Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 77-624 (2026)

Initiation of action; petition; venue; form of action

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77-624. Initiation of action; petition; venue; form of action. (a) In addition to other remedies provided by law, an agency may seek enforcement of its rule and regulation or order by filing a petition for civil enforcement in the district court.

(b) The petition shall name, as defendants, each alleged violator against whom the agency seeks to obtain civil enforcement.

(c) A party to an agency hearing may seek enforcement of a subpoena, discovery order or protective order by filing a petition for civil enforcement in the district court. The petition shall name, as defendants, each person against whom the party seeks to obtain civil enforcement.

(d) Venue shall be in the county:

(1) In which the order is entered or the rule and regulation is promulgated; or

(2) determined in the manner provided for determination of venue in other civil cases.

(e) A petition for civil enforcement may request, and the court may grant, declaratory relief, temporary or permanent injunctive relief, any other civil remedy provided by law or any combination of the foregoing.

History: L. 1984, ch. 338, § 24; L. 1989, ch. 283, § 8; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1994–2012 · leading case: Ryser v. State, 284 P.3d 337 (Kan. 2012).

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Ryser v. State, 284 P.3d 337 (Kan. 2012). “77-622 (authorizing courts to award damages or compensation under some circumstances and to grant several different types of relief); K.S.A. 77-624 (authorizing civil enforcement of agency actions including enforcement of a subpoena, discovery order, or protective order by…”

Corder v. Kansas Bd. of Healing Arts, 889 P.2d 1127 (Kan. 1994). “See, K.S.A. 77-624 et seq. Accordingly, the KAJR remedies are exclusive.”

Turner & Boisseau v. Kansas State Bd. of Healing Arts, 978 P.2d 288 (Kan. Ct. App. 1998). “Appellants state in their brief that they believed the presiding officer’s initial order of April 27, 1994, incorporated and affirmed his prior sanction orders contained in the May 6 and 19, 1993, letters.”

Sebelius v. LaFaver, 9 P.3d 1260 (Kan. 2000). “K.S.A. 77-624 to K.S.A. 77-627 govern civil enforcement of an agency action.”

State Ex Rel. Bremby v. Thorson, 210 P.3d 132 (Kan. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “Citing K.S.A. 77-624 as authority, the agency sought repayment of about $7,800 for *190 tire removal costs from Thorson.”

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