Kansas
Kansas Statutes Annotated — Chapter 8, Automobiles and Other Vehicles
712 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 8-1731 — Lights on highway construction and maintenance vehicles; rules and regulations of secretary
- § 8-1734 — Braking systems for motor vehicles and combinations of vehicles; performance requirements; additional braking systems, when; antique vehicles exempted
- § 8-1738 — Horns and warning devices
- § 8-1739 — Mufflers and noise suppressing systems
- § 8-174 — Same; duty of county clerk; receipt by county treasurer
- § 8-1740 — Mirrors
- § 8-1741 — Windshields and windows; damaged windshields prohibited; obstruction or impairment prohibited; wipers
- § 8-1742 — Restrictions as to tire equipment
- § 8-1742a — Sale of unsafe tires; misdemeanor
- § 8-1742b — Wide-base single tires; prohibitions
- § 8-1743 — Safety glazing material requirements; limitation on registration; misdemeanor
- § 8-1744 — Flares or warning devices; vehicles subject to requirements; use, when required; unlawful acts; compliance with federal requirements
- § 8-1745 — Display of vehicular hazard warning signal lamps and warning devices by certain stopped or disabled vehicles
- § 8-1746 — Vehicles transporting hazardous materials; regulations by secretary, compliance; markings of and equipment on vehicles; misdemeanor
- § 8-1747 — Air-conditioning equipment
- § 8-1749 — Safety belts and shoulder harnesses
- § 8-1749a — One-way glass and sun screening devices; requirements; exceptions; penalties
- § 8-1749b — Sun screening devices; definitions
- § 8-1749c — Unlawful installation of sun screening device; penalty
- § 8-175 — Registration of vehicles; application to appraiser for appraisal; preparation of tax bill
- § 8-1759 — Spot inspections by highway patrol; penalties
- § 8-1759a — Inspection by highway patrol upon reasonable cause; notice of defects; penalties
- § 8-176 — Rules and regulations; forms
- § 8-1761 — Improper compression release engine braking system
- § 8-1762 — Transportation network company lighting device; city ordinance; requirements
- § 8-177 — Same; false affidavit; penalty
- § 8-177a — License plates for members or retired members of Kansas national guard; application; issuance; nontransferability; design of plate
- § 8-177c — Prisoner of war license plates; surviving spouse; no fee or charge; rules and regulations
- § 8-177d — Gold star mother license plates; procedures; requirements
- § 8-1801 — Headlamps; modulation systems
- § 8-1802 — Tail lamps
- § 8-1803 — Reflectors
- § 8-1804 — Stop lamps, turn signals and side lamps
- § 8-1805 — Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment on motorcycles
- § 8-1806 — Road-lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles
- § 8-1807 — Brakes
- § 8-1808 — Performance ability of brakes
- § 8-1809 — Approval of braking systems on motor-driven cycles; suspension or revocation of registration; prohibited acts
- § 8-1810 — Other equipment; compliance with sections in article 18; applicability of other equipment laws
- § 8-1901 — Criminal penalties for violation of size and weight laws; exceptions
- § 8-1902 — Width of vehicles and loads thereon
- § 8-1903 — Loads on passenger vehicles extending to either side
- § 8-1904 — Height and length of vehicles and loads; exceptions to maximums
- § 8-1905 — Projecting loads to the front and rear
- § 8-1906 — Securing loads on vehicles; requirements for hauling livestock; exceptions
- § 8-1907 — Towing vehicles; connection and safety equipment; exceptions
- § 8-1908 — Gross weight limits on wheels and axles
- § 8-1909 — Gross weight limits for vehicles; exceptions; safety of certain vehicles for operation
- § 8-1909a — Vehicle operation on national system of interstate and defense highways; exceptions
- § 8-1910 — Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales; off-loading or load redistribution required, when
- § 8-1911 — Permits for oversize or overweight vehicles; fees
- § 8-1912 — When secretary of transportation or local authorities may restrict use of highways
- § 8-1913 — Liability for damage to highway or structure
- § 8-1914 — Issuance of special permits for operation of vehicles from Kansas turnpike authority toll booths and motor-freight truck terminals
- § 8-1915 — Issuance of special vehicle combination permits; conditions; penalties; rules and regulations
- § 8-1916 — Cotton modules; allowable movement
- § 8-1917 — Idle reduction technology; maximum weight limit exception
- § 8-1918 — Implement dealers; permits; allowable movement
- § 8-1919 — Issuance of special permits for certain vehicle combinations; fees; conditions
- § 8-1920 — Gross weight limits for emergency vehicles
- § 8-1921 — Escort vehicle company registration; requirements; penalty
- § 8-194 — Special interest vehicles; military surplus vehicles; definitions
- § 8-195 — Special interest vehicles; military surplus vehicles; registration; fees; collector's identification number
- § 8-196 — Same; processing fee
- § 8-197 — Definitions
- § 8-198 — Nonhighway and salvage vehicles exempt from registration; nonhighway certificates of title, salvage titles and dealer inventory-only titles; permit for temporary operation; rebuilt or restored salvage vehicle; rebuilt salvage title; notice attached to rebuilt vehicle; penalties; all-terrain vehicles
- § 8-199 — Unlawful acts; violations classified; sales tax act unaffected
- § 8-199a — Unlawful to remove notice required to be attached to rebuilt vehicles; penalty
- § 8-2001 — Provisions of act uniform throughout state; local traffic regulations
- § 8-2002 — Powers of local authorities
- § 8-2003 — Secretary of transportation to adopt sign manual
- § 8-2004 — Traffic-control devices on state highways; doubling of fine in road construction zone
- § 8-2005 — Local traffic-control devices; highways and streets designated as connecting links; township roads
- § 8-2006 — Restrictions on pedestrian crossings
- § 8-2007 — Same; unmarked crosswalks
- § 8-2008 — Erection and maintenance of stop signs, yield signs and traffic-control devices
- § 8-2009 — Regulations governing design and operation of school buses; effect of noncompliance
- § 8-2009a — School buses; exemptions from requirements of law and regulations; approval by state board of education
- § 8-2010 — Designation of authorized emergency vehicles
- § 8-2010a — Designation of authorized emergency vehicle; application; vehicles which may be designated
- § 8-2010b — Operation of vehicle with red light prohibited unless approved emergency vehicle
- § 8-2010c — Wreckers, tow trucks or car carriers; operation of emergency lights; when
- § 8-2011 — Removal of traffic hazards on private property
- § 8-2012 — Rights of owners of real property
- § 8-2101 — Parties to a crime established by uniform act
- § 8-2102 — Offenses by persons owning or controlling vehicles
- § 8-2103 — Application of act to public officers and employees
- § 8-2104 — When person to be taken before judge of district court; arrest at discretion of officer, when; traffic citation only in certain cases
- § 8-2106 — Traffic citation; procedure
- § 8-2107 — Offenses that may require an appearance bond; driver's license deposit and procedures; license suspension for failure to appear; bond in lieu of driver's license deposit; nonresident violator compact; docket fee; authorized only by legislative enactment
- § 8-2108 — Citation deemed lawful complaint
- § 8-2109 — Authority of officer at scene of accident
- § 8-2110 — Failure to comply with traffic citation; misdemeanor; suspension of driver's license; restricted driving privileges, specified circumstances, rescission; fee for mailing notice; reinstatement fee; waiver of fees and fines and assessment of costs
- § 8-2111 — Applicability of procedures in K.S.A
- § 8-2112 — Citation for illegally parked, standing or stopped vehicle
- § 8-2113 — Same; failure to appear; notice
- § 8-2114 — Same; prosecution; presumption of ownership
- § 8-2115 — Records of traffic cases; transmittal of abstracts to division; form; effect of noncompliance; public inspection of records; notice of final disposition of appeals
- § 8-2116 — Classification of violations; traffic infractions; misdemeanors; repeat misdemeanor offenses
- § 8-2117 — Prosecution of juvenile traffic offenders; disposition
- § 8-2118 — Uniform fine schedule for traffic infraction violations; payment by mail with plea, when; full payment required; ordinance traffic infractions; doubling of fine in road construction zones and school zones; escalating fines for unlawful passing of a school bus
- § 8-2119 — Electronic citations
- § 8-2201 — Act not retroactive
- § 8-2202 — Reference to prior law construed as reference to corresponding section in 1974 act
- § 8-2203 — Uniformity of interpretation
- § 8-2204 — Citation of act; sections included
- § 8-222 — Liability of owner for damages caused by negligence of minors under age of sixteen
- § 8-234a — Definitions
- § 8-234b — Classes of drivers' licenses; applications for original licenses; examinations; rules and regulations
- § 8-234d — Motor vehicle drivers' license act; scope and effect of certain sections
- § 8-235 — Drivers' licenses required; exercise of privileges granted licensees; city license, when; appeal from denial of license; penalty; motorized bicycle driver's license
- § 8-235b — Findings of department upon receipt of application; issuance of license, when
- § 8-235c — Findings of division; when examination required; exception
- § 8-235d — Applications for licenses other than renewals; examinations; locations; issuance of license; requirements for applicant under age of eighteen years
- § 8-235e — Application for driver's license, instructional permit or nondriver's identification card constitutes consent to selective service registration
- § 8-236 — Persons exempt from license
- § 8-237 — Persons to whom license not issued
- § 8-238 — Operators of school buses; operators of vehicles transporting persons or certain property for compensation; age restrictions
- § 8-239 — Instruction permits for persons 17 years of age and older; conditions and requirements
- § 8-240 — Drivers' licenses and instruction permits; application for; requirements; examination tests; reexamination; drivers' records; fees; late application penalties; electronic online renewal; quarterly report to secretary of state of noncitizens who were issued drivers' licenses
- § 8-2401 — Licensure of vehicle sales and manufacture; definitions
- § 8-2402 — Declaration of public policy
- § 8-2403 — Vehicle dealers required to have licenses; exceptions; supervision by director of vehicles
- § 8-2404 — License required; license fees; bond required, when; place of business required, when; supplemental place of business; manual and examination for salesperson; prohibiting brokering of new and used motor vehicles; exceptions
- § 8-2405 — Insurance required of dealers; issuance by nonadmitted insurers authorized; limitations on cancellation
- § 8-2406 — Dealer plates; fee; symbols on plates; use of plates
- § 8-2408 — Dealer requirements; reports; records, availability for inspection; disposition of business; exceptions
- § 8-2409 — Temporary vehicle registration permits; cost; display; operation under laden conditions
- § 8-241 — Licensee must submit to examination, when; examination and reinstatement fees; disposition of moneys; notice; restriction, suspension or revocation of license, when; license with DUI-IID designation, requirements, fees
- § 8-2410 — Denial, suspension or revocation of license; grounds; notice and hearing; licensee responsibility for agents; appeals; prohibited acts
- § 8-2411 — Violations; hearing; penalties; appeals
- § 8-2412 — Dealer review board; membership; meetings; compensation and expenses; secretary; attachment to department of revenue
- § 8-2413 — Injunctions; jurisdiction of courts; mediation
- § 8-2414 — Cancellation, termination or nonrenewal of franchise agreements between dealers and manufacturers or distributors; cause; hearing; burden of proof; compensation upon termination; effect of noncompliance by manufacturer or distributor
- § 8-2415 — Correction of warranty defects; compensation to dealer; promotional allowances or incentive payments; claim for reimbursement from dealer
- § 8-2416 — Sale, transfer or assignment of dealership, notice and limitations; disapproval procedure; duties of manufacturer or distributor; appointment of successor
- § 8-2417 — Jurisdiction over licensees; service of process in secretary of state; limitation of rights
- § 8-2418 — Disposition of moneys
- § 8-2419 — Liability of manufacturers and distributors for defects in equipment; indemnification for damages; when
- § 8-2420 — Act supplemental to vehicle registration laws
- § 8-2421 — Severability
- § 8-2422 — Citation of act
- § 8-2423 — Rules and regulations
- § 8-2425 — Full-privilege license plates; dealer-hauler full-privilege trailer license plates; fees; use
- § 8-2426 — Same; unlawful acts; penalties
- § 8-2428 — Dealer review board; duties
- § 8-2429 — Interstate dealer licensing compact
- § 8-243 — Issuance of licenses; contents; signature; photograph, exception; fee; anatomical gift; distinguishable license for deaf and hard of hearing; distinguishable number for registered offenders; veterans; persons needing assistance with cognition
- § 8-2430 — Establishment of additional or relocation of existing new vehicle dealer; procedure; relevant market area
- § 8-2431 — Same; exemption for manufacturers with dispute resolution procedures
- § 8-2432 — Same; act part of vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act
- § 8-2433 — Temporary permit for vehicle salesperson
- § 8-2434 — Selling motor vehicles without a license; penalty
- § 8-2435 — Display of motor vehicles at a location other than dealer's place of business; permit; temporary display show license
- § 8-2436 — Salvage vehicle pools; requirements
- § 8-2437 — Application of act
- § 8-2438 — Ownership and operation of new vehicle dealership by certain entities prohibited; exceptions
- § 8-2439 — Delivery of motor vehicles to persons in state; who authorized to deliver
- § 8-244 — Licenses to be carried and delivered upon demand; defense
- § 8-2440 — Transactions executed outside state; when lemon law applicable
- § 8-2441 — Aiding or abetting violations of act prohibited
- § 8-2442 — Severability
- § 8-2443 — Act supplemental to vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act
- § 8-2444 — Temporary trade show license; requirements; fees
- § 8-2445 — Franchise agreements; prohibiting manufacturers from engaging in certain activities
- § 8-2446 — Recall repairs; compensation by manufacturer
- § 8-2447 — Exemption from certain provisions of act for dealers and manufacturers of certain trailers
- § 8-245 — Restrictions on licensees; suspension or revocation; misdemeanor
- § 8-246 — Replacement drivers' licenses
- § 8-247 — Expiration of licenses; annual renewal for registered offenders; notice; renewal of license; reexamination; additional examinations; seizure disorders; extension of license when out-of-state; anatomical gift; state organ and tissue registry
- § 8-248 — Notice of change of address or name
- § 8-249 — Records to be kept by division; rules and regulations
- § 8-250 — Authority of division to cancel license; surrender of license
- § 8-2501 — Safety belt use act; citation
- § 8-2502 — Same; "passenger car" defined
- § 8-2503 — Same; wearing of seat belt required; exceptions; educational program; evaluation of effectiveness of act; enforcement
- § 8-2504 — Same; fines; violation not reported to department of revenue; failure to use seat belt not admissible to determine negligence or damages
- § 8-2505 — Same; act does not affect requirement of crash protection under federal law
- § 8-2506 — Same; severability of act
- § 8-2507 — Same; manufacturer warranty on safety belts; "motor vehicle" defined
- § 8-251 — Suspending or revoking privileges of nonresidents; reporting convictions and bond or collateral forfeitures
- § 8-252 — Suspension or revocation of resident's license upon conviction in another state; period of suspension or revocation; return of license after suspension; granting new license after revocation; exceptions
- § 8-252a — Suspension or revocation of driving privileges of nonresident or unlicensed person
- § 8-253 — Duty of court to require surrender of license upon revocation; report of convictions and adjudications; records; forms; notice of disposition of appeals
- § 8-254 — Mandatory revocation of driver's license by division of vehicles; exceptions for court imposed restrictions
- § 8-255 — Restriction, suspension or revocation of driving privileges by division of vehicles; grounds; procedure for restriction, suspension or revocation; driver improvement clinics; reinstatement fee
- § 8-255b — Medical advisory board; appointment; procedure; advisory opinions; limiting tort liability
- § 8-255c — No duty to report information to division or medical advisory board; nonliability for reports of information; information to be kept confidential
- § 8-256 — Period of suspension or revocation
- § 8-256a — Application of act to certain persons
- § 8-257 — Surrender of license; division authorized to destroy; application
- § 8-258 — No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state
- § 8-259 — Cancellation, suspension, revocation or denial of license by division; judicial review
- § 8-260 — Unlawful use of driver's license or nondriver's identification card; other unlawful acts relating thereto
- § 8-2601 — Definitions
- § 8-2602 — Complying with provisions of act
- § 8-2603 — License required; application; requirements; bonding
- § 8-2604 — Title service agents; log required
- § 8-2605 — Denial, suspension or revocation of license; grounds
- § 8-2606 — Hearing for violation of act; penalty