Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 8-257 (2026)

Surrender of license; division authorized to destroy; application

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8-257. Surrender of license; division authorized to destroy; application. (a) The division, upon suspending or revoking a license, shall require that such license shall be surrendered to the division.

(b) Upon the receipt of any Kansas driver's license or permit that has been surrendered under any provision of law, and notwithstanding any other provision of law that requires the division to retain the license or permit, the division may destroy such license or permit.

(c) For purposes of this section, the term "surrendered" shall include, but not be limited to, Kansas drivers' licenses and permits received by the division due to the application of the following statutes: K.S.A. 8-246, 8-250, 8-253, 8-255, 8-260, 8-292, 8-298, 8-2,142, 8-1002, 8-1567a, 8-1599 and 8-2117 and K.S.A. 38-2361, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 24; L. 1949, ch. 104, § 29; L. 1967, ch. 59, § 5; L. 2008, ch. 18, § 1; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1977–2011 · leading case: State v. Lawson, 933 P.2d 684 (Kan. 1997).
State v. Lawson, 933 P.2d 684 (Kan. 1997). · cites it 5× “8-262(a)(2) provides: “No person shall be convicted under this section if such person was entitled at the time of arrest under K.S.A. 8-257, and amendments thereto, to the return of such person’s driver’s license or was, at the time of arrest, eligible under K.”
City of Overland Park v. Rice, 567 P.2d 1382 (Kan. 1977). · cites it 2× “The city in its brief relies upon K.S.A. 1972 Supp. 8-257 which requires the division, upon suspending or revoking a license, to require that such license shall be surrendered to and retained by the division except that at the end of the period of suspension the license shall be…”
State v. Perkins, 257 P.3d 1283 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 8-257. Suspension is the “temporary withdrawal” of a person’s license and driving privileges.”
State v. Peterson, 962 P.2d 1076 (Kan. 1998). · cites it 3× “8-262(a)(2), however, states: “No person shall be convicted under this section if such person was entitled at the time of arrest under K.S.A. 8-257, and amendments thereto, to the return of such person’s driver’s license or was, at the time of arrest, eligible under K.”
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