Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 22-4709

  • Criminal history record information: means all data initiated or collected by a criminal justice agency on a person pertaining to a reportable event, and any supporting documentation. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701
  • Criminal justice agency: means any government agency or subdivision of any such agency which is authorized by law to exercise the power of arrest, detention, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, rehabilitation or release of persons suspected, charged or convicted of a crime and which allocates a substantial portion of its annual budget to any of these functions. See Kansas Statutes 22-4701

(a) Subject to the provisions of this act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, any person may inspect and challenge criminal history record information maintained by a criminal justice agency concerning themselves. A person’s attorney may inspect such information if such attorney satisfactorily establishes his or her identity and presents a written authorization from his or her client.

(b) Nothing in this section requires a criminal justice agency to make a copy of any information or allows a person to remove any document for the purpose of making a copy of it. A person having the right of inspection may make notes of the information.