Kansas Statutes 12-4104. Municipal court; jurisdiction; search warrants proscribed
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-4104
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(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) Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-1567, and amendments thereto, driving under the influence;
(2) Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5414, and amendments thereto, domestic battery;
(3) Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5801, and amendments thereto, theft;
(4) Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5821, and amendments thereto, giving a worthless check; or
(5) subsection (b)(3) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-5706, and amendments thereto, possession of marijuana.
(b) Search warrants shall not issue out of a municipal court.