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K.S.A. § 60-3201 (2026)

Power to answer

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60-3201. Power to answer. The Kansas supreme court may answer questions of law certified to it by the supreme court of the United States, a court of appeals of the United States, a United States district court or the highest appellate court or the intermediate appellate court of any other state, when requested by the certifying court if there are involved in any proceeding before it questions of law of this state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court and as to which it appears to the certifying court there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the supreme court and the court of appeals of this state.

History: L. 1979, ch. 181, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 124 cases (13 in the last 5 years), 1949–2025 · leading case: Bruce v. Kelly, 514 P.3d 1007 (Kan. 2022).
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Bruce v. Kelly, 514 P.3d 1007 (Kan. 2022). · cites it 5× “In answering certified questions, this court will not decide questions of law outside the scope of the certified question, nor will this court decide any question of fact.”
In Re Certified Question From 14th Dist. Court of Appeals of Texas, 740 N.W.2d 206 (Mich. 2007). · cites it 2× “20(a); Mont. Code. Ann., Ch. 21, Rule 44; Nebraska, R.”
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. Kline, 150 P.3d 892 (Kan. 2007). · cites it 2× “, IMPOSE FUEL TAX COLLECTION OR PAYMENT RESPONSIBILITY UPON NON-RESIDENT INDIAN TRIBES WHO IMPORT FUEL FROM OUTSIDE KANSAS AND DELIVER THE FUEL TO OUTLETS IN INDIAN RESERVATIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF KANSAS?” FACTS: The federal district court’s order certifying the question to…”
Craig v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc., 335 P.3d 66 (Kan. 2014). · cites it 3× “Authority/Standard of Review K.S.A. 60-3201, entitled “Power to answer,” provides us with the authority to respond to the Seventh Circuit’s request.”
Spencer v. Aetna Life & Cas. Ins., 611 P.2d 149 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 60-3201 et seq. The certifying court shows by its order it has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter of this suit and that the law of Kansas controls the substantive legal issues of the case.”
Prowant, Adm'x v. KINGS-X, 337 P.2d 1021 (Kan. 1959). · cites it 10× “The statutes were amended to so provide by Laws 1939, Ch. 233, after the decision in the Wright case.”
Bair v. Peck, 811 P.2d 1176 (Kan. 1991). · cites it 2× “Crow, pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, K.S.A. 60-3201 et seq., has certified to this court the question of the constitutionality of K.”
Samsel v. Wheeler Transp. Servs., Inc., 789 P.2d 541 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 2× “O'Connor of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas has certified the following question for resolution pursuant to K.S.A. 60-3201: Does K.S.A. 1987 Supp. 60-19a01 violate the Kansas Constitution, including §§ 5 and 18 of the Kansas Bill of Rights? The…”
Burnett v. Sw. Bell Tel., L.P., 151 P.3d 837 (Kan. 2007). · cites it 3× “: This case comes before us on a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-3201. Karen Barnett filed suit in federal court against her former employer, Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.”
Koplin v. Rosel Well Perforators, Inc., 734 P.2d 1177 (Kan. 1987). · cites it 2× “: This case was originally filed in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas and comes to this court by certification from that court pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, K.S.A. 60-3201 et seq. The order of the certifying court meets…”
Kansas Jud. Review v. Stout, 196 P.3d 1162 (Kan. 2008). · cites it 2× “Per Curiam: The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-3201, submits five certified questions regarding the interpretation of various provisions of the Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct, Rule 601A (2007 Kan.”
Kansas Jud. Review v. Stout, 519 F.3d 1107 (10th Cir. 2008). “Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-3201 . This leads us to conclude that plaintiffs’ claims rest on sufficiently novel and determinative questions of state law that certification is warranted.”
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