Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 60-609 (2026)

Change of venue

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section KS-LEGkslegislature.org JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

60-609. Change of venue. (a) Upon the motion of a party, a district court may transfer any civil action to any county where it might have been brought upon a finding that a transfer would better serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and the interests of justice.

(b) In any action in the district court which is commenced pursuant to chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and in which it shall be made to appear that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county where the action is pending, for reasons other than the disqualification of the judge, the court, upon application of either party, may change the place of trial to some county where the objection does not exist.

(c) When all parties who are not in default agree and the agreement is approved by the court of original venue and the supreme court, a civil action may be transferred to any county.

History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-609; L. 1976, ch. 251, § 17; L. 1983, ch. 197, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 174, § 2; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 15 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Hernandez v. Pistotnik, 472 P.3d 110 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Hernandez v. Pistotnik, 472 P.3d 110 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “Under K.S.A. 60-609, a district court has the discretion to grant or deny a party's motion for change of venue.”

Unified Sch. Dist. No. 490 v. Celotex Corp., 629 P.2d 196 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “USD 490 concedes that three of the jurors here resided in the school district, and one of the three had a child enrolled in the school.”

In re the Marriage of Yount, 122 P.3d 1175 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 13× “*663 “The motion to change venue is not supported in either case by fact or law, and the motion is therefore overruled.” On November 19, 2004, Hulse filed a notice of appeal challenging the court’s decision to deny her motion to change venue from Cowley County to Shawnee County.”

In Re the Est. of Heiman, 241 P.3d 161 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). “We think the better course in Quinlan might have been to transfer the breach of fiduciary duty case from Shawnee County to Jefferson County as a matter of venue for the convenience of the parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice, as allowed by K.S.A. 60-609. In a…”

Dollison v. Osborne Cnty., 737 P.2d 43 (Kan. 1987). · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 60-609 (Weeks) provided, at the time of the Quillin case, only for transfer of venue where the original county could not provide a “fair and impartial trial.”

Schmidt v. Shearer, 995 P.2d 381 (Kan. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 3× “60-608, the action could have been transferred to Ford County pursuant to K.S.A. 60-609, which allows the trial court to change venue upon the motion of a party “after due consideration of the right of the plaintiff to choose the place of the action and a finding that a transfer…”

Plummer Dev., Inc. v. Prairie State Bank, 809 P.2d 1216 (Kan. 1991). “K.S.A. 60-609(b) provides that the party must state “reasons other than the disqualification of the judge.”

Country Club Home, Inc. v. Harder, 620 P.2d 1140 (Kan. 1980). “The allowance or refusal of an application for a change of venue rests largely in the discretion of the trial court under K.S.A. 60-609. Fredricks v. Foltz, 221 Kan.”

First Fin. Trust Co. v. Scott, 929 P.2d 263 (N.M. 1996). “Code § 34-2-13-1 (1986); Kan.StatAnn. § 60-609(a) (1995); La.Code Civ.”

Matson v. Kansas Dep't of Corr., 346 P.3d 327 (Kan. 2015). “The Norton District Court—citing K.S.A. 60-609(a), which permits a change of venue for the convenience of the parties to “any county where [the action] might have been brought”—denied Matson’s motion on the grounds his suit could have been brought in Norton District Court…”

Rhodenbaugh v. Kansas Emp. Sec. Bd. of Review, 372 P.3d 1252 (Kan. Ct. App. 2016). “See K.S.A. 60-609(a) (allowing the trial court to change venue upon the motion of a party and “a finding that a transfer would better serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and the interests of justice”); Pieren-Abbott v.”

T.U. v. Baker (Kan. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 6× “We review a court's decision to change venue under K.S.A. 60-609 for an abuse of discretion.”

Show all 15 citing cases →

— K.S.A. § 60-609(a) — 10 cases

Hernandez v. Pistotnik, 472 P.3d 110 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020). “Under K.S.A. 60-609, a district court has the discretion to grant or deny a party's motion for change of venue.”

First Fin. Trust Co. v. Scott, 929 P.2d 263 (N.M. 1996). “Code § 34-2-13-1 (1986); Kan.StatAnn. § 60-609(a) (1995); La.Code Civ.”

In re the Marriage of Yount, 122 P.3d 1175 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). “*663 “The motion to change venue is not supported in either case by fact or law, and the motion is therefore overruled.” On November 19, 2004, Hulse filed a notice of appeal challenging the court’s decision to deny her motion to change venue from Cowley County to Shawnee County.”

Dollison v. Osborne Cnty., 737 P.2d 43 (Kan. 1987). “K.S.A. 60-609 (Weeks) provided, at the time of the Quillin case, only for transfer of venue where the original county could not provide a “fair and impartial trial.”

— K.S.A. § 60-609(b) — 2 cases

Plummer Dev., Inc. v. Prairie State Bank, 809 P.2d 1216 (Kan. 1991). “K.S.A. 60-609(b) provides that the party must state “reasons other than the disqualification of the judge.”

T.U. v. Baker (Kan. Ct. App. 2026). “We review a court's decision to change venue under K.S.A. 60-609 for an abuse of discretion.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.