-205 contains no requirement that a return of service be signed when the document to be served is other than a service of process.”

State v. Harris, 915 P.2d 758 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 4× “21-4624 and K.S.A. 60-205(e) when fifing its intent to seek the hard 40 sentence.”

All. Mortg. Co. v. Pastine, 104 P.3d 405 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 12× “Beneficial maintains that under K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-205 it was entitled to written notice of the sheriff's sale.”

State v. Copridge, 918 P.2d 1247 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 5× “More specifically, the defendant argues that the notice was defective for two reasons: (1) The State’s hard 40 notice was not filed until December 2,1993, 1 day after arraignment and (2) the transcript of arraignment does not indicate that the State tendered the original and a…”

State v. White, 950 P.2d 1316 (Kan. 1997). · cites it 4× “60-205(e) (“The filing of pleadings and other papers with the court as required by this article shall be made by filing them with the clerk of the court, except that the judge may permit the papers to be filed with the judge, in which event the judge shall note thereon the…”

Guiden v. Morrow, 92 F. App'x 663 (10th Cir. 2004). · cites it 4× “The statutes Guiden cites in support of his argument that Morrow had a duty to file his pleadings before turning them over for the judge’s review, Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 60-205 (e) 7 and 60-2001(b), 8 are directives to the parties concerning the filing of pleadings.”

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— K.S.A. § 60-205(a) — 7 cases

Army Nat'l Bank v. Equity Developers, Inc., 774 P.2d 919 (Kan. 1989).

All. Mortg. Co. v. Pastine, 104 P.3d 405 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). “Beneficial maintains that under K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-205 it was entitled to written notice of the sheriff's sale.”

Sweetser v. Sweetser, 643 P.2d 1150 (Kan. Ct. App. 1982).

Sullwold v. Barcus, 838 P.2d 908 (Kan. Ct. App. 1992).

McIntyre v. A.L. Abercrombie, Inc., 929 P.2d 1386 (Kan. Ct. App. 1996).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(a)(1)(D) — 2 cases

Kerry G. v. Stacy C., 411 P.3d 1227 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018).

Reverse Mortg. Solutions, Inc. v. Goldwyn, 425 P.3d 617 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(a)(2) — 1 case

Wiedemann v. Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, 522 P.3d 325 (Kan. Ct. App. 2022).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(b) — 15 cases

All. Mortg. Co. v. Pastine, 136 P.3d 457 (Kan. 2006). “Beneficial knew of the sale date, although neither it nor its counsel was served notice pursuant to K.S.A. 60-205 and no notice was published pursuant to K.”

State v. Collier, 913 P.2d 597 (Kan. 1996). “Second, Collier contends notice of the hearing on the State’s motion was improperly served on Collier’s counsel because it was deposited in the public defender’s mailbox at the district attorney’s office, which did not comply with K.S.A. 60-205(b) regarding proper service of…”

Pork Motel, Corp. v. Kansas Dep't of Health & Env't, 673 P.2d 1126 (Kan. 1983). “) KDHE relies on the service method of K.S.A. 60-205( b ) which provides in part: "Whenever under this article service is required or permitted to be made upon a party represented by an attorney the service shall be made upon the attorney unless service upon the party himself is…”

Kansas Bd. of Regents v. Skinner, 987 P.2d 1096 (Kan. 1999).

All. Mortg. Co. v. Pastine, 104 P.3d 405 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). “Beneficial maintains that under K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-205 it was entitled to written notice of the sheriff's sale.”

— K.S.A. § 60-205(b)(1) — 2 cases

Kerry G. v. Stacy C., 411 P.3d 1227 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018).

In re Adoption of M.B. (Kan. Ct. App. 2025).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(b)(2) — 2 cases

Hong Van Nguyen v. IBP, Inc., 972 P.2d 747 (Kan. 1999).

Anderson v. Bill Morris Constr. Co., 966 P.2d 96 (Kan. Ct. App. 1998).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(b)(2)(A) — 1 case

In re Marriage of Bailey (Kan. Ct. App. 2021).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(b)(2)(B)(ii) — 1 case

AkesoGenX Corp. v. Zavala (Kan. Ct. App. 2017).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(b)(2)(C) — 1 case

Kerry G. v. Stacy C., 411 P.3d 1227 (Kan. Ct. App. 2018).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(b)(l) — 1 case

Hollister v. Heathman, 344 P.3d 390 (Kan. Ct. App. 2015).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(d) — 2 cases

In re Hawkins, 373 P.3d 718 (Kan. 2016).

Thomas v. Davis-Moore Datsun, Inc., 731 P.2d 1283 (Kan. Ct. App. 1987).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(d)(3) — 1 case

Sullwold v. Barcus, 838 P.2d 908 (Kan. Ct. App. 1992).

— K.S.A. § 60-205(e) — 19 cases

J. A. Tobin Constr. Co. v. Kemp, 721 P.2d 278 (Kan. 1986). “In determining whether Tobin's motion to alter or amend judgment was timely filed, we look first to K.S.A. 60-205(e). That statute establishes the procedure necessary for a proper filing: "The filing of pleadings and other papers with the court as required by this *433 article…”

State v. Harris, 915 P.2d 758 (Kan. 1996). “21-4624 and K.S.A. 60-205(e) when fifing its intent to seek the hard 40 sentence.”

State v. Clemons, 929 P.2d 749 (Kan. 1996). “K.S.A. 60-205 contains no requirement that a return of service be signed when the document to be served is other than a service of process.”

State v. Copridge, 918 P.2d 1247 (Kan. 1996). “More specifically, the defendant argues that the notice was defective for two reasons: (1) The State’s hard 40 notice was not filed until December 2,1993, 1 day after arraignment and (2) the transcript of arraignment does not indicate that the State tendered the original and a…”

— K.S.A. § 60-205(fo) — 1 case

Alexander v. State Dep't of Soc. & Rehab. Servs., 602 P.2d 544 (Kan. Ct. App. 1979).

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