Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 8-1612 (2026)

Accident report forms; department of transportation to provide division of vehicles accident reports or data

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8-1612. Accident report forms; department of transportation to provide division of vehicles accident reports or data. (a) The department of transportation shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, sheriffs and other appropriate agencies or individuals, forms for written accident reports as required in this article, suitable with respect to the persons required to make such reports and the purposes to be served. The written reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with reference to a vehicle accident, the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved.

(b) Every accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on the appropriate form approved by the department of transportation and shall contain all the information required therein unless not available.

(c) The department of transportation shall provide the division of vehicles with the necessary accident reports and accident data to satisfy the division's requirements as provided in K.S.A. 8-249, 40-3104 and 40-3118, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1612; L. 1989, ch. 42, § 3; January 1, 1990.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1998–2018 · leading case: Willis v. Kansas High. Patrol, 41 P.3d 824 (Kan. 2002).
Willis v. Kansas High. Patrol, 41 P.3d 824 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 3× “In his motion, Willis clarified that he was only requesting the information on the form prepared for the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) as required by K.S.A. 8-1612, not the entire criminal record.”
State v. Canaan, 964 P.2d 681 (Kan. 1998). “” *843 K.S.A. 8-1612 provides: “(a) The department of transportation shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, sheriffs and other appropriate agencies or individuals, forms for written accident reports as required in this article, suitable with respect to the…”
State v. Evans, 430 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2018). · cites it 5× “But the Canaan court relied on the plain view and inventory search exceptions to the warrant requirement-it did not create a new exception allowing a search simply because officers have a duty to complete the report.”
K.S.A. § 8-1612(a): 2 cases
Willis v. Kansas High. Patrol, 41 P.3d 824 (Kan. 2002). “In his motion, Willis clarified that he was only requesting the information on the form prepared for the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) as required by K.S.A. 8-1612, not the entire criminal record.”
State v. Evans, 430 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2018). “But the Canaan court relied on the plain view and inventory search exceptions to the warrant requirement-it did not create a new exception allowing a search simply because officers have a duty to complete the report.”
K.S.A. § 8-1612(b): 1 case
State v. Evans, 430 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2018). “But the Canaan court relied on the plain view and inventory search exceptions to the warrant requirement-it did not create a new exception allowing a search simply because officers have a duty to complete the report.”
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