Legal Research Links - Kansas
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Agencies/Administrative Decisions
- Governor's Office site
offers news, information, proclamations, orders, etc.
- Attorney General's
Office site includes text of opinions.
- Secretary of State offers
many online forms as well as other corporate and election information.
- Kansas Bureau of
Investigation web site offers statistics, information
about the agency, and covers topics such as registered offenders,
missing persons, and drug enforcement.
- Office of Administrative
Hearings pages include general information and forms
for citizens and other affected parties involved in SRS
hearings.
- Bank Commissioner's Office site
offers public information on the financial institutions in Kansas,
special orders, regulations, and forms.
- Board of
Accountancy includes disciplinary
actions.
- Board of Healing Arts site
includes rules and
regulations, disciplinary
actions since 1996, and licensure
information.
- Corporation
Commission provides consumer protection information,
docket filings, and news releases.
- Kansas Insurance Department includes
information on shopping for insurance, comparing rates, filing
complaints, and related legislative and legal issues.
- Juvenile Justice Authority site
links to information about the agency, the facilities it operates,
and its current initiatives.
- KS Governmental
Ethics Commission administers, interprets and enforces
the Campaign Finance Act and laws relating to conflict of
interests, financial disclosure and the regulation of lobbying.
- Ethics
Opinions database searchable by opinion number, area
and keyword.
- Workers
Compensation Board section of the Kansas
Department of Labor.
- Kansas
Legislative Research Department is a non-partisan staff
agency that serves both House and the Senate.
- Kansas
Office of Vital Statistics for certificates of births,
deaths, marriages, and marriage dissolutions.
- Kansas
Sentencing Commission/Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating
Council web site provides Commission and Council information
as well as full-text publications.
- Social and Rehabilitation
Services (SRS) has a searchable web site full of information
on programs and services, forms, and publications.
- KS State Government
Phone Directory includes numbers for agencies, legislators,
and individual state employees.
- The Kansas.gov site
provides annotated links to most state agencies.
Organizations
- Housing and Credit Counseling,
Inc. is a non-profit agency assisting the community
by providing counseling and education on budgeting, credit,
debt repayment, tenant-landlord issues, and homeownership
opportunities.
- Kansas Bar Association site
contains CLE
calendar, lawyer
referral information, and district
court rules.
- Kansas
County Law Libraries directory and relevant statutes.
- Kansas
Geological Survey offers data, maps, publication lists,
and more.
- Kansas
Heritage provides family and local history in digital
format.
- Kids Voting Kansas promotes
children's education about voting and participating in government.
City Governments
County Governments
Full-text State-Related Documents
General Materials
- Budget - includes
the current FY budget, a comparison report, the governor's recommendations,
and other related materials.
- Kansas Tax Forms.
- Kansas
Constitution, or this alternate site at the Kansas
State Library.
- Historical (i.e. territorial) constitutions: Wyandotte
Consitution - 1859; the Topeka
Constitution - 1855
- Territorial Kansas documents from 1864-1861.
- State Attorney General
Opinions since January 1993 are available for free.
- KS State Government
Phone Directory includes numbers for agencies, legislators,
and individual state employees.
- Kansas Office of
Vital Statistics includes information regarding live births, fetal deaths, abortions, deaths, marriages,
and marriage dissolutions.
- State
of Kansas Adjustment to the 2000 U.S. Decennial Census.
- Kansas Water Plan
Legislative
- Kansas
Statutes (non-annotated)
- Kansas
Statutes Annotated (needs a password)
- Kansas
Administrative Regulations
- Kansas
Open Records and Public Information.
- KS Child
Support Guidelines in full text, including forms.
- Sentencing Guidelines Desk Reference Manual and other Commission publications.
- Kansas
Campaign Finance Data from the KS Governmental Ethics
Commission.
Court-related
- KS Appellate Court
Opinions from the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of
Appeals.
- Rules Adopted by
the Kansas Supreme Court.
- Rules of Practice of
the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
- Local Bankruptcy
Rules for the District of Kansas.
- Rules Relating
to Discipline of Attorneys in full text with an index.
- Dispute Resolution information,
training schedule, and forms.
- Practice
Tools for Johnson County include Family Law Guidelines
and Judicial Survey.
-
Kansas Appellate Practice Handbook, 4th edition.
Music
- "The
Kansas March" (official march)
- "Here's
Kansas" (official march)
Courts
- Kansas
Judicial Branch - comprehensive site covering the KS
Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts, and Municipal
Courts; includes Supreme
Court and Court of Appeals opinions.
- Rules Adopted by
the Kansas Supreme Court.
- Tenth Circuit Court
of Appeals site includes court calendars, rules and
forms, press releases, etc.
- Tenth Circuit Opinions since
October 1997; from August
1995 through September 1997.
- United States District
Court, District of Kansas Internet home page
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
District of Kansas. A related site, Kansas
Bankruptcy Law, includes a list of state exemptions,
a description of the bankruptcy process, and answers to
frequently asked questions.
- Kansas
Bankruptcy Court Opinions.
- Local Rules for
the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Kansas.
- Map of
the Kansas state judicial districts.
-
Kansas County District Court Search database includes several counties; requires Kansas.gov subscription & password.
- 1st
Judicial District includes Atchison and Leavenworth
counties.
- Shawnee County District
Court (3rd Judicial District)
- 4th Judicial
District site includes local court rules, forms, fee
schedule,
- and other information for courts in Anderson, Coffey, Franklin,
and Osage counties.
- Douglas
County District Court (7th) site includes contact information
and other items of interest from the various departments.
- Johnson County
District Court (10th Judicial District) site provides
forms, contact information, and comprehensive court information.
- 12th Judicial
District home page for Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell,
Republic, & Washington counties.
- 16th Judicial
District includes Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa
and Meade counties.
- Sedgwick County - 18th District Court
pages. In addition, the civil,
criminal, domestic, probate, and traffic courts may be searched
on Kansas.gov, but a subscription/password is required.
- 21st Judicial
District web site for Riley County.
- 24th Judicial
District site includes Edwards, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness,
Pawnee & Rush counties.
- Wyandotte
County District Court is accessible via the main county page.
Legislative Information
Kansas Newspapers
Other Indexes to Kansas Information
- AccessKansas (aka
Information Network of Kansas) offers comprehensive coverage
of Kansas governmental information.
- Blue Skyways is
the Kansas library community's shared information service with
something for everyone.
- KANAnswer is
a free online information service for Kansans, and for non-residents
who have questions about Kansas.
- Kansas
Census Data on the Policy Research Institute (KU) site
includes searchable data archives.
- Kansas
Heritage is a source for Kansas history and a collection
of Kansas graphics.
- Kansas Web provides
links to a wide variety of Kansas information.
- Kansas
Information links to education, museums, theatre, parks
and recreation.
- School
Finance / School Funding information compiled by the
Kansas State Library.
- Territorial
Kansas Online is a digital collection of photographs,
handwritten letters, and other documents to present the
territorial years of Kansas history, 1854 through January
1861.
