§ 12-4104 — Municipal court; jurisdiction; search warrants proscribed

Kansas § 12-4104

• Jurisdiction: Kansas
• Ch. 12: CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
• Art. 41: CODE FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS; GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) The municipal court of each city shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine cases involving violations of the ordinances of the city, including concurrent jurisdiction to hear and determine a violation of an ordinance when the elements of such ordinance violation are the same as the elements of a violation of one of the following state statutes and would constitute, and be punished as, a felony if charged in district court:
(1) K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, driving under the influence;
(2) K.S.A. 21-5414, and amendments thereto, domestic battery;
(3) K.S.A. 21-5801, and amendments thereto, theft;
(4) K.S.A. 21-5821, and amendments thereto, giving a worthless check; or
(5) subsection (b)(3) of K.S.A. 21-5706, and amendments thereto, possession of marijuana.
(b) Search warrants shall not issue out of a municipal court.

Legislative History

L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4104; L. 2007, ch. 168, § 3; L. 2009, ch. 32, § 20; L. 2010, ch. 74, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 101; July 1.