Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-3703

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. 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

Except as otherwise provided in this act, the secretary of administration shall have the legal custody of all records, memoranda, writings, entries, prints, representations or combinations thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence or event of the department of administration.

The secretary of administration shall keep a seal which shall be surrounded by the words “secretary of administration of the department of administration of Kansas,” which shall be of such diameter and with such device as the governor and the secretary of administration may prescribe, an impression of which shall be filed in the office of secretary of state. Copies of any such department of administration record, memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation, or combination thereof, or of any production thereof pursuant to any authority conferred by law, certified by him or her, and authenticated by seal, shall in all cases be evidence in all courts or administrative agencies equally and in like manner as the original.