2006 Kansas Code - 59-104

      59-104.   Docket fees and court costs. (a) Docket fee. Except as otherwise provided by law, no case shall be filed or docketed in the district court under the provisions of chapter 59 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated or of articles 40 and 52 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated without payment of an appropriate docket fee as follows:

Treatment of mentally ill.................$25.50

Treatment of alcoholism or drug abuse.................25.50

Determination of descent of property.................40.50

Termination of life estate.................39.50

Termination of joint tenancy.................39.50

Refusal to grant letters of administration.................39.50

Adoption.................39.50

Filing a will and affidavit under K.S.A. 59-618a.................39.50

Guardianship.................60.50

Conservatorship.................60.50

Trusteeship.................60.50

Combined guardianship and conservatorship.................60.50

Certified probate proceedings under K.S.A. 59-213, and amendments thereto.................14.50

Decrees in probate from another state.................99.50

Probate of an estate or of a will.................100.50

Civil commitment under K.S.A. 59-29a01 et seq..................24.50

      (b)   Poverty affidavit in lieu of docket fee and exemptions. The provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 60-2001 and K.S.A. 60-2005, and amendments thereto, shall apply to probate docket fees prescribed by this section.

      (c)   Disposition of docket fee. Statutory charges for the law library and for the prosecuting attorneys' training fund shall be paid from the docket fee. The remainder of the docket fee shall be paid to the state treasurer in accordance with K.S.A. 20-362, and amendments thereto.

      (d)   Additional court costs. Other fees and expenses to be assessed as additional court costs shall be approved by the court, unless specifically fixed by statute. Other fees shall include, but not be limited to, witness fees, appraiser fees, fees for service of process outside the state, fees for depositions, transcripts and publication of legal notice, executor or administrator fees, attorney fees, court costs from other courts and any other fees and expenses required by statute. All additional court costs shall be taxed and billed against the parties or estate as directed by the court. No sheriff in this state shall charge any district court in this state a fee or mileage for serving any paper or process.

      History:   L. 1984, ch. 147, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 128, § 11; L. 1993, ch. 193, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 193, § 13; L. 1996, ch. 234, § 13; L. 2003, ch. 101, § 10; L. 2004, ch. 95, § 3; July 1.