Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 60-701

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

Subject to the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-703, and amendments thereto, the plaintiffs at or after the commencement of any civil action may have, as an incident to the relief sought, one or more attachments against the property of the defendant, or that of any one or more of several defendants, when the defendant whose property is to be attached:

(1) is a nonresident of the state or a foreign corporation, or

(2) has absconded or is concealed so that the summons cannot be served or is about to move out of this state with the intent of changing domicile, or

(3) is about to remove his or her property or effects out of this state, or

(4) is about to convert his or her property or a part thereof into money for the purpose of placing it beyond the reach of creditors, or

(5) has concealed, removed, assigned, conveyed or otherwise disposed of his or her property or effects so as to hinder or delay creditors or is about to do so, or

(6) fraudulently contracted the debt or fraudulently incurred the liability, or

(7) is liable for damages for injuries arising out of the commission of some felony or misdemeanor, or the seduction of a person, or

(8) has failed to pay the price or value of any article or thing delivered which by contract the defendant was bound to pay upon delivery.