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K.S.A. 12-4202

Complaint; requirements; form

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case How v. City of Baxter Springs (2007)

Most recently applied in How v. City of Baxter Springs (February 2007)

L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4202; L. 1984, ch. 78, § 2; July 1.

A complaint shall be in writing and shall be signed by the complainant. More than one violation may be charged in the same complaint. A complaint shall be deemed sufficient if in substantially the form of the complaint set forth in K.S.A. 12-4205 , and amendments thereto or in substantially the following form:

IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF __________, KANSAS

The City of __________________________, ____________________________,

vs.

(Accused person)

The undersigned, complains that on or about the _________ day of ______________________, A.D., 19__, in the City of __________, County of _____________, and State of Kansas, _______________________________________________________________did then and there unlawfully ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ in violation of Section _____________________ of Ordinance No. ____ of the City of _______________________________

___________________

Complainant

*Sworn to positively before me, this ________________ day of ___________________________________, A.D., 19__

______________________________________

Officer authorized to administer oaths

(*This complaint is not required to be sworn if it is signed by a law enforcement officer.)

Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.