60-1201 Proceedings for relief.

60-1201. Proceedings for relief. Relief in the form of quo warranto shall be obtained under the same procedure as relief in other civil actions. History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-1201; Jan. 1, 1964.

60-1202 Jurisdiction and grounds.

60-1202. Jurisdiction and grounds. Such action may be brought in the supreme court or in the district court in the following cases: (1) When any person shall usurp, intrude into or unlawfully hold or exercise any public office, or shall claim any franchise within this state, or any office in any corporation created by authority […]

60-1203 Name in which action prosecuted; damages.

60-1203. Name in which action prosecuted; damages. Where the action is brought by a person claiming an interest in an office, franchise or corporation, or claiming an interest adverse to a resolution, ordinance, franchise, gift or grant, which is the subject of the action, it shall be prosecuted in the name and under the direction […]

60-1204 Judgments.

60-1204. Judgments. (a) Where party claims office. If judgment be rendered in favor of a party claiming an office he or she shall proceed to exercise the functions of the office, after he or she has been qualified as required by law, and the court shall order the defendant to deliver over all the books […]

60-1205 Grounds for forfeiture of public office.

60-1205. Grounds for forfeiture of public office. Every person holding any office of trust or profit, under and by virtue of any of the laws of the state of Kansas, either state, district, county, township or city office, except those subject to removal from office only by impeachment, who shall (1) willfully engage in misconduct […]

60-1206 Instituting ouster proceedings.

60-1206. Instituting ouster proceedings. (a) On complaint. The attorney general or any county attorney in the county of his or her jurisdiction, upon receiving written notice that an officer covered by K.S.A. 60-1205 has violated any of the provisions thereof, shall investigate the complaint. If reasonable cause is found for the complaint, proceedings shall be […]

60-1207 Suspension of officer during hearing.

60-1207. Suspension of officer during hearing. Upon application to the court before which the petition for ouster is pending, an officer may be suspended from performing any of the officer’s duties, pending a final hearing and determination of the matter; and the authority having the power of appointment to fill vacancies in such office, shall […]

60-1208 Witnesses.

60-1208. Witnesses. (a) Testimony; violations. In an investigation of grounds for ouster the attorney general and the county attorneys of the several counties of the state of Kansas shall have the power and they are hereby authorized and directed whenever complaint has been made and the names of the witnesses furnished them, or whenever they […]