Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-7b18

  • 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.
  • Private detective: means any person who, for any consideration whatsoever, engages in detective business. See Kansas Statutes 75-7b01

(a) The licensing and regulation of private detectives and private detective agencies shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the attorney general, as provided by this act, and no city may adopt any ordinance which provides for the licensing or regulation of private detectives or private detective agencies. Any such ordinance which is so adopted, or which has been adopted on or before the effective date of this act, is hereby declared null and void.

(b) The attorney general shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.