District court rules
The Kansas Supreme Court has adopted rules that govern how district courts operate.
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Supreme Court Rule 105 permits judicial districts to adopt local rules that are:
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clear and concise;
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necessary for the judicial district's administration;
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consistent with applicable statutes; and
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consistent―but not duplicative of―Supreme Court rules.
Local district court rules
1st Judicial District: Atchison and Leavenworth counties (no local rules)
2nd Judicial District: Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, and Wabaunsee counties
3rd Judicial District: Shawnee County
4th Judicial District: Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage counties
5th Judicial District: Chase and Lyon counties
6th Judicial District: Bourbon, Linn, and Miami counties
7th Judicial District: Douglas County
8th Judicial District: Dickinson, Geary, Marion, and Morris counties
9th Judicial District: Harvey and McPherson counties
10th Judicial District: Johnson County
11th Judicial District: Cherokee, Crawford, and Labette counties
12th Judicial District: Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Republic, and Washington counties
13th Judicial District: Butler, Elk, and Greenwood counties
14th Judicial District: Chautauqua and Montgomery counties
15th Judicial District: Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, and Wallace counties
16th Judicial District: Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, and Meade counties
17th Judicial District: Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, and Smith counties
18th Judicial District: Sedgwick County
19th Judicial District: Cowley County
20th Judicial District: Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell, and Stafford counties
21st Judicial District: Clay and Riley counties
22nd Judicial District: Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, and Nemaha counties
23rd Judicial District: Ellis, Gove, Rooks, and Trego counties
24th Judicial District: Edwards, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, and Rush counties
25th Judicial District: Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, and Wichita counties
26th Judicial District: Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, and Stevens counties
27th Judicial District: Reno County
28th Judicial District: Ottawa and Saline counties
29th Judicial District: Wyandotte County
30th Judicial District: Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, and Sumner counties
31st Judicial District: Allen, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson counties (no local rules)