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K.S.A. 60-1501

Jurisdiction and right to writ; time limitations

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Requena v. Roberts (2018)

Most recently applied in Requena v. Roberts (June 2018)

L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-1501; L. 1976, ch. 251, § 23; L. 1994, ch. 227, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 148, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 90, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 231; July 1.

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(a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 60-1507 , and amendments thereto, any person in this state who is detained, confined or restrained of liberty on any pretense whatsoever, and any parent, guardian, or next friend for the protection of infants or allegedly incapacitated or incompetent persons, physically present in this state may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus in the supreme court, court of appeals or the district court of the county in which such restraint is taking place. No docket fee shall be required, as long as the petitioner complies with the provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 60-2001 , and amendments thereto.

(b) Except as provided in K.S.A. 60-1507 , and amendments thereto, an inmate in the custody of the secretary of corrections shall file a petition for writ pursuant to subsection (a) within 30 days from the date the action was final, but such time is extended during the pendency of the inmate's timely attempts to exhaust such inmate's administrative remedies.

(c) Except as provided in K.S.A. 60-1507 , and amendments thereto, a patient in the custody of the secretary for aging and disability services pursuant to K.S.A. 59-29a01 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall file a petition for writ pursuant to subsection (a) within 30 days from the date the action was final, but such time is extended during the pendency of the patient's timely attempts to exhaust such patient's administrative remedies.

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.