Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 61-3901

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • 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

Any party to a civil action pursuant to the code of civil procedure for limited actions may appeal from:

(a) A final judgment, except a judgment rendered on confession;

(b) any order, ruling or decision which determines the action at any stage of the proceedings;

(c) any order, ruling or decision that sustains or overrules a motion to dissolve an attachment or to discharge a garnishment; or

(d) any order, ruling or decision that sustains or overrules a motion to vacate the levy under an execution on property claimed to be exempt under the laws of this state.