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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-3216

  • 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.

All prosecutions commenced for violations of this act shall be brought in a court in the county where the violation occurred which has jurisdiction of misdemeanors committed in said county, and said court shall proceed in such cases as it would in any other criminal matter over which it has jurisdiction.