Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 8-235b (2026)

Findings of department upon receipt of application; issuance of license, when

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8-235b. Findings of department upon receipt of application; issuance of license, when. The division, upon receipt of an application for an original driver's license, if it finds the applicant to be the then holder of a valid driver's license and finds from said application that the statements required under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-240, relating to prior revocation, suspension or refusal of licenses are answered correctly in the negative, and finds that all other applicable requirements of the motor vehicle drivers' license act have been complied with, including the requirements of K.S.A. 8-234b and 8-234c, shall issue to said applicant a properly classified driver's license, which license shall be issued as provided in this act.

History: L. 1949, ch. 104, § 4; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 8; L. 1975, ch. 36, § 6; January 1, 1976.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: Vandever v. Kansas Dep't of Revenue, 763 P.2d 317 (Kan. 1988).

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Vandever v. Kansas Dep't of Revenue, 763 P.2d 317 (Kan. 1988). “Upon satisfying the foregoing requirements of this subsection, and if the division makes the findings required by K.S.A. 8-235b and amendments thereto for the issuance of an original license, the license shall be renewed without examination of the applicant’s driving ability.”

State, ex rel. Kobach v. Harper (Kan. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “) K.S.A. 8-235b. The use of the term "shall" certainly connotes a mandatory or ministerial action, not a discretionary one.”

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