Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 75-5218 (2026)

Offenders sentenced to custody of secretary of corrections; notice to secretary; judgment form or journal entry; transfer of certified copies to the secretary and others; notice of modified sentence sent to secretary

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75-5218. Offenders sentenced to custody of secretary of corrections; notice to secretary; judgment form or journal entry; transfer of certified copies to the secretary and others; notice of modified sentence sent to secretary. (a) When any person is sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections, the clerk of the court which imposed such sentence shall deliver to the officer having the offender in charge the judgment form or journal entry as required by K.S.A. 21-6711, or K.S.A. 22-3426, and amendments thereto, together with the order of commitment to the custody of the secretary of corrections as required by K.S.A. 21-6712, and amendments thereto. Within three business days of receipt of the order of commitment and the judgment form or journal entry, the officer having the offender in charge shall forward certified copies to the secretary of corrections. Copies of these materials shall also be delivered to the officers conveying the offender to the Topeka correctional facility, department of corrections reception and diagnostic unit or such other correctional institution prescribed by K.S.A. 75-5220, and amendments thereto, or by the secretary of corrections in accordance with such statute.

(b) When an offender's sentence has been modified in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 21-6605, and amendments thereto, the clerk of the court which imposed such modified sentence shall within three business days notify the secretary of corrections by sending a certified copy of the court's order modifying the offender's sentence to the secretary or the secretary's designee.

History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 27; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 19; L. 1980, ch. 104, § 8; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 51; L. 1991, ch. 260, § 11; L. 2002, ch. 50, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 277; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1985–2003 · leading case: State v. Miller, 926 P.2d 652 (Kan. 1996).

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State v. Miller, 926 P.2d 652 (Kan. 1996). · cites it 2× “Douglas contends that K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 75-5218 and K.S.A. 21-4718 imply that the sentencing court has continuing jurisdiction between the time sentence is pronounced and the time the order on the departure motion is issued.”

State v. Goseland, 887 P.2d 1109 (Kan. 1994). “75-5220(a) provides, in pertinent part: “[Wjithin three days of receipt of the notice provided for in K.S.A. 75-5218 and amendments thereto, the secretary of corrections shall notify the sheriff having such offender in custody to convey such offender immediately to the Topeka…”

Lynn v. Simmons, 95 P.3d 99 (Kan. Ct. App. 2003). “75-5206; K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 75-5218. *978 Moreover, under the Interstate Corrections Compact, K.”

People v. Jenkins, 717 P.2d 994 (Colo. Ct. App. 1985). “K.S.A. 75-5218. The documents were certified by the Director of Records of the penitentiary to be true and correct copies of the original documents he held in his possession.”

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State v. Miller, 926 P.2d 652 (Kan. 1996). “Douglas contends that K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 75-5218 and K.S.A. 21-4718 imply that the sentencing court has continuing jurisdiction between the time sentence is pronounced and the time the order on the departure motion is issued.”

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