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K.S.A. § 8-145 (2026)

Collection of fees; disposition of moneys; compensation of county treasurers; highway patrol motor vehicle fund; VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fund; commercial vehicle administrative fund; division of vehicles modernization fund; Kansas highway patrol staffing and training fund; fleet rental vehicle administration fund; disposition of elective and hybrid vehicle registration fees

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8-145. Collection of fees; disposition of moneys; compensation of county treasurers; highway patrol motor vehicle fund; VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fund; commercial vehicle administrative fund; division of vehicles modernization fund; Kansas highway patrol staffing and training fund; fleet rental vehicle administration fund; disposition of elective and hybrid vehicle registration fees. (a) All registration and certificates of title fees shall be paid to the division of vehicles, a contractor of the division or the county treasurer of the county in which the applicant for registration resides or has an office or principal place of business within this state. The division, contractor or the county treasurer shall issue a receipt to the applicant for such fees paid.

(b) The county treasurer, division or contractor shall deposit $.75 out of each license application, $.75 out of each application for transfer of license plate and $2 out of each application for a certificate of title, collected under this act, in a special fund, which fund is hereby appropriated for the use of the county treasurer, division or contractor in paying for necessary help and expenses incidental to the administration of duties in accordance with the provisions of this law. The county treasurer shall receive extra compensation for the services performed in administering the provisions of this act, which compensation shall be in addition to any other compensation provided by any other law, except that the county treasurer shall receive as additional compensation for administering the motor vehicle title and registration laws and fees, a sum computed as follows: The county treasurer, during the month of December, shall determine the amount to be retained for extra compensation not to exceed the following amounts each year for calendar year 2006 or any calendar year thereafter: The sum of $110 per hundred registrations for the first 5,000 registrations; the sum of $90 per hundred registrations for the second 5,000 registrations; the sum of $5 per hundred for the third 5,000 registrations; and the sum of $2 per hundred registrations for all registrations thereafter. In no event, however, shall any county treasurer be entitled to receive more than $15,000 additional annual compensation.

If more than one person shall hold the office of county treasurer during any one calendar year, such compensation shall be prorated among such persons in proportion to the number of weeks served. The total amount of compensation paid the treasurer together with the amounts expended in paying for other necessary help and expenses incidental to the administration of the duties of the county treasurer in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall not exceed the amount deposited in such special fund. Any balance remaining in such fund at the close of any calendar year shall be withdrawn and credited to the general fund of the county prior to June 1 of the following calendar year.

(c) The county treasurer, division or contractor shall remit the remainder of all such fees collected, together with the original copy of all applications, to the secretary of revenue. The secretary of revenue shall remit all such fees remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, except as provided in subsection (d).

(d) (1) Three dollars and fifty cents of each certificate of title fee collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $3.50 to the Kansas highway patrol motor vehicle fund. Three dollars of each certificate of title fee collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $3 to the VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fund.

(2) For repossessed vehicles, $3 of each certificate of title fee collected shall be retained by the contractor or county treasurer who processed the application.

(3) Three dollars and fifty cents of each reassignment form fee collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $3.50 to the Kansas highway patrol motor vehicle fund. Three dollars of each reassignment form fee collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $3 to the VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fund.

(4) Four dollars of each division of vehicles modernization surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $4 to the state highway fund.

(5) Two dollars of each Kansas highway patrol staffing and training surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $2 to the Kansas highway patrol staffing and training fund.

(6) One dollar and twenty-five cents of each surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,177, and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $1.25 to the state general fund.

(7) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-135 and 8-145, and amendments thereto, that are collected by the division for commercial motor vehicles or vehicles that are part of a commercial fleet, shall be remitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amounts to the commercial vehicle administrative fund.

(8) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-135 and 8-145, and amendments thereto, that are collected by the division for vehicles that are part of a fleet rental pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,189, and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amounts to the fleet rental vehicle administration fund.

(9) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, for those motorcycles that are all-electric motorcycles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(3), and amendments thereto, for those motor vehicles that are electric hybrid vehicles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(4)(C), and amendments thereto, for those motor vehicles that are plug-in electric hybrid vehicles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(4)(D), and amendments thereto, for those motor vehicles that are all-electric vehicles pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(a)(4)(E), and amendments thereto, and for those truck or truck tractors that are all-electric, an electric hybrid or a plug-in electric hybrid with a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143(b)(1), and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit to the state highway fund amounts specified in K.S.A. 79-34,142, and amendments thereto, and amounts specified in K.S.A. 79-34,142, and amendments thereto, to the special city and county highway fund to be apportioned and distributed in the manner provided in K.S.A. 79-3425c, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 23; L. 1933, ch. 73, § 2; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 8; L. 1938, ch. 12, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 97, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 41, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 50, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 335, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 49, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 34; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 8; L. 1975, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 31, § 6; L. 1985, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 34, § 4; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 5; L. 1996, ch. 260, § 4; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 10; L. 1999, ch. 114, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 27; L. 2002, ch. 134, § 6; L. 2003, ch. 30, § 4; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 5; L. 2008, ch. 181, § 3; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 12; L. 2016, ch. 88, § 4; L. 2017, ch. 74, § 2; L. 2019, ch. 26, § 3; L. 2024, ch. 39, § 1; L. 2025, ch. 64, § 3; January 1, 2026.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1944–2021 · leading case: Weber v. Bd. of Com'rs of Marshall Cnty., 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009).
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Weber v. Bd. of Com'rs of Marshall Cnty., 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009). · cites it 36× “The centerpiece for this dispute is the money raised pursuant to K.S.A.2008 Supp. 8-145 from fees paid by the public to the county treasurer to register and title motor vehicles.”
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Ferguson, 151 P.2d 694 (Kan. 1944). · cites it 26× “) The contentions of the board, petitioner here, may be summarized as follows: (a) The fees collected under section 8-145 are public moneys, defined as follows by G.”
Weber v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009). · cites it 35× “91-65 (answering whether a board of county commissioners may set a county treasurer’s salary based on the amount that official will receive from the state pursuant to K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 8-145); Att’y Gen. Op. No.”
Marcus v. Kansas, Dep't of Revenue, 170 F.3d 1305 (10th Cir. 1999). · cites it 2× “While some part of the funds collected pursuant to section 8-145d may ultimately reach the general fund of the county, see Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-145 (b), or the state highway fund, see id.”
Marcus v. State of Kan., Dept. of Revenue, 980 F. Supp. 398 (D. Kan. 1997). · cites it 4× “Instead, the service fee collected by the various county treasurers is deposited in “the special fund created pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-145 , and amendments thereto, and such amounts shall be used by the county treasurer for all purposes for which such fund has been…”
Maley v. Bd. of Coffey Cnty. Comm'rs (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 15× “K.S.A. 8-145(b). That is considered a state duty or task.”
Laughlin v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'rs. of Johnson Cnty., 647 F. Supp. 937 (D. Kan. 1984). “Defendants argue that only the County Treasurer had this authority pursuant to K.S.A. 8-145. This section authorizes a fund to pay for necessary help and expenses incidental to the administration of duties relating to the registration of vehicles.”
— K.S.A. § 8-145(a) — 2 cases
Weber v. Bd. of Com'rs of Marshall Cnty., 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009). “The centerpiece for this dispute is the money raised pursuant to K.S.A.2008 Supp. 8-145 from fees paid by the public to the county treasurer to register and title motor vehicles.”
Weber v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009). “91-65 (answering whether a board of county commissioners may set a county treasurer’s salary based on the amount that official will receive from the state pursuant to K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 8-145); Att’y Gen. Op. No.”
— K.S.A. § 8-145(b) — 3 cases
Weber v. Bd. of Com'rs of Marshall Cnty., 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009). “The centerpiece for this dispute is the money raised pursuant to K.S.A.2008 Supp. 8-145 from fees paid by the public to the county treasurer to register and title motor vehicles.”
Weber v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009). “91-65 (answering whether a board of county commissioners may set a county treasurer’s salary based on the amount that official will receive from the state pursuant to K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 8-145); Att’y Gen. Op. No.”
Maley v. Bd. of Coffey Cnty. Comm'rs (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). “K.S.A. 8-145(b). That is considered a state duty or task.”
— K.S.A. § 8-145(c) — 2 cases
Weber v. Bd. of Com'rs of Marshall Cnty., 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009). “The centerpiece for this dispute is the money raised pursuant to K.S.A.2008 Supp. 8-145 from fees paid by the public to the county treasurer to register and title motor vehicles.”
Weber v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 221 P.3d 1094 (Kan. 2009). “91-65 (answering whether a board of county commissioners may set a county treasurer’s salary based on the amount that official will receive from the state pursuant to K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 8-145); Att’y Gen. Op. No.”
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