Kansas § 5-447 Judgment on award; attorney fees and litigation expenses

Kansas Statutes

§ 5-447 — Judgment on award; attorney fees and litigation expenses

Kansas § 5-447

Ch. 5ARBITRATION AND AWARD

Art. 4UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 5-447 (2026).

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(a)Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment in conformity therewith. The judgment may be recorded, docketed and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.

(b)A court may allow reasonable costs of the motion and subsequent judicial proceedings.

(c)On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under K.S.A. 5-444, 5-445 or 5-446, and amendments thereto, the court may add reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation incurred in a judicial proceeding after the award is made to a judgment confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award.

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(a) Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment in conformity therewith. The judgment may be recorded, docketed and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.
(b) A court may allow reasonable costs of the motion and subsequent judicial proceedings.
(c) On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under K.S.A. 5-444, 5-445 or 5-446, and amendments thereto, the court may add reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation incurred in a judicial proceeding after the award is made to a judgment confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award.