Kansas Statutes 68-527a. Settlement of disputes over maintenance, improvement or inspection of roads on county or township lines; district courts; appeal
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 68-527a
- County: means any county. See Kansas Statutes 68-580
- 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.
- road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Whenever a dispute arises over the maintenance, improvement and/or inspection of roads located on county lines or township lines on designated county line roads as provided for in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 68-507 and 68-527, the district court of the county in which the road is located shall have jurisdiction to hear and settle the dispute. If the decision involves a designated county line road, the district court of any county which adjoins such county line road shall have jurisdiction of and it shall be its duty to hear and settle the dispute. If an action is filed in more than one district court, the last action filed shall be dismissed on motion. Appeals to the supreme court may be taken from the decision of the district court.