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2020 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles
Article 2 - Drivers' Licenses
8-236 Persons exempt from license.

Universal Citation: KS Stat § 8-236 (2020)
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8-236. Persons exempt from license.
(a) The following persons are exempt from the license requirements of the motor vehicle drivers' license act:

(1) A nonresident who is at least 16 years of age and who has in such person's immediate possession a valid license issued to such nonresident in such person's home state or country may operate in this state any motor vehicle in class C or M, as designated in K.S.A. 8-234b, and amendments thereto;

(2) a nonresident who is at least 18 years of age and who has in such person's immediate possession a valid license issued to such nonresident in such person's home state or country which authorizes such person to operate any motor vehicle in class A or class B, as designated in K.S.A. 8-234b, and amendments thereto, may operate any such motor vehicle in this state, subject to the age limits applicable in this state to the operation of any type or class of vehicle operated by such person;

(3) any nonresident who is at least 18 years of age, whose home state or country does not require the licensing of drivers, may operate any motor vehicle in class C or class M, as designated in K.S.A. 8-234b, and amendments thereto, for a period of not more than 90 days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so operated is duly registered in the home state or country of such nonresident;

(4) any person while driving or operating during the hours between sunrise and sunset any farm tractor or implement of husbandry, from the farm residence to a field farmed in connection with such farm residence, or from one farm field to another.

(b) No exemption granted by this section shall apply to any person while such person's license to operate a motor vehicle is under suspension or revocation.

History: L. 1937, ch. 73, § 3; L. 1949, ch. 104, § 7; L. 1959, ch. 49, § 3; L. 1967, ch. 59, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 36, § 9; L. 1987, ch. 45, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 38, § 22; L. 1991, ch. 36, § 6; May 30.

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