Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 60-4708

  • Association: means a non-profit homeowners organization as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 60-4701
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • defect: means a deficiency in, or a deficiency arising out of the specifications, planning, supervision or construction of residential improvements that results from any of the following:

    (1) Defective material, products or components used in the construction of residential improvements. See Kansas Statutes 60-4701

  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(a) A person shall not provide or offer to provide anything of monetary value to a property manager of an association or to a member or officer of an executive board of an association to induce the property manager, member or officer to encourage or discourage the association to file a claim for damages arising from a construction defect.

(b) A property manager shall not accept anything of value given in exchange for encouraging or discouraging the association that such property manager manages to file a claim for damages arising from a construction defect.

(c) A member or officer of an executive board of an association shall not accept anything of value given in exchange for encouraging or discouraging the association of which such person is a member or officer of the executive board to file a claim for damages arising from a construction defect.

(d) A person who willfully violates this section shall be guilty of a class C nonperson misdemeanor.