Kansas § 19-1911 - Process; preservation and records
Full text of Kansas Kansas Statutes Annotated § 19-1911 — Process; preservation and records, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-1911. Process; preservation and records
19-1911. Process; preservation and records. (a) When a prisoner is confined by virtue of any process directed to the sheriff and such process is required to be returned to the issuing court, such sheriff shall keep a copy of such process and return. Such copy, duly certified by such sheriff, shall be presumptive evidence of such sheriff's right to retain such prisoner in custody.(b) All instruments of every kind, or attested copies thereof, by which a prisoner is committed to or released from the custody of the sheriff, shall be regularly endorsed and filed and safely kept in a paper or electronic form by such sheriff, or such sheriff's deputy acting as the keeper of the jail.(c) The records required to be retained in this section shall be delivered to the successor of the officers having charge of the prisoner.History: G.S. 1868, ch. 53, § 11; R.S. 1923, 19-1911; L. 2023, ch. 83, § 7; July 1.
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Section 19-1911 ("Process; preservation and records") is part of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Kansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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