Kansas Statutes 19-703. Appearances on behalf of state
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 19-703
- 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.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Each county attorney, when requested by any judge of the district court of the county, shall appear on behalf of the state before such judge, and prosecute all complaints made in behalf of the state of which such judge has jurisdiction; and upon like request shall appear before such judge and conduct any criminal examination which may be had before such judge and, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 19-702, and amendments thereof, shall also prosecute all civil suits before such judge in which the county is a party or interested.