Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-2109

  • 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.

Any person arrested by a member of the patrol shall forthwith be taken by such patrolman before a court having jurisdiction of the crime whereof such person arrested is charged, and therewith dealt with according to law.