2006 Kansas Code - 61-4001

      61-4001.   Court fees; poverty affidavit. (a) Docket fee. No case shall be filed or docketed pursuant to the code of civil procedure for limited actions without the payment of a docket fee in the amount of $26, if the amount in controversy or claimed does not exceed $500; $46, if the amount in controversy or claimed exceeds $500 but does not exceed $5,000; or $76, if the amount in controversy or claimed exceeds $5,000. If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, the court also may enter judgment for the plaintiff for the amount of the docket fee paid by the plaintiff.

      (b)   Poverty affidavit; additional court costs. The provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) of K.S.A. 60-2001, and amendments thereto, shall be applicable to lawsuits brought under the code of civil procedure for limited actions.

      History:   L. 2000, ch. 161, § 95; L. 2001, ch. 211, § 15; July 1.