8-244.
Licenses to be carried and delivered upon demand; defense.
(a) Every licensee shall have such person's driver's license in such person's immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle. However, no person charged with violating this subsection shall be convicted if such person produces in court or the office of the arresting officer a driver's license theretofore issued to such person and valid at the time of arrest.
(b) Every licensee operating a motor vehicle shall promptly deliver such person's driver's license upon demand of any officer of a court of competent jurisdiction, any peace officer or any examiner or officer of the division of vehicles when the license is in such person's immediate possession at the time of the demand.
History:
L. 1937, ch. 73, § 11; L. 1949, ch. 104, § 15; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 12; L. 1973, ch. 134, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 36, § 15; L. 2019, ch. 29, § 1; July 1.
Notes of Decisions
City of Overland Park v. Sandy, 587 P.2d 883 (Kan. 1978).
· cites it 10× “The sole question to be decided here is whether K.S.A. 8-244 authorizes police officers to stop an automobile in order to make an isolated spot check for a driver's license.”
United States v. Lopez, 849 F.3d 921 (10th Cir. 2017).
· cites it 2× “Angela The government’s argument regarding Angela would sustain the admission of the evidence against both Angela and Adrienne.”
City of Overland Park v. Sandy, 576 P.2d 1097 (Kan. Ct. App. 1978).
· cites it 7× “The sole question to be decided here is whether K.S.A. 8-244 authorizes police officers to stop an automobile in order to make an isolated spot check for a driver’s license.”
Fillmore v. Ordonez, 829 F. Supp. 1544 (D. Kan. 1993).
· cites it 2× “8-262(a), one count of driving without his driver’s license on his person in violation of K.S.A. 8-244, and two counts of obstructing official duty in violation of K.”
State v. Shaffer, 574 P.2d 205 (Kan. 1977).
“The police had a right to do so. There is no requirement the defendant had to be out of a vehicle before he was stopped.”
United States v. Olivares-Campos, 276 F. App'x 816 (10th Cir. 2008).
“, Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-244 . 2 At the same time, as the district court observed, in this particular case Mr.”
State v. Garner, 608 P.2d 1321 (Kan. 1980).
“41-804); and not having a valid driver’s license on his person (K.S.A. 8-244). The State appealed the order of the trial court suppressing the results of a breath test to determine the defendant’s blood alcohol level.”
State v. Greenberg, 607 P.2d 530 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980).
“As noted, the second response dealt with in our reporting statute is the production of a driver’s license, on an “if available” basis to other parties to the accident, compulsorily when requested by an officer.”
Brown v. Fisher, 251 F. App'x 527 (10th Cir. 2007).
“See Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-244 (“Every licensee shall have his or her driver’s license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle, and shall display the same, upon demand of any .”
Fillmore v. Eichkorn, 891 F. Supp. 1482 (D. Kan. 1995).
“In their summary judgment motion, defendants argue that at the time of plaintiffs arrest, defendants had probable cause to believe plaintiff was driving without a license on his person (in violation of K.S.A. 8-244) or driving without having been issued a driver’s license (in…”
United States v. Pullen, 884 F. Supp. 410 (D. Kan. 1995).
“Moreover, once the defendant provided an expired driver’s license, Officer Stanley had grounds and authority to arrest the defendant for driving without a license on his person in violation of K.S.A. 8-244, or for driving without having been issued a driver’s license in…”
State v. Evans, 430 P.3d 1 (Kan. 2018).
“While K.S.A. 8-244 required Evans to have her driver's license "in .”
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