Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 8-511 (2026)

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8-511.

History: L. 1937, ch. 283, § 11; L. 1953, ch. 46, § 1; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-2205; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Stop sign not required at county road and state highway intersection. Moore v. State Highway Comm., 150 Kan. 314, 316, 92 P.2d 29.

2. Applied; stop sign defectively installed on side of state highway constituted "defect" under K.S.A. 68-419; liability. Brown v. State Highway Commission, 202 Kan. 1, 2, 7, 13, 15, 444 P.2d 882.

3. Cited; statute used verbatim as jury instruction; used as background information for jury; no error. Hampton v. State Highway Commission, 209 Kan. 565, 577, 498 P.2d 236.

4. Cited; absence of guardrails may constitute a defect in highway making state liable (dissenting opinion). Martin v. State Highway Commission, 213 Kan. 877, 888, 518 P.2d 437.

5. General provisions of section do not control specific provisions of K.S.A. 66-2,121 and regulation adopted under K.S.A. 8-510; duty to erect signs on both sides of track. Waits v. St. Louis-San Francisco Rly. Co., 216 Kan. 160, 176, 531 P.2d 22.


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1968–1975 · leading case: Brown v. State High. Comm'n, 444 P.2d 882 (Kan. 1968).
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Brown v. State High. Comm'n, 444 P.2d 882 (Kan. 1968). · cites it 3× “The law, K.S.A. 8-511 states `Traffic-control devices on state highways.”
Hampton v. State High. Comm'n, 498 P.2d 236 (Kan. 1972). “Instruction number 9 quoted verbatim K.S.A. 8-511 authorizing the adoption of a sign manual; number 10 sets out those portions of the adopted manual describing appropriate warning signs.”
Waits v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co., 531 P.2d 22 (Kan. 1975). “The appellant relies upon K.S.A. 8-511 for the proposition that K.S.”
Martin v. State High. Comm'n, 518 P.2d 437 (Kan. 1974). “" K.S.A. 8-511 provides: "( a ) The state highway commission shall place and maintain such traffic control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications, upon all state highways as it shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this act or to…”
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