Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 60-3002 (2026)

Filing and status of foreign judgments

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60-3002. Filing and status of foreign judgments. A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of congress, the statutes of this state or certified in accordance with the statutes of the state in which the judgment was rendered, may be filed in the office of the clerk of any district court of this state. Such copy must be filed by an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Kansas. The clerk of the district court shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment filed as provided by this section has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.

History: L. 1970, ch. 243, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 131, § 15; L. 2000, ch. 107, § 2; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1979–2010 · leading case: Padron v. Lopez, 220 P.3d 345 (Kan. 2009).
Padron v. Lopez, 220 P.3d 345 (Kan. 2009). · cites it 6× “The court reasoned that a bond must be posted in Kansas because K.S.A. 60-3002 requires that “any foreign judgment would be subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings as any other judgment in Kansas.”
Alexander Constr. Co. v. Weaver, 594 P.2d 248 (Kan. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 4× “, sets forth the general procedures for the filing and enforcement of foreign judgments in Kansas, and K.S.A. 60-3002 specifically provides for the filing and treatment of foreign judgments.”
Johnson Bros. Wholesale Liquor Co. v. Clemmons, 661 P.2d 1242 (Kan. 1983). “K.S.A. 60-3002 provides that a judgment filed pursuant to the act has the same effect and is *407 subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.”
Resolution Trust Corp. v. Atchity, 913 P.2d 162 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 60-3002 states in pertinent part: “The clerk of the district court shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state.”
Warner v. Warner, 668 P.2d 193 (Kan. Ct. App. 1983). “23-487, the foreign support order statute, and K.S.A. 60-3002 of the general foreign judgments act, provide in essence that once the foreign judgment is registered it is to be treated as if it were a Kansas judgment.”
Tanner v. Hancock, 619 P.2d 1177 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980). “Although plaintiff correctly specifies the difference between the relative ease in registering a foreign judgment in Kansas by filing and providing notice thereof in accord with K.S.A. 60-3002 and -3003 and the more complicated Missouri procedures, contrary to the apparent…”
Brockman Equip. Leasing, Inc. v. Zollar, 596 P.2d 827 (Kan. Ct. App. 1979). “Since the Missouri judgment was not ambiguous and was rendered by a court having jurisdiction the trial court erred in refusing to give it the same effect as a judgment of a district court of this state, as required by K.S.A. 60-3002. The judgment is reversed and the case is…”
Hickman v. Frerking, 609 P.2d 682 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 3× “Defendant has appealed and here asserts there was never a judgment in favor of plaintiff in this cause as she was not a party to the Missouri action, and that plaintiff failed to comply with the specific provisions of K.S.A. 60-3002 and 60-3003, rendering the Missouri judgment…”
Landon v. Artz, 631 P.2d 1237 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). “" K.S.A. 60-3002. Emphasis added. The thrust of the emphasized language is to treat a foreign judgment once properly filed exactly like a Kansas judgment.”
Hankin v. Graphic Tech., Inc., 222 P.3d 523 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). “” K.S.A. 60-3002. Our Supreme Court has implicitly indicated that relief maybe sought under K.”
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