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K.S.A. § 60-516 (2026)

Actions originating in another state

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60-516. Actions originating in another state. Where the cause of action has arisen in another state or country and by the laws of the state or country where the cause of action arose an action cannot be maintained thereon by reason of lapse of time, no action can be maintained thereon in this state except in favor of one who is a resident of this state and who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued.

History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-516; L. 1970, ch. 236, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases, 1969–2019 · leading case: Doll v. Chicago Title Ins., 246 F.R.D. 683 (D. Kan. 2007).
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Doll v. Chicago Title Ins., 246 F.R.D. 683 (D. Kan. 2007). · cites it 6× “This Court has previously addressed the effect of a unique defense on class certification: Class certification is inappropriate where a putative class representative is subject to unique defenses which threaten to become the focus of the litigation.”
Garcia v. Int'l Elevator Co., 358 F.3d 777 (10th Cir. 2004). · cites it 4× “Second, if the cause of action arose in another jurisdiction, the Kansas borrowing statute, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-516 , requires application of the other jurisdiction’s statute of limitations if it would result in the action being time-barred.”
Goldsmith v. Learjet, Inc., 917 P.2d 810 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 13× “Whether the Kansas borrowing statute, K.S.A. 60-516, borrows the foreign state’s saving statute so as to preempt the Kansas saving statute.”
Lyons v. Kyner, 367 F. App'x 878 (10th Cir. 2010). ““Second, if the cause of action arose in another jurisdiction, the Kansas borrowing statute, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-516 , requires application of the other jurisdiction's statute of limitations if it would result in the action being time-barred.”
Alexander Constr. Co. v. Weaver, 594 P.2d 248 (Kan. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “Once the foreign judgment has been filed in accord with the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act now applicable in Kansas, that foreign judgment shall have the same force and effect for enforcement as a domestic judgment under K.”
Seaboard Corp. v. Marsh Inc., 284 P.3d 314 (Kan. 2012). · cites it 2× “For example, under Kansas’ borrowing statute, K.S.A. 60-516, the statute of limitation of the jurisdiction where a cause of action arose determines the timeliness of an action filed in Kansas by a non-Kansas resident.”
Layne Christensen Co. v. Bro-Tech Corp., 836 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (D. Kan. 2011). · cites it 4× “The Court also applies Kansas’s borrowing statute, K.S.A. § 60-516, as necessary. See Garcia v.”
Wortman v. Sun Oil Co., 734 P.2d 1190 (Kan. 1987). · cites it 2× “Sun Oil further argues that K.S.A. 60-516 requires the application of the statutes of limitation of the states in which the individual royalty owners reside.”
Muzingo v. Vaught, 859 P.2d 977 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Our present borrowing statute, K.S.A. 60-516, provides: “Where the cause of action has arisen in another state or country and by the laws of the state or country where the cause of action arose an action cannot be maintained thereon by reason of lapse of time, no action can be…”
Johnson Bros. Wholesale Liquor Co. v. Clemmons, 661 P.2d 1242 (Kan. 1983). “60-2403 provides, in substance, that if execution shall not be sued out within five years from the date of any judgment rendered in any court of record of this state or within five years from the date of any order reviving such judgment or, if five years have intervened between…”
Goldsmith v. Learjet, Inc., 90 F.3d 1490 (10th Cir. 1996). · cites it 5× “Learjet points out that the Kansas borrowing statute looks to “the laws of the state or country where the cause of action arose,” K.S.A. § 60-516 (emphasis added), and not merely to the foreign state’s limitation period.”
Murphy v. Klein Tools, Inc., 693 F. Supp. 982 (D. Kan. 1988). · cites it 2× “60-516, commonly referred to as a borrowing exception, it provides: Where the cause of action has arisen in another state or country and by the laws of the state or country where the cause of action arose an action cannot be maintained thereon by reason of lapse of time, no…”
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