2025 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 5 - Arbitration And Award
Article 4 - Uniform Arbitration Act
5-447 Judgment on award; attorney fees and litigation expenses.

Universal Citation:
KS Stat § 5-447 (2025)
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5-447. Judgment on award; attorney fees and litigation expenses.
(a) Upon granting an order confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award, the court shall enter a judgment in conformity therewith. The judgment may be recorded, docketed and enforced as any other judgment in a civil action.

(b) A court may allow reasonable costs of the motion and subsequent judicial proceedings.

(c) On application of a prevailing party to a contested judicial proceeding under K.S.A. 5-444, 5-445 or 5-446, and amendments thereto, the court may add reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation incurred in a judicial proceeding after the award is made to a judgment confirming, vacating without directing a rehearing, modifying or correcting an award.

History: L. 2018, ch. 90, ยง 25; July 1.

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