{"meta":{"key":"s_ks--pass-13","task":"S_KS","title":"Kansas ordinary consumer-debt civil case entry, venue, service, response, default, and bounded vacatur procedure","parent_title":"Kansas debt and debt relief law","edition":"pass-13","path":"/research/s_ks--pass-13/","kind":"split_pass","category":"state","role":"state","area_numbers":[66],"groups":["collections"],"date":"2026-10-26","tables":9,"claims":70,"sources":30,"review_status":"revise","review_complete":true,"sha256":"74f046e00062b4a4bddfb37a5127659fa0cacb1d730e8ee3e2c1cf3acd771c14","headings":["Kansas ordinary consumer-debt civil case entry, venue, service, response, default, and bounded vacatur procedure","A1. Kansas court structure","A2. Route matrix","A3. Small-claims amount and assignment restrictions","A4. Real party in interest","A5. Representation","B1. Chapter 60 venue","B2. Chapter 61 and small-claims venue","B3. FDCPA venue overlay","B4. Contractual forum clauses and federal removal","C1. Commencement","C2. 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No preferred setting is inferred as actual execution."},"public_id":"S_KS/pass-13","facets":{"geography":["us","us-ks"],"debt_type":[],"stage":["lawsuit"],"subject":["court-entry-service"]},"scope":"Ordinary Kansas civil entry/venue/service/answer/default/boundedvacatur; separate evidence/arbitration/judgment/garnishment/sectors later","pending_corrections":4},"markdown":"# SettleADebt.com — S_KS, PASS-13\n\n## Kansas ordinary consumer-debt civil case entry, venue, service, response, default, and bounded vacatur procedure\n\n**Fresh research date:** October 26, 2026, Pacific (America/Los_Angeles) / October 26, 2026, UTC\n**Actual model:** GPT-5.6 Sol Pro\n**Review character:** Same-project continuation in this original authorized Chat; **not an independent review**\n**Component boundary:** Ordinary unsecured consumer-debt cases filed in Kansas district court under Chapter 60, Chapter 61 limited actions, and the Small Claims Procedure Act; venue; commencement; summons; service; response; default; and bounded set-aside procedure.\n\nPASS-12 is saved but unreviewed and is not adopted as a premise. No limitation period, debt validity, ownership, contract classification, account balance, fee, interest, assignment, or standing conclusion from any prior pass is assumed here.\n\nThis pass does **not** complete substantive contract proof, account stated, assignment-chain evidence, hearsay or business-record admissibility, arbitration, secured foreclosure, repossession, eviction, probate, bankruptcy, postjudgment interest, judgment dormancy or renewal, liens, satisfaction, garnishment, exemptions, appeals, removal procedure, or full remedies.\n\n# Executive determination\n\nKansas has one unified district-court system, but an ordinary unsecured debt plaintiff can use materially different procedural tracks:\n\n1. **Chapter 60 ordinary civil procedure** is the general civil route.\n2. **Chapter 61 limited actions** expressly permits an action to recover an unsecured contractual debt arising from goods, services, or money **without a monetary ceiling**.\n3. **Small claims** is a simplified Chapter 61 procedure capped at **$10,000**, exclusive of stated extras, but it excludes assigned claims and certain claims filed on behalf of another. A debt buyer ordinarily cannot use small claims merely because it now owns an assigned debt. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_028_0000_article/061_028_0002_section/061_028_0002_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0003_section/061_027_0003_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThose routes have different response mechanics:\n\n- In Chapter 60, the ordinary answer deadline is **21 days after service**.\n- In Chapter 61, the summons fixes an appearance date between **14 and 50 days after issuance**. The defendant must appear or file an answer by that date; if the defendant appears and disputes the petition, a written answer follows within 14 days after the appearance date.\n- Small claims allows only the plaintiff’s petition and, where appropriate, the defendant’s claim form. It does not use an ordinary written answer pleading. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0012_section/060_002_0012_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0004_section/061_029_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0005_section/061_027_0005_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nFiling alone does not always preserve a claim. Under both Chapter 60 and Chapter 61, filing relates back as commencement only if service or first publication occurs within 90 days, subject to the statutory extension and invalid-service cure provisions. Otherwise, the action is deemed commenced on the later service or publication date. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0003_section/060_002_0003_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nKansas does not authorize initial ordinary summons service merely through email, text message, a debt-collector portal, or electronic filing. Ordinary initial service uses the statutory personal, residence, return-receipt, out-of-state, or limited publication routes. Email and fax appear as special garnishment methods, not as general initial-summons methods. Electronic service of later papers is a separate matter. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0003_section/060_003_0003_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nMissing a deadline does not itself produce an automatic judgment or immediate asset seizure:\n\n- Chapter 60 requires a request and a showing that the claimant is entitled to the requested default relief. A defendant who has appeared receives at least seven days’ written notice before the default hearing.\n- Chapter 61 permits a default, on proof of service and plaintiff request, without further notice when a defendant fails to appear or answer by the summons deadline. The judgment still cannot differ in kind from or exceed the demand.\n- The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act imposes affidavit, attorney-appointment, stay, and reopening protections in qualifying no-appearance military cases. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0001_section/061_033_0001_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([U.S. Code](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nSet-aside procedure depends sharply on the defect:\n\n- **Valid service plus mistake or excusable neglect** generally invokes discretionary K.S.A. 60-260(b)(1) relief, within a reasonable time and no more than one year.\n- **No legally effective service** can make the judgment void under K.S.A. 60-260(b)(4). Kansas precedent treats a void judgment as requiring relief rather than discretionary balancing.\n- **Chapter 61 summons-date defaults** have special 14- or 45-day motion periods depending on service method; other specified Chapter 61 defaults generally have a 14-day period.\n- **Publication defaults** can invoke K.S.A. 60-309’s distinct two-year procedure.\n- The U.S. Supreme Court’s January 20, 2026 decision applying a reasonable-time requirement to a federal Rule 60(b)(4) motion does not itself amend Kansas K.S.A. 60-260. Kansas appellate treatment of void state judgments remains a state-law question. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0060_section/060_002_0060_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Justia Law](https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2019/119798.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Supreme Court](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-808_lkgn.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n# A. Court, route, amount, and representation\n\n## A1. Kansas court structure\n\nKansas district courts are courts of record with general original jurisdiction unless another statute provides otherwise. Chapter 60, Chapter 61, and small claims are procedural tracks within the district-court system, not three unrelated court systems. District magistrate judges have statutory Chapter 61 authority and additional civil authority subject to judicial assignment and the monetary and consent provisions of K.S.A. 20-302b. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/020_000_0000_chapter/020_003_0000_article/020_003_0001_section/020_003_0001_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/020_000_0000_chapter/020_003_0000_article/020_003_0002b_section/020_003_0002b_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## A2. Route matrix\n\n| Route | Ordinary unsecured-debt eligibility | Monetary limit | Pleading/response model | Representation | Critical exclusions or consequences |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Chapter 60** | General civil route | No ordinary statutory debt ceiling identified | Petition; answer ordinarily 21 days after service; Chapter 60 motions | Individual may appear personally; artificial entity generally must appear through licensed counsel | Full ordinary civil procedure |\n| **Chapter 61 limited action** | Expressly covers unsecured contractual debt arising from goods, services, or money | **No amount limit for that unsecured-debt category** | Petition; summons appearance date; appearance or answer by date; written answer within 14 days after disputed appearance | Individual may appear personally; entity ordinarily requires counsel outside small claims | Conversion to Chapter 60 may be available on motion, good cause, and fee |\n| **Small claims** | Money or property claim fitting statutory definition | **$10,000**, exclusive of interest, costs, and listed statutory damages | Plaintiff petition; defendant’s claim form if applicable; no other pleadings | Attorneys generally excluded before judgment; nonattorney representative permitted; special attorney exception in §61-2714 | Assigned claims, subrogation claims, and certain claims owed to another are excluded |\n| **Federal court after removal** | Only if federal original jurisdiction exists | Diversity ordinarily requires more than $75,000 plus complete diversity | Federal procedure after valid removal | Federal rules | Typical $10,000 small claim cannot qualify for diversity removal solely on amount |\n\nChapter 61’s no-cap unsecured-debt branch is a genuine exception to the general $25,000 ceiling that applies to several other limited-action categories. A claim should not be pushed into small claims merely because it is “simple,” and a claim above $25,000 is not automatically excluded from Chapter 61 where it is a qualifying unsecured contractual debt. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_028_0000_article/061_028_0002_section/061_028_0002_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## A3. Small-claims amount and assignment restrictions\n\nA small claim may not exceed $10,000, excluding interest, costs, and the separately referenced statutory damages. It cannot be:\n\n- An assigned claim.\n- A claim based on a debt allegedly owed to someone other than the filer where the filer is not the creditor’s full-time employee or officer.\n- A subrogation claim. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0003_section/061_027_0003_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThus:\n\n- An original creditor can potentially use small claims if the amount and other conditions fit.\n- A debt buyer suing on an assigned account is excluded even if the amount is only $1,000.\n- A collection agency cannot use small claims in its own name merely because it has authority to collect for the creditor.\n- A creditor’s qualifying full-time employee or officer can present the creditor’s claim under the statutory conditions.\n\nA judgment entered under the Small Claims Procedure Act on a claim that was not statutorily a small claim is void and unenforceable. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0007_section/061_027_0007_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## A4. Real party in interest\n\nK.S.A. 60-217 generally requires an action to be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, while allowing a reasonable time for ratification, joinder, or substitution before dismissal for that defect. Real-party status does not override small claims’ separate assigned-claim prohibition. An assignee may be the real party in interest and still be unable to use small claims. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0017_section/060_002_0017_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nFull assignment proof, authentication, business-record evidence, and standing remain later work.\n\n## A5. Representation\n\nOutside small claims, an artificial entity generally cannot appear in Kansas court through an unlicensed nonlawyer employee or agent. *In re Arnold* recognizes small claims as a statutory exception but does not create a broad nonlawyer-representation right in ordinary Chapter 60 or Chapter 61 cases. ([Justia Law](https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2002/88340.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nIn small claims:\n\n- No party ordinarily may be represented by an attorney before judgment.\n- A party may appear through a full-time employee or officer or another nonattorney representative.\n- If a representative is an attorney or former attorney, or a party is an attorney appearing personally, every other party becomes entitled to counsel and a reasonable continuance to obtain counsel. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0007_section/061_027_0007_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0014_section/061_027_0014_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n# B. Venue and federal boundaries\n\n## B1. Chapter 60 venue\n\nFor a resident individual defendant, Kansas venue can include:\n\n- The defendant’s residence.\n- The plaintiff’s residence if the defendant is served there.\n- The county where the cause of action arose.\n- A qualifying county where the defendant has a place of business or employment and is served there.\n- Other specifically authorized venues. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0003_section/060_006_0003_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nCorporate and other entity venue follows K.S.A. 60-604’s registered-office, transaction, business, and service provisions. The mere location of a debt buyer’s headquarters or collection call center does not automatically establish proper consumer-case venue. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0004_section/060_006_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## B2. Chapter 61 and small-claims venue\n\nChapter 61 has its own venue provisions. Relevant ordinary-debt choices include the defendant’s residence and counties connected to the transaction or cause of action under the statute’s precise conditions. Small claims uses Chapter 61 venue, but the “cause arose” county is proper only where the defendant resided there when the cause arose. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0002_section/061_034_0002_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0008_section/061_027_0008_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nAn objection to improper venue must be timely. A Kansas court can transfer a case filed in good faith to a proper county rather than automatically dismissing it. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0010_section/060_006_0010_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0011_section/060_006_0011_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## B3. FDCPA venue overlay\n\nWhen the plaintiff is a covered federal debt collector suing on a consumer debt not secured by real property, 15 U.S.C. §1692i generally permits suit only in the judicial district or similar legal entity where:\n\n- The consumer signed the contract; or\n- The consumer resides when the action begins. ([U.S. Code](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t15/s1692i/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThe federal venue rule does not itself supply Kansas subject-matter jurisdiction, Kansas personal jurisdiction, or an underlying right to sue.\n\n## B4. Contractual forum clauses and federal removal\n\nThis pass does not decide enforceability of a forum-selection, arbitration, foreign-law, or venue-waiver clause. Kansas statutory venue remains the baseline unless a valid controlling provision changes it.\n\nRemoval is possible only where the federal district court would have original jurisdiction. Diversity jurisdiction ordinarily requires complete diversity and an amount in controversy exceeding $75,000, exclusive of interest and costs. The forum-defendant rule and the federal removal-consent and timing provisions can also matter. Typical Kansas small claims cannot satisfy diversity’s amount threshold. ([U.S. Code](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1332/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([U.S. Code](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1441/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([U.S. Code](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1446/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nFull removal practice remains excluded.\n\n# C. Commencement, summons, and service\n\n## C1. Commencement\n\nFor Chapter 60:\n\nPlain text\n```\nFiling date controls as commencement\nonly if service or first publication occurs within 90 days.\n\nIf not:\ncommencement date = actual service or first-publication date.\n```\n\nThe court may extend the initial 90-day period by 30 days for good cause. If attempted service is later adjudicated invalid, K.S.A. 60-203 supplies a separate 90-day cure period after that adjudication, with a possible 30-day extension. A voluntary appearance is equivalent to service. Electronic filing counts as filing. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0003_section/060_002_0003_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nChapter 61 and small claims use the same basic 90-day filing/service relation through their specific statutes. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0004_section/061_027_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## C2. Issuance and summons contents\n\nIn Chapter 60, the clerk promptly issues a summons upon filing. Additional summonses can be issued on written request. The summons must be signed, dated, sealed, and substantially comply with the Judicial Council form; it is served with the petition. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0001_section/060_003_0001_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0002_section/060_003_0002_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nKansas does not give the summons a simple fixed “expiration date.” Instead:\n\n- Unserved Chapter 60 process ordinarily must be returned within 30 days after issuance.\n- The court can extend the return period up to 90 days.\n- Additional summonses can be issued.\n- The independent 90-day commencement rule still controls relation back. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0012_section/060_003_0012_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nIn Chapter 61, the court sets the summons appearance or response date between 14 and 50 days after issuance. The summons warns that default can follow a failure to appear or answer. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0002_section/061_030_0002_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## C3. Authorized servers\n\nWithin Kansas, the sheriff serves process unless the party elects responsibility for service. Personal or residence service can be performed by:\n\n- A sheriff or deputy.\n- A Kansas attorney.\n- A licensed private detective.\n- A court-appointed process server. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0003_section/060_003_0003_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThe official Judicial Council inventory includes an application and order for appointment of a special process server.\n\n## C4. Method matrix\n\n| Method | Operative conditions | Service event | Principal limit |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Personal service** | Deliver or offer process and petition to the defendant | Delivery or qualifying offer/refusal | Authorized server required |\n| **Residence service** | Leave at dwelling or usual abode with a suitable-age, discreet resident | Proper leaving of documents | Location must actually be the defendant’s dwelling or usual abode |\n| **Residence fallback** | If personal/residence service cannot be made, leave at dwelling/usual abode and mail first-class notice | Completion of statutory steps | Not permission to use any family member’s home |\n| **Return-receipt delivery** | Certified mail, priority mail, qualifying courier, overnight, or reliable personal delivery; receipt must show recipient, date, address, delivery entity | Delivery of sealed envelope | Must be addressed as §60-304 requires |\n| **Refused return-receipt item** | First-class follow-up permitted; certificate filed | Three days after mailing | If follow-up envelope returns undelivered, no service |\n| **Unclaimed return-receipt item** | Statute says unclaimed is not refusal | No refusal-based service | Another valid method required |\n| **Acknowledgment/voluntary appearance** | Defendant acknowledges service or voluntarily appears | Date of acknowledgment/appearance | SCRA communication alone is not appearance |\n| **Out-of-state service** | Same general methods; authorized server; affidavit or competent proof; no prior order required | According to valid method | Personal jurisdiction and 30-day default floor remain |\n| **Publication** | Only statutorily listed cases; affidavit, diligence, publication, and mailing conditions | First publication for commencement | Not a generic substitute for an unknown address |\n| **Email or text** | No ordinary initial-summons authority found | No ordinary initial service established | Garnishment and later-paper electronic service are separate |\n\nReturn-receipt and personal/residence requirements come from K.S.A. 60-303 and 60-304. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0003_section/060_003_0003_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0004_section/060_003_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## C5. Individuals, entities, minors, and protected persons\n\nFor an ordinary adult, service is made on the individual or an authorized agent. Return-receipt delivery to the individual ordinarily must be addressed to the dwelling or usual abode; the business-address route becomes available under the statute after the dwelling attempt is refused or unclaimed and the business address is known. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0004_section/060_003_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nA minor generally must be served personally **and** through a guardian, parent, caretaker, resident adult, or court-ordered substitute as the statute requires. A disabled person’s service ordinarily includes the guardian, conservator, qualifying family member, or institution director and, unless the court orders otherwise, the person. Entities are served through specified officers, managers, partners, agents, business-office personnel, or statutory agents. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0004_section/060_003_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## C6. Out-of-state defendants\n\nKansas permits out-of-state service using substantially the same methods, without obtaining an advance service order. Proof must state the time, manner, and place of service. No default may be entered against an out-of-state-served defendant until at least 30 days after service. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0008_section/060_003_0008_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThat 30-day default floor does not rewrite every separate pleading deadline. Route-specific answer rules and the default floor must both be consulted.\n\n## C7. Publication\n\nPublication is available only in the categories stated in K.S.A. 60-307. In an ordinary debt case, relevant possibilities can include a Kansas resident who departed or concealed themselves with the statutory intent, but an unsuccessful mail attempt alone does not create publication authority. An affidavit, reasonable diligence, publication schedule, and required mailing must be established. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0007_section/060_003_0007_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nA publication-served defendant has a distinct K.S.A. 60-309 set-aside procedure discussed below.\n\n## C8. Proof of service and actual notice\n\nProof of service must be filed in the required form. Chapter 60 returns ordinarily must be filed within the statutory periods; Chapter 61 proof generally must be returned no later than five days before the summons appearance or pleading date. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0012_section/060_003_0012_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0005_section/061_030_0005_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nK.S.A. 60-204 can preserve service despite an irregularity where there was substantial compliance and the defendant was actually made aware of the action. It does not mean actual awareness always cures a failure to use a legally authorized method. In *Coastal Credit v. McNair*, delivery at the defendant’s family home in Kansas was not valid residence service when the defendant’s actual usual abode was in Africa. The resulting default judgment was void. ([Justia Law](https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2019/119798.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n# D. Responding to the case\n\n## D1. Route-specific response matrix\n\n| Route | Trigger | Ordinary response | Deadline | Deadline-changing event |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Chapter 60** | Valid service of summons and petition | Answer or timely authorized Rule 12 motion | 21 days after service | Timely Rule 12 motion can shift answer to 14 days after notice of denial/postponement or more-definite statement, unless court sets another time |\n| **Chapter 61** | Summons issuance fixes court date | Appear personally/by counsel **or** file written answer by summons date | Summons date must be 14–50 days after issuance | Court may continue appearance date upon request |\n| **Chapter 61 after appearance** | Defendant appears and disputes petition | Written answer stating dispute, affirmative defenses, and current contact information | 14 days after appearance date | Court order/continuance as authorized |\n| **Small claims** | Small-claims summons/hearing | Appear at hearing; file defendant’s claim form only if asserting qualifying transaction-related claim | Date in summons | Court continuance; no ordinary answer pleading |\n| **Publication** | First publication | Answer | Date stated, at least 41 days after first publication | Court order/statute |\n| **Out-of-state service** | Valid service outside Kansas | Route-specific response plus no-default floor | Chapter 60/61 rules apply; default not before 30 days | Actual service and court order |\n\nChapter 60 timing is governed by K.S.A. 60-212. Chapter 61 timing is governed by K.S.A. 61-2904 and the summons statutes. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0012_section/060_002_0012_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0004_section/061_029_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## D2. Chapter 60 motions\n\nA timely K.S.A. 60-212 motion can alter the Chapter 60 answer date. Depending on the disposition:\n\n- Answer ordinarily becomes due 14 days after notice of the court’s action denying or postponing the motion.\n- Following a more-definite statement, the responsive pleading ordinarily is due 14 days after service of that statement.\n- The court can set a different period. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0012_section/060_002_0012_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nChapter 61 does not generally adopt K.S.A. 60-212. Filing a motion with that label does not automatically suspend the Chapter 61 summons date. The Chapter 61 statute expressly allows the court to continue the appearance date upon request. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0004_section/061_029_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0012_section/061_029_0012_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## D3. Filing and serving the answer\n\nA Chapter 61 answer must state:\n\n- What the dispute is.\n- Any affirmative defenses.\n- Current address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.\n\nAfter filing, the defendant must promptly send a copy to the plaintiff’s attorney or, if none, to the plaintiff. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0004_section/061_029_0004_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nLater papers in Chapter 60 and Chapter 61 use their separate service provisions. Those later-paper rules must not be confused with initial summons service.\n\n## D4. Actions that do not extend a court deadline\n\nWithout an applicable statute or court order, none of the following automatically extends the answer or appearance deadline:\n\n- Negotiating a payment plan.\n- Asking the plaintiff for validation.\n- Disputing a credit report.\n- Sending an FDCPA dispute.\n- Filing a regulator complaint.\n- Making a partial payment.\n- Receiving a promise from a collector to “review” the account.\n- Informal email between the parties.\n\nOnly a legally effective court order, authorized motion consequence, stipulated extension accepted under governing procedure, or other actual rule changes the deadline.\n\n# E. Computing procedural time\n\n## E1. General rule\n\nK.S.A. 60-206 applies to Chapter 60, Chapter 61 through K.S.A. 61-2909, local rules, court orders, and other statutes that do not specify another computation method:\n\n- Exclude the triggering day.\n- Count every intermediate calendar day, including weekends and holidays.\n- If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, continue to the next nonholiday.\n- If the clerk’s office is inaccessible on the last day, extend to the first accessible nonholiday.\n- Electronic filing ordinarily remains open until midnight in the court’s time zone.\n- Nonelectronic filing ends when the clerk’s office is scheduled to close. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0006_section/060_002_0006_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## E2. Extensions\n\nThe court generally can extend a period:\n\n- Before expiration, for good cause.\n- After expiration, on motion and a showing of excusable neglect.\n\nThe statute bars extension of several specifically listed posttrial and K.S.A. 60-260(b) limits. A general extension request cannot erase an express Chapter 61 jurisdictional period or other special limit without authority. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0006_section/060_002_0006_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## E3. The three-day rule is narrow\n\nThree additional days are added only where:\n\n1. A party must act within a period measured **after service**; and\n2. Service was made by mail under K.S.A. 60-205(b)(2)(C) or by leaving the paper with the clerk under subsection (D). ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0006_section/060_002_0006_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThe three days do **not** automatically apply to:\n\n- Initial personal service of summons.\n- Initial return-receipt service of summons.\n- Ordinary electronic service.\n- Fax service.\n- A deadline measured from filing, entry, issuance, judgment, or an event other than service.\n- Chapter 61 mail service under a different statutory provision unless an applicable rule expressly imports the three-day addition.\n\n# F. Default judgment\n\n## F1. Chapter 60 default\n\nA party is in default after failing to plead or otherwise defend. But judgment requires:\n\n- A request by the claimant.\n- A showing that the claimant is entitled to the requested relief.\n- Compliance with notice requirements.\n- Court determination of any uncertain damages or necessary facts. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nWhere the defaulting party has appeared personally or through a representative, the party must receive written notice of the default request at least seven days before the hearing. The court may conduct an accounting, take evidence, determine damages, establish the truth of allegations, or investigate other matters. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## F2. Rule 118 damages notice\n\nKansas Supreme Court Rule 118 addresses a Chapter 60 pleading that does not state a specific damages amount and instead uses the statutory general formulation. Before default judgment, the plaintiff must notify the defaulting party of the specific amount sought at least 14 days before judgment. Failure to comply has been treated as making the resulting default **voidable**, not automatically void. ([KS Courts](https://kscourts.gov/Rules-Orders/Rules/Statement-of-Damages-When-Pleading-Does-Not-Demand?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([KS Courts](https://kscourts.gov/Cases-Decisions/Decisions/Published/First-Nat-l-Bank-of-Belleville-v-Sankey-Mot?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThe official current Rule 118 page and official search rendering were available, but the full official page and current PDF returned access errors. The exact current text was therefore not represented as a fresh PDF read.\n\nAn ordinary debt complaint demanding a specific liquidated dollar amount may not invoke Rule 118 in the same way, but K.S.A. 60-255 still requires proof of entitlement.\n\n## F3. Chapter 61 default\n\nThe court may enter default where:\n\n- The defendant fails to appear or answer by the summons deadline.\n- A party fails to appear at pretrial or trial.\n- A plaintiff fails to appear at pretrial or trial on a defendant’s counterclaim.\n\nFor the summons-date default, proof of service and a plaintiff request are required, but no further notice to the defendant is required by K.S.A. 61-3301. The judgment cannot differ in kind from or exceed the relief demanded. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0001_section/061_033_0001_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nBecause small claims is supplemental to Chapter 61, these default rules apply unless a specific small-claims provision is different or inconsistent.\n\n## F4. Protected persons and military status\n\nA Chapter 60 default cannot be entered against a minor or incapacitated person unless represented by a guardian, conservator, other legally authorized representative who appeared, or a guardian ad litem appointed by the court. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nBefore obtaining a default against a defendant who has not appeared, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act generally requires an affidavit stating whether the defendant is in military service and supporting facts, or stating that the plaintiff cannot determine military status. If the defendant is in military service:\n\n- The court must appoint an attorney before default.\n- The court may stay proceedings.\n- A qualifying servicemember can seek reopening during military service or within 90 days after termination or release by showing material effect and a meritorious or legal defense. ([U.S. Code](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nA missed response deadline alone does not authorize immediate garnishment or seizure. A judgment must first be entered, and separate postjudgment procedures apply.\n\n# G. Bounded set-aside and vacatur procedure\n\n## G1. Chapter 60 grounds\n\nK.S.A. 60-260(b) permits relief for:\n\n1. Mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.\n2. Newly discovered evidence.\n3. Fraud, misrepresentation, or misconduct.\n4. A void judgment.\n5. Satisfaction, release, discharge, reversal of a predicate judgment, or inequitable prospective operation.\n6. Any other reason justifying relief. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0060_section/060_002_0060_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nMotions must be brought within a reasonable time. Grounds (1) through (3) have an absolute one-year maximum. Filing the motion does not automatically stay enforcement or eliminate the judgment’s finality. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0060_section/060_002_0060_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## G2. Chapter 61 special periods\n\nFor a default based on failure to appear at the summons date:\n\n- **14 days from judgment** where the defendant was personally served within Kansas.\n- **45 days from judgment** where service within Kansas used a method other than personal service.\n\nA motion concerning another default entered under K.S.A. 61-3301(a) generally must be filed within 14 days. The substantive grounds otherwise follow K.S.A. 60-260(b). If no service was had, K.S.A. 61-3301(d) directs the court to K.S.A. 60-260(b). ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0001_section/061_033_0001_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nOlder Kansas appellate decisions treated predecessor Chapter 61 set-aside periods as jurisdictional in the relevant summons-default context. *Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages v. Beadle* held that those special periods apply to defaults entered under the Chapter 61 default statute, not every default anywhere in Chapter 61. The current statute now uses 14 rather than the predecessor’s 10 days; this pass located no published case specifically construing the amended 14-day figure. ([Justia Law](https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2008/98378.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## G3. Void service versus discretionary relief\n\n| Defect | Usual route | Character of relief | Key proof |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| No legally effective service | K.S.A. 60-260(b)(4); Chapter 61 cross-reference | Judgment is void; court lacks discretion to preserve it once defect is established | Actual service method, address, abode, recipient, return, jurisdiction |\n| Valid service but missed deadline through excusable error | K.S.A. 60-260(b)(1) | Discretionary | Excusable neglect, diligence, defense, prejudice, willfulness |\n| Opposing-party fraud or misconduct | K.S.A. 60-260(b)(3) | Discretionary; one-year maximum | Fraud/misconduct and effect |\n| Extraordinary reason outside (1)–(5) | K.S.A. 60-260(b)(6) | Discretionary; cannot simply evade one-year cap | Extraordinary circumstances |\n| Publication default without actual notice | K.S.A. 60-309 | Special statutory process | Motion, answer, affidavit/declaration, no timely actual notice, two-year window |\n| Military no-appearance default | 50 U.S.C. §3931 | Federal reopening process | Material military effect and meritorious/legal defense |\n\nIn *Coastal Credit v. McNair*, invalid residence service produced a void Chapter 61 default; the court did not balance excusable neglect or prejudice because valid service never occurred. ([Justia Law](https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2019/119798.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n## G4. Excusable neglect and extraordinary relief\n\n*Garcia v. Ball* explains that:\n\n- Kansas disfavors default judgments.\n- Whether the movant has a meritorious defense, whether the other party would be prejudiced, and whether the default resulted from culpable or inexcusable conduct are useful benchmarks.\n- Those considerations are not a rigid checklist that mechanically controls every K.S.A. 60-260(b)(6) motion.\n- Subsection (b)(6) should not be used merely to avoid the one-year limit applicable to grounds (1) through (3). ([Justia Law](https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2015/108817.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nA general assertion that “the mail was missed” does not establish excusable neglect. Actual receipt, office procedures, illness, diligence, delay, prejudice, and the proposed defense matter.\n\n## G5. Void judgment timing\n\nK.S.A. 60-260(c) states that every subsection (b) motion must be filed within a reasonable time. Kansas decisions have nevertheless described a void judgment as subject to attack at any time. *In re Henson* is published Kansas appellate authority for that state-law proposition. ([Justia Law](https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2020/120543.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nIn January 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal Rule 60(c)(1) reasonable-time requirement applies to federal Rule 60(b)(4) motions. That interpretation governs the federal rule; it does not itself amend Kansas’s statute or displace Kansas precedent. A 2026 unpublished Kansas Court of Appeals memorandum observed that distinction, but it is not precedential. ([Supreme Court](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-808_lkgn.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Justia Law](https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2026/129341.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThe exact current Kansas Supreme Court resolution of any tension between the literal “reasonable time” language and the state “any time” line of cases remains a citator and future-case issue.\n\n## G6. Publication defaults\n\nK.S.A. 60-309 permits a qualifying defendant not personally notified of an action to seek relief from a publication default within two years after judgment by filing the required motion, full answer, and affidavit or declaration. The statute includes protections for property transferred after judgment and other conditions. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0009_section/060_003_0009_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThat is distinct from an ordinary K.S.A. 60-260(b)(1) motion.\n\n# H. Official forms and current fee inventory\n\n## H1. Official form inventory\n\n| Route/topic | Official resource and forms listed | Version/access status | Limitation |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Kansas court forms index** | Find Court Forms / Kansas Judicial Council forms | Current official index found | Direct pages returned 403 during final verification |\n| **Small-claims filing** | Plaintiff Instruction Sheet; Civil Cover Sheet; Self-Represented Litigant Certification; Request for Service; Venue Information Sheet; Petition; Poverty Affidavit; Motion/Order for Special Process Server; Journal Entry and related forms | Current official form index identified | Individual PDF revision dates were not exposed through accessible index |\n| **Small-claims response** | Defendant’s Claim; Journal Entry; Statement of Assets; Certificate of Mailing; Poverty Affidavit; contempt-related forms | Current official index identified | No ordinary answer form because statute permits no other pleadings |\n| **Chapter 61 pleadings** | Answer form and related pleadings | Current official index identified | Search results showed a Spanish 2-2022 version; current English revision was not visible |\n| **Chapter 60 summons/service** | Summons and Return of Service; Third-Party Summons; Insurance Summons; Affidavit for Service by Publication; Request for Service; Application/Order Appointing Special Process Server | Current official index identified | No form proves service in an actual case |\n| **Military status** | Affidavit of Defendant’s Military Status | Official form listed; search result identifies revision 11-2024 | Completing a form does not eliminate need for supporting facts |\n| **Fee waiver** | Poverty Affidavit; inmate Poverty Affidavit; order concerning waiver | Current official index identified | Court reviews the affidavit; filing does not guarantee waiver |\n\nOfficial form pages: ([Kansas Self-Help](https://self-help.kscourts.gov/FindCourtForms?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Judicial Council](https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/filing-a-small-claims-case?utm_source=chatgpt.com)) ([Kansas Judicial Council](https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/summons-and-service-of-process?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nA publicly accessible district-hosted Small Claims Plaintiff Instruction Sheet was revised July 2024 and states a $15 sheriff service fee, but it is a dated copy rather than proof of the latest statewide form version.\n\n## H2. Filing and service fees\n\nThe current fee structure combines statutory docket fees with the Kansas Supreme Court’s administrative charge effective July 1, 2026:\n\n| Route | Statutory base | Current administrative charge | Current total identified |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Chapter 60** | $173 | $22 | **$195** |\n| **Chapter 61, amount ≤ $500** | $35 | $19 | **$54** |\n| **Chapter 61, $500.01–$5,000** | $55 | $19 | **$74** |\n| **Chapter 61, over $5,000** | $101 | $19 | **$120** |\n| **Small claims, amount ≤ $500** | $35 | $12.50 | **$47.50** |\n| **Small claims, amount > $500** | $55 | $12.50 | **$67.50** |\n\nK.S.A. 61-4001’s highest Chapter 61 fee category is “exceeds $5,000,” without a $25,000 ceiling in the fee text. That fits Chapter 61’s unlimited unsecured-contract-debt branch. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_040_0000_article/061_040_0001_section/061_040_0001_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nThe current administrative-charge figures come from Administrative Order 2026-FN-071, effective July 1, 2026. The official PDF returned HTTP 403 when opened, so the figures were checked through the official search rendering and official district fee materials rather than represented as a complete PDF-page read. ([KS Courts](https://kscourts.gov/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Orders/2026-FN-071.pdf?ext=.pdf&utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nSheriff service ordinarily costs $15 per service, execution, and return under K.S.A. 28-110, subject to its precise conditions and exceptions. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/028_000_0000_chapter/028_001_0000_article/028_001_0010_section/028_001_0010_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\nA plaintiff unable to pay can submit the Judicial Council poverty affidavit. The court reviews the factual showing and can deny the waiver or dismiss without prejudice if the allegation is untrue. Service does not issue under the Chapter 60 poverty-affidavit route until the court grants leave after review. ([Kansas Legislature](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_020_0000_article/060_020_0001_section/060_020_0001_k/?utm_source=chatgpt.com))\n\n# I. Bounded workflows and calendar examples\n\nAll examples are hypothetical. They do not establish debt validity, jurisdiction, service validity, entitlement to judgment, or a deadline for any actual person.\n\n## I1. Chapter 60 personal service\n\n**Facts**\n\n- Valid personal service: Monday, November 2, 2026.\n- Ordinary 21-day answer period.\n- No motion, extension, holiday, or inaccessible clerk.\n\nPlain text\n```\nTrigger day excluded                    Nov. 2\nDay 1                                   Nov. 3\nDay 21                                  Nov. 23, 2026\nNov. 23, 2026                           Monday\nAnswer deadline                         Monday, Nov. 23, 2026\n```\n\nNo three-day mailing addition applies because the trigger is personal summons service, not later-paper service by K.S.A. 60-205 mail.\n\n## I2. Chapter 60 motion served by later-paper mail\n\n**Facts**\n\n- A timely K.S.A. 60-212 motion is denied.\n- Notice of the ruling is served by K.S.A. 60-205 mail on Tuesday, December 1, 2026.\n- Court sets no different answer date.\n\nPlain text\n```\nTrigger day excluded                    Dec. 1\n14-day base period ends                 Dec. 15, 2026\nThree additional days                   Dec. 16–18\nAdjusted deadline                       Friday, Dec. 18, 2026\n```\n\nThe three additional days arise because the response period runs after service and service was by the specifically referenced mail method.\n\n## I3. Chapter 61 summons and answer\n\n**Facts**\n\n- Summons issued Monday, November 2, 2026.\n- Court sets appearance for Tuesday, December 1, 2026.\n- That date is 29 days after issuance and therefore within the 14–50-day range.\n- Defendant appears December 1 and disputes the petition.\n\nPlain text\n```\nAppearance date                         Dec. 1, 2026\nTrigger day excluded                    Dec. 1\nDay 14                                  Dec. 15, 2026\nWritten-answer deadline                 Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2026\n```\n\nIf the defendant had filed a written answer before December 1, personal appearance solely to preserve the initial response would not be required by §61-2904(a), although later hearings remain separate.\n\n## I4. Small claims original creditor versus debt buyer\n\n### Branch A — Original creditor\n\n- Claim: $7,500.\n- Original creditor remains owner.\n- No subrogation or assignment.\n- Filer meets representation rules.\n\nThe amount is within $10,000, so small claims is potentially available.\n\n### Branch B — Debt buyer\n\n- Same $7,500 balance.\n- Debt was assigned to purchaser.\n\nThe assigned-claim exclusion makes small claims unavailable even if the purchaser is the real party in interest. Chapter 61 limited action or Chapter 60 may still be available if all other requirements are met.\n\n## I5. Attempted email service\n\n**Facts**\n\n- Plaintiff emails a PDF petition and summons to the consumer.\n- No personal, residence, return-receipt, appearance, publication, or other authorized initial-service method occurs.\n- The case is not a garnishment.\n\n**Result**\n\nPlain text\n```\nEmail delivery                         Yes\nStatutorily authorized ordinary\ninitial summons service                Not established\nResponse deadline triggered            Not established on email alone\nDefault entitlement                    Not established\n```\n\nElectronic filing by the plaintiff does not convert an email to the defendant into lawful summons service.\n\n## I6. Out-of-state service and default floor\n\n**Facts**\n\n- Valid out-of-state service: Tuesday, January 5, 2027.\n- No appearance.\n\nPlain text\n```\nTrigger day excluded                   Jan. 5\nDay 30                                 Feb. 4, 2027\nEarliest statutory default floor       Not before Feb. 4, 2027\n```\n\nThis does not decide whether a separate answer deadline expired earlier; it means default cannot be entered before the 30-day floor.\n\n## I7. Chapter 61 special set-aside period\n\n**Facts**\n\n- Default judgment entered Monday, January 4, 2027.\n- Defendant was personally served in Kansas.\n- No void-service claim.\n\nPlain text\n```\n14th day                               Monday, Jan. 18, 2027\nJan. 18                                Federal and Kansas-observed holiday\nAdjusted terminal day                  Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2027\n```\n\n### Other-than-personal Kansas service\n\nPlain text\n```\nJudgment date                          Jan. 4, 2027\n45th day                               Thursday, Feb. 18, 2027\n```\n\nThese periods concern the special Chapter 61 default route. A genuine no-service claim invokes the voidness branch instead.\n\n## I8. Filing-date relation and service\n\n**Facts**\n\n- Petition filed Monday, January 4, 2027.\n- No court extension.\n- Valid service occurs Monday, April 5, 2027.\n\nPlain text\n```\nTrigger day excluded                   Jan. 4\nDay 90                                 Sunday, Apr. 4, 2027\nWeekend terminal extension             Monday, Apr. 5, 2027\n```\n\nValid service on April 5 can relate commencement back to January 4. Service on April 6 ordinarily would not relate without an applicable extension or invalid-service cure.\n\n## I9. Negotiation without court response\n\n**Facts**\n\n- Chapter 60 defendant is personally served.\n- Collector and consumer discuss settlement.\n- Collector says it will “review the offer.”\n- No answer, motion, stipulation filed with the court, or extension order entered.\n\n**Result:** The 21-day court deadline continues. Settlement discussion is not a responsive pleading and does not stay the case.\n\n## I10. Void service versus excusable neglect\n\n### Branch A — Void service\n\n- Process left at a relative’s Kansas house.\n- Defendant permanently resides elsewhere.\n- No authorized recipient or actual usual abode.\n- Default entered.\n\nRelief is analyzed under voidness. Once invalid service and lack of jurisdiction are established, the court does not weigh the strength of the proposed defense against the plaintiff’s inconvenience.\n\n### Branch B — Valid service, office failure\n\n- Corporation validly served through authorized agent.\n- Internal mailroom fails to route the papers.\n- Default entered.\n- Motion filed seven months later.\n\nRelief falls under K.S.A. 60-260(b)(1), not voidness. The movant must establish excusable neglect and satisfy the one-year and reasonable-time requirements. Diligence, willfulness, prejudice, and a meritorious defense become relevant.\n\n# J. Source register\n\n| Source ID | Title, issuer, and full literal URL | Exact material read | Status, date, and limitations |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **S_KS-P13-S001** | Kansas district-court jurisdiction — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/020_000_0000_chapter/020_003_0000_article/020_003_0001_section/020_003_0001_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/020_000_0000_chapter/020_003_0000_article/020_003_0002b_section/020_003_0002b_k/ | K.S.A. 20-301 and materially relevant 20-302b jurisdiction provisions | **Fresh Oct. 26, 2026 Pacific/UTC.** Current HTML; no printed page or PDF index. Judicial-assignment details not exhaustively reviewed. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S002** | Chapter 61 scope and conversion — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_028_0000_article/061_028_0002_section/061_028_0002_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0010_section/061_029_0010_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0012_section/061_029_0012_k/ | Unsecured-debt no-cap branch; conversion; adopted Chapter 60 provisions | **Fresh.** Current HTML. No conversion motion or actual court order reviewed. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S003** | Small Claims Procedure Act — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0002_section/061_027_0002_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0003_section/061_027_0003_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0004_section/061_027_0004_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0005_section/061_027_0005_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0006_section/061_027_0006_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0007_section/061_027_0007_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0013_section/061_027_0013_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0014_section/061_027_0014_k/ | Route, $10,000 definition, assigned-claim exclusion, commencement, pleading limits, excessive claims, representation, form authority, attorney exception | **Fresh.** Current statute pages. Postjudgment small-claims procedures were not fully reviewed. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S004** | Real party in interest — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0017_section/060_002_0017_k/ | K.S.A. 60-217 | **Fresh.** Full assignment evidence and standing excluded. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S005** | *In re Arnold*, Kansas Supreme Court https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2002/88340.html | Corporate nonlawyer representation and small-claims exception | **Fresh selected read.** Published 2002 disciplinary decision; public reproduction. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S006** | Chapter 60 venue — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0003_section/060_006_0003_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0004_section/060_006_0004_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0010_section/060_006_0010_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0011_section/060_006_0011_k/ | Individual/entity venue, objection, and transfer | **Fresh.** Contractual forum-selection enforcement excluded. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S007** | Chapter 61 and small-claims venue — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0002_section/061_034_0002_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0004_section/061_034_0004_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0008_section/061_034_0008_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0009_section/061_034_0009_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0008_section/061_027_0008_k/ | Material individual/entity and small-claims venue clauses | **Fresh.** No actual county facts applied. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S008** | FDCPA venue — OLRC https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t15/s1692i/ | 15 U.S.C. §1692i | **Fresh targeted read.** Only conditional federal venue overlay; no FDCPA remedies rerun. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S009** | Federal jurisdiction/removal boundary — OLRC https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1332/ https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1441/ https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1446/ | Diversity threshold and principal removal conditions | **Fresh targeted read.** Full removal practice excluded. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S010** | Commencement — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0003_section/060_002_0003_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0002_section/061_029_0002_k/ | Filing, 90-day service relation, extension, invalid-service cure, appearance | **Fresh.** No actual limitation classification adopted. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S011** | Chapter 60 summons and service — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0001_section/060_003_0001_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0002_section/060_003_0002_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0003_section/060_003_0003_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0004_section/060_003_0004_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0012_section/060_003_0012_k/ | Issuance, contents, authorized servers, return-receipt, personal/residence service, protected parties/entities, proof and return | **Fresh complete material read.** Garnishment methods read only to distinguish them from ordinary service. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S012** | Publication/out-of-state service — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0007_section/060_003_0007_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0008_section/060_003_0008_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0009_section/060_003_0009_k/ | Publication categories and proof; out-of-state process; 30-day default floor; publication-default relief | **Fresh.** Personal-jurisdiction merits and property consequences not comprehensively reviewed. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S013** | Substantial compliance — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0004_section/060_002_0004_k/ | K.S.A. 60-204 | **Fresh.** Does not create email service. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S014** | Later-paper service — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0005_section/060_002_0005_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0007_section/061_029_0007_k/ | Chapter 60 and Chapter 61 later-paper service | **Fresh.** Not initial summons authority. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S015** | Chapter 61 summons and service — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0001_section/061_030_0001_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0002_section/061_030_0002_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0003_section/061_030_0003_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0004_section/061_030_0004_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0005_section/061_030_0005_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0006_section/061_030_0006_k/ | Chapter 61 issuance, 14–50-day summons date, service methods, protected actors, proof, return, out-of-state service | **Fresh.** Eviction-specific three-day return excluded. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S016** | Chapter 60 response — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0012_section/060_002_0012_k/ | Answer timing, defenses, Rule 12 motion effect, publication response | **Fresh.** No actual motion or court order reviewed. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S017** | Chapter 61 response — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0004_section/061_029_0004_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0009_section/061_029_0009_k/ | Appearance, answer, defenses, continuance, time computation | **Fresh.** Full counterclaim and discovery procedure excluded. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S018** | Time computation — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0006_section/060_002_0006_k/ | Event-day exclusion, weekends/holidays, inaccessible clerk, midnight e-filing, extensions, three-day rule | **Fresh complete material read.** No emergency order applied. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S019** | Chapter 60 default and relief — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0060_section/060_002_0060_k/ | Default predicates, seven-day notice, damages proof, relief grounds, one-year cap | **Fresh.** Appeals and enforcement excluded. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S020** | Chapter 61 default — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0001_section/061_033_0001_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0004_section/061_033_0004_k/ | Default predicates, no-further-notice clause, relief ceiling, 14/45-day periods, 60-260 incorporation | **Fresh.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-S021** | Kansas Supreme Court Rule 118 https://kscourts.gov/Rules-Orders/Rules/Statement-of-Damages-When-Pleading-Does-Not-Demand | Official current search rendering: amount notice at least 14 days before default | **Fresh search check; direct page inaccessible/403.** No printed page or PDF index obtained. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S022** | *First National Bank of Belleville v. Sankey Motors* https://kscourts.gov/Cases-Decisions/Decisions/Published/First-Nat-l-Bank-of-Belleville-v-Sankey-Mot | Rule 118 noncompliance makes default voidable rather than void | **Official search result checked; direct page 403.** Published Kansas authority; full opinion not freshly opened. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S023** | *Coastal Credit v. McNair* https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2019/119798.html | Published 2019 opinion; residence-service invalidity and void default | **Fresh full relevant read.** Public reproduction; full citator not performed. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S024** | *Garcia v. Ball* https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2015/108817.html | K.S.A. 60-260(b)(6), default benchmarks, anti-circumvention of one-year cap | **Fresh relevant read.** Published Kansas Supreme Court decision. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S025** | Void-judgment timing authorities https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2020/120543.html https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2026/129341.html https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-808_lkgn.pdf | *In re Henson* published Kansas rule; *Lawson* unpublished 2026 memorandum; federal *Coney Island* syllabus index 0 and opinion beginning PDF index 2 | **Fresh selected checks.** Federal case governs federal Rule 60; *Lawson* is nonprecedential. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S026** | Chapter 61 special set-aside case https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2008/98378.html | *Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages v. Beadle*; scope of §61-3301 periods and predecessor-period cases | **Fresh selected read.** Published 2008 decision; predecessor statute used 10 days. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S027** | Servicemembers Civil Relief Act default protection — OLRC https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/ | Affidavit, attorney appointment, stay, and reopening | **Fresh targeted read.** Full military-benefits law excluded. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S028** | Current court fee order https://kscourts.gov/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Orders/2026-FN-071.pdf?ext=.pdf | Official search rendering of fee chart, effective July 1, 2026 | **Fresh search verification; PDF open returned 403.** No PDF page/index claimed. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S029** | Statutory docket and service fees — Kansas Revisor https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_020_0000_article/060_020_0001_section/060_020_0001_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_040_0000_article/061_040_0001_section/061_040_0001_k/ https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/028_000_0000_chapter/028_001_0000_article/028_001_0010_section/028_001_0010_k/ | Base docket fees, poverty affidavit, additional costs, $15 sheriff service fee | **Fresh.** Current administrative charges separately sourced. |\n| **S_KS-P13-S030** | Kansas Judicial Council / Kansas Self-Help forms https://self-help.kscourts.gov/FindCourtForms https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/filing-a-small-claims-case https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/responding-to-a-small-claims-case https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-61-civil-actions/pleadings https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/summons-and-service-of-process https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/affidavit-of-defendant-s-military-status https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/poverty-affidavit | Current form titles and categories from official search results | **Fresh search verification; direct pages returned 403.** Individual current PDF versions not asserted except military-status search result revision 11-2024. |\n\n# K. Claim register\n\n| Claim ID | Precise assertion | Sources | Conditions and confidence |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **S_KS-P13-C001** | Kansas district court is the court of general original civil jurisdiction. | S001 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C002** | Chapter 60, Chapter 61, and small claims are procedural tracks within district court. | S001–S003 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C003** | Chapter 61 can be used for qualifying unsecured contractual debt without an amount cap. | S002, K.S.A. 61-2802 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C004** | Small claims is capped at $10,000 exclusive of stated extras. | S003, §61-2703 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C005** | Assigned claims and specified collection/subrogation claims are excluded from small claims. | S003, §61-2703 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C006** | An assignee can be the real party in interest yet remain excluded from small claims. | S003–S004 | **High synthesis.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C007** | Judgment on a non-small claim under the Small Claims Act is void and unenforceable. | S003, §61-2707(c) | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C008** | Small claims ordinarily excludes attorney representation before judgment but permits nonattorney representatives. | S003, §§61-2707, 61-2714 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C009** | Artificial entities generally require licensed counsel outside the small-claims exception. | S005 | **High controlling boundary.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C010** | Chapter 60 individual-defendant venue includes residence and specified transaction/service counties. | S006 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C011** | Chapter 61 and small claims have separate venue statutes. | S007 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C012** | Improper venue can be waived and a good-faith case can be transferred. | S006 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C013** | Covered FDCPA collector must use contract-signing or residence venue for ordinary consumer-debt suit. | S008 | **High conditional federal rule.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C014** | Typical $10,000 small claim cannot support diversity removal solely on amount. | S009 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C015** | Filing relates back only when service or first publication occurs within 90 days, subject to statutory exceptions. | S010 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C016** | Court can grant a 30-day good-cause service extension. | S010 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C017** | Invalid attempted service can trigger a separate post-adjudication cure period. | S010 | **High; actual adjudication required.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C018** | Voluntary appearance is equivalent to service. | S010–S011 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C019** | Initial ordinary service is not established by email or text. | S011–S015 | **High bounded reading.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C020** | Return-receipt service is complete on delivery of the statutory sealed envelope. | S011 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C021** | Refusal can support first-class follow-up and statutory three-day deemed service. | S011 | **High, subject to nondelivery return.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C022** | Unclaimed return-receipt delivery is not refusal. | S011 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C023** | Residence service requires the defendant’s actual dwelling or usual abode. | S011; S023 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C024** | Minors, disabled persons, and entities have additional recipient requirements. | S011 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C025** | Out-of-state service needs no advance court order but requires proof and jurisdictional basis. | S012, §60-308 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C026** | No default may be entered before 30 days after out-of-state service. | S012 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C027** | Publication is limited to statutory categories and is not a generic alternative. | S012 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C028** | Actual awareness does not invariably cure unauthorized service. | S013; S023 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C029** | Chapter 60 answer is ordinarily due 21 days after service. | S016 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C030** | Timely Chapter 60 Rule 12 motion can shift the answer deadline. | S016 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C031** | Chapter 61 summons date must be 14–50 days after issuance. | S015 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C032** | Chapter 61 defendant must appear or answer by summons date. | S017 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C033** | Appearing and disputing Chapter 61 defendant must file answer within 14 days after appearance. | S017 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C034** | Chapter 61 court can continue the appearance date on request. | S017 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C035** | Chapter 61 does not generally adopt K.S.A. 60-212. | S002, §61-2912 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C036** | Small claims does not allow an ordinary answer pleading. | S003, §61-2705 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C037** | Negotiation, validation, complaints, and reporting disputes do not automatically extend court deadlines. | S016–S018 | **High procedural distinction.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C038** | K.S.A. 60-206 excludes trigger day, counts all days, and extends terminal weekends/holidays. | S018 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C039** | Electronic filing ordinarily ends at midnight in the court’s time zone. | S018 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C040** | Clerk inaccessibility can extend a terminal filing date. | S018 | **High; actual order/access facts required.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C041** | Three additional days apply only to specified later-paper mail/clerk service. | S018 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C042** | Chapter 60 default requires request and showing of entitlement. | S019 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C043** | Appeared Chapter 60 defendant gets at least seven days’ written default-hearing notice. | S019 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C044** | Court may require accounting or evidence before fixing default damages. | S019 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C045** | Chapter 61 summons default can be entered without further notice after proof and request. | S020 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C046** | Chapter 61 default relief cannot differ from or exceed the demand. | S020 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C047** | Rule 118 requires 14-day amount notice in its covered default setting. | S021 | **High official search evidence; full page inaccessible.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C048** | Rule 118 violation makes covered default voidable rather than automatically void. | S022 | **Published-case proposition; full opinion access limited.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C049** | SCRA requires military-status affidavit before no-appearance default. | S027 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C050** | Qualifying servicemember can receive appointment, stay, and reopening protections. | S027 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C051** | K.S.A. 60-260(b)(1)–(3) motions have one-year maximum plus reasonable-time requirement. | S019 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C052** | Voidness is a distinct K.S.A. 60-260(b)(4) ground. | S019 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C053** | Chapter 61 summons default has 14-day personal-service and 45-day other-service set-aside periods. | S020 | **High current statutory text.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C054** | Other defaults under §61-3301(a) generally use 14 days. | S020, S026 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C055** | Chapter 61 no-service default is analyzed through K.S.A. 60-260(b). | S020 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C056** | Invalid residence service rendered the *Coastal Credit* judgment void. | S023 | **High published holding.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C057** | Excusable-neglect relief is discretionary and differs from voidness. | S019; S024 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C058** | Meritorious defense, prejudice, and culpability are useful default-relief benchmarks, not rigid universal elements for every subsection. | S024 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C059** | Subsection (b)(6) cannot be used merely to evade the one-year cap for (b)(1)–(3). | S024 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C060** | Kansas precedent permits void-judgment attacks beyond the ordinary one-year period. | S025 | **High state precedent; current Supreme Court reconciliation remains a gap.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C061** | Federal *Coney Island* applies the federal Rule 60 reasonable-time requirement and does not itself amend Kansas law. | S025 | **High jurisdictional distinction.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C062** | Publication default has a separate two-year K.S.A. 60-309 procedure. | S012 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C063** | Current Chapter 60 total filing charge is $195 under the current fee order. | S028–S029 | **High amount; PDF access limitation disclosed.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C064** | Current Chapter 61 totals are $54, $74, and $120 by amount tier. | S028–S029 | **High arithmetic from current order and statute.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C065** | Current small-claims totals are $47.50 or $67.50 by claim size. | S028–S029 | **High amount; official order PDF inaccessible.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C066** | Sheriff service generally carries a $15 fee per service/execution/return. | S029 | **High, subject to statutory exceptions.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C067** | Poverty affidavit can substitute for initial docket fee subject to court review. | S029–S030 | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C068** | No judgment or asset seizure follows automatically from merely missing a response date. | S019–S020 | **High procedural synthesis.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C069** | Actual case deadlines require service, route, court order, holiday, and filing-method facts. | Entire component | **High.** |\n| **S_KS-P13-C070** | No provider, debt, court case, filing, or operational approval is established by PASS-13. | Scope | **High project-status statement.** |\n\n# L. Granular coverage and remaining gaps\n\n| Assigned issue | Status | Claims | Exact missing evidence or next action |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Kansas court of general jurisdiction | **Answered** | C001–C002 | Actual district/judge assignment |\n| Chapter 60 route | **Answered at procedural level** | C002 | Actual petition and local rules |\n| Chapter 61 unsecured-debt route | **Answered** | C003 | Actual contract classification |\n| Small-claims cap | **Answered** | C004 | Amount and extras |\n| Assigned small-claims claim | **Answered/excluded** | C005–C007 | Actual assignment |\n| Real party in interest | **Answered at rule level** | C006 | Full assignment proof later |\n| Entity representation | **Answered generally** | C008–C009 | Actual entity/representative status |\n| District magistrate authority | **Answered generally** | C001–C003 | Judicial assignment and consent facts |\n| Chapter 60 venue | **Answered generally** | C010 | Actual residence, transaction, service |\n| Chapter 61 venue | **Answered generally** | C011 | Actual county facts |\n| Small-claims venue | **Answered generally** | C011 | Defendant residence at accrual |\n| Venue waiver/transfer | **Answered** | C012 | Timing and merits-stage facts |\n| FDCPA venue | **Answered conditionally** | C013 | Federal collector/debt status |\n| Contractual forum selection | **Excluded/later** | — | Actual clause and enforceability |\n| Federal removal | **Boundary only** | C014 | Complete diversity, complaint, service, timing |\n| Commencement | **Answered** | C015–C018 | Filing/service dates |\n| Ninety-day relation | **Answered** | C015 | Actual service validity |\n| Thirty-day extension | **Answered** | C016 | Court order/good cause |\n| Invalid-service cure | **Answered** | C017 | Adjudication date |\n| Summons issuance/reissue | **Answered generally** | C015–C018 | Actual clerk issuance history |\n| Fixed summons expiration | **No single expiration identified** | C015–C018 | Return and reissuance records |\n| Authorized servers | **Answered** | C019–C024 | Appointment/license facts |\n| Personal service | **Answered** | C020–C024 | Actual delivery |\n| Residence service | **Answered** | C023 | Actual usual abode and recipient |\n| Return-receipt service | **Answered** | C020–C022 | Envelope, address, receipt |\n| Refused delivery | **Answered** | C021 | First-class follow-up and nondelivery |\n| Unclaimed delivery | **Answered—not refusal** | C022 | New method required |\n| Initial email/text | **Not authorized on reviewed law** | C019 | Contrary special order/statute if asserted |\n| Later electronic service | **Answered as separate category** | S014 | Authorization and designated system |\n| Minor service | **Answered generally** | C024 | Actual guardian/caretaker |\n| Disabled-person service | **Answered generally** | C024 | Actual capacity/order |\n| Entity service | **Answered generally** | C024 | Actual officer/agent/office |\n| Out-of-state service | **Answered** | C025–C026 | Personal jurisdiction |\n| Publication | **Answered at threshold** | C027 | Affidavit, diligence, statutory category |\n| Actual notice/substantial compliance | **Answered with limit** | C028 | Exact irregularity |\n| Proof of service | **Answered generally** | S011–S015 | Actual return |\n| Chapter 60 answer deadline | **Answered** | C029 | Actual service date |\n| Chapter 60 motion effect | **Answered** | C030 | Motion and ruling notice |\n| Chapter 61 appearance date | **Answered** | C031–C034 | Actual issuance/order |\n| Chapter 61 answer after appearance | **Answered** | C033 | Actual appearance/dispute |\n| Chapter 61 motion effect | **Partial** | C035 | Court continuance/order |\n| Small-claims response | **Answered** | C036 | Summons/hearing date |\n| Negotiation effect | **Answered—no automatic extension** | C037 | Actual stipulation/order |\n| CRA/FDCPA dispute effect | **Answered—no court extension** | C037 | Separate federal rights excluded |\n| Time computation | **Answered** | C038–C041 | Actual date/holiday/access |\n| E-filing terminal time | **Answered generally** | C039 | Court’s time zone/system outage |\n| Clerk inaccessibility | **Answered generally** | C040 | Actual closure/order |\n| Additional three days | **Answered narrowly** | C041 | Exact service method |\n| Chapter 60 default | **Answered** | C042–C044 | Proof and damages |\n| Chapter 60 seven-day notice | **Answered** | C043 | Whether appearance occurred |\n| Chapter 61 default | **Answered** | C045–C046 | Proof of service and request |\n| Small-claims default | **Answered through Chapter 61** | C045–C046 | Inconsistent small-claims provision if any |\n| Rule 118 | **Answered with access limit** | C047–C048 | Full current official page/PDF unavailable |\n| Liquidated versus unliquidated proof | **Partial** | C044, C047–C048 | Actual pleading and account evidence |\n| Minor/incapacitated default | **Answered** | S019 | Actual representation |\n| Military default | **Answered narrowly** | C049–C050 | Military-status evidence |\n| No automatic execution | **Answered** | C068 | Postjudgment procedure later |\n| K.S.A. 60-260 grounds | **Answered** | C051–C052 | Actual motion and evidence |\n| Chapter 61 14/45 periods | **Answered textually** | C053–C055 | No published case on amended 14-day figure located |\n| No-service voidness | **Answered** | C052, C055–C056 | Actual service record |\n| Excusable neglect | **Answered generally** | C057–C059 | Actual diligence/defense/prejudice |\n| B(6) relief | **Answered generally** | C058–C059 | Extraordinary facts |\n| Void-judgment timing | **Partial/tension disclosed** | C060–C061 | Current Kansas Supreme Court reconciliation |\n| Publication-default relief | **Answered at threshold** | C062 | Motion/answer/notice/property facts |\n| Appeal | **Excluded** | — | Separate appellate pass |\n| Postjudgment enforcement | **Excluded** | C068 | Interest, lien, garnishment, exemptions |\n| Current forms | **Answered as inventory** | S030 | Individual accessible PDF versions |\n| Current fees | **Answered with access qualifications** | C063–C067 | County-specific law-library or other authorized additions if any |\n| Full evidence/standing | **Excluded** | — | Assignment, hearsay, records, damages proof |\n| Arbitration | **Excluded** | — | Contract and FAA/Kansas analysis |\n| Actual case deadline | **Not evaluated** | C069 | Filed pleadings, returns, orders |\n| Component/state/parent/A066 acceptance | **Not evaluated** | C070 | No acceptance follows |\n\n# M. Researcher self-check\n\n## Actually read or inspected\n\n- Current Kansas district-court and magistrate-jurisdiction statutes.\n- Chapter 61 scope, conversion, adopted provisions, venue, commencement, pleadings, process, response, default, and relief provisions.\n- Complete material Small Claims Procedure Act sections addressing scope, amount, assignment exclusions, commencement, pleadings, representation, invalid claims, venue, and forms.\n- Chapter 60 venue, commencement, process, service, response, time, default, and K.S.A. 60-260 provisions.\n- Current FDCPA venue and narrow federal removal statutes.\n- Current Servicemembers Civil Relief Act no-appearance default section.\n- Current statutory docket, fee-waiver, and sheriff-service provisions.\n- *In re Arnold*, *Coastal Credit v. McNair*, *Garcia v. Ball*, *In re Henson*, *Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages v. Beadle*, and the 2026 federal *Coney Island* decision to the scopes stated.\n- Official current Kansas form indexes and official fee-order search results.\n\n## Access limitations\n\n- Administrative Order 2026-FN-071’s official PDF returned HTTP 403. The current amounts were verified through the official Kansas Courts search rendering, statutory base fees, and official district fee materials; no PDF page or zero-based index is claimed.\n- The Kansas Judicial Council form pages appeared in official search results but returned HTTP 403 when opened during final verification. Form titles are recorded; individual current PDF versions are not invented.\n- The official Rule 118 page and several official Kansas appellate pages returned HTTP 403. Their official search renderings were used only for the specifically stated propositions.\n- Several cases were read through public opinion reproductions rather than official PDF files.\n- No subscription citator or complete trial-court docket search was used.\n\n## Not read, obtained, or established\n\n- Any actual petition, summons, service return, answer, motion, default request, military-status search, judgment, or set-aside motion.\n- Every Kansas local district-court rule.\n- Every county-specific law-library fee or clerk practice.\n- A complete Kansas civil-procedure legislative history.\n- A complete Kansas appellate and unpublished-case citator.\n- Full subject-matter jurisdiction for every specialized debt.\n- Full federal removal procedure.\n- Arbitration, assignment proof, standing, authentication, hearsay, business records, damages proof, contractual fees, or interest.\n- Appeals, execution, judgment liens, dormancy, revival, satisfaction, garnishment, exemptions, or bank/wage levies.\n- Any filing, court contact, account access, provider lookup, records request, purchase, private case data, website work, Chrome control, other Chat, or CAPTCHA workaround.\n\n## Numeric self-check\n\nThe calendar examples were independently checked:\n\n- November 2, 2026 is Monday.\n- November 23, 2026 is Monday.\n- December 1 and December 15, 2026 are Tuesdays.\n- December 18, 2026 is Friday.\n- February 4, 2027 is Thursday.\n- January 18, 2027 is Monday and the observed federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday; January 19 is Tuesday.\n- February 18, 2027 is Thursday.\n- April 4, 2027 is Sunday; April 5 is Monday.\n- The 90-day computation from January 4, 2027 excludes January 4 and places day 90 on April 4.\n\n## Method limits\n\n- Filing was not treated as sufficient without service.\n- Actual notice was not treated as a universal cure for defective service.\n- Email, text, portal access, and electronic filing were not treated as initial service.\n- An unclaimed certified item was not treated as refusal.\n- Negotiation and regulatory disputes were not treated as court responses.\n- The three-day service addition was not applied to every deadline.\n- A missed deadline was not treated as automatic judgment or asset seizure.\n- A void judgment was not treated as excusable-neglect relief.\n- A Rule 118 defect was not automatically classified as jurisdictional voidness.\n- Federal Rule 60 precedent was not silently imported into Kansas K.S.A. 60-260.\n- Small claims was not made available to an assigned debt merely because the amount was below $10,000.\n- No individualized response date, service ruling, default result, vacatur result, court authorization, operational clearance, component acceptance, Kansas acceptance, parent-dossier acceptance, A066 acceptance, or publication readiness is supplied.\n\n## PASS-13 conclusion\n\nKansas ordinary unsecured-debt litigation can proceed under Chapter 60 or, where the claim fits, Chapter 61’s no-cap unsecured-contract-debt route. Small claims is narrower: $10,000 maximum, simplified pleadings, no ordinary attorney representation, and a categorical assigned-claim exclusion.\n\nThe procedural track controls nearly everything that follows. Chapter 60 normally provides 21 days after service to answer. Chapter 61 sets a court date 14–50 days after summons issuance and requires appearance or answer by that date. Small claims uses the hearing-and-appearance model rather than an ordinary answer. Filing preserves a claim only conditionally because Kansas generally requires timely valid service.\n\nDefault is a court process, not an automatic consequence of silence. Valid service, the correct route, the applicable notice rule, proof of entitlement, damages support, military protections, and route-specific relief all matter. Void service and discretionary excusable-neglect relief are fundamentally different; Chapter 61 adds its own short 14- and 45-day set-aside periods, while publication and military defaults have separate procedures.\n\nEND S_KS PASS-13. \n\n","tables":[{"headers":["Route","Ordinary unsecured-debt eligibility","Monetary limit","Pleading/response model","Representation","Critical exclusions or consequences"],"index":0,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Route","Ordinary unsecured-debt eligibility","Monetary limit","Pleading/response model","Representation","Critical exclusions or consequences"],["Chapter 60","General civil route","No ordinary statutory debt ceiling identified","Petition; answer ordinarily 21 days after service; Chapter 60 motions","Individual may appear personally; artificial entity generally must appear through licensed counsel","Full ordinary civil procedure"],["Chapter 61 limited action","Expressly covers unsecured contractual debt arising from goods, services, or money","No amount limit for that unsecured-debt category","Petition; summons appearance date; appearance or answer by date; written answer within 14 days after disputed appearance","Individual may appear personally; entity ordinarily requires counsel outside small claims","Conversion to Chapter 60 may be available on motion, good cause, and fee"],["Small claims","Money or property claim fitting statutory definition","$10,000, exclusive of interest, costs, and listed statutory damages","Plaintiff petition; defendant’s claim form if applicable; no other pleadings","Attorneys generally excluded before judgment; nonattorney representative permitted; special attorney exception in §61-2714","Assigned claims, subrogation claims, and certain claims owed to another are excluded"],["Federal court after removal","Only if federal original jurisdiction exists","Diversity ordinarily requires more than $75,000 plus complete diversity","Federal procedure after valid removal","Federal rules","Typical $10,000 small claim cannot qualify for diversity removal solely on amount"]]},{"headers":["Method","Operative conditions","Service event","Principal limit"],"index":1,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Method","Operative conditions","Service event","Principal limit"],["Personal service","Deliver or offer process and petition to the defendant","Delivery or qualifying offer/refusal","Authorized server required"],["Residence service","Leave at dwelling or usual abode with a suitable-age, discreet resident","Proper leaving of documents","Location must actually be the defendant’s dwelling or usual abode"],["Residence fallback","If personal/residence service cannot be made, leave at dwelling/usual abode and mail first-class notice","Completion of statutory steps","Not permission to use any family member’s home"],["Return-receipt delivery","Certified mail, priority mail, qualifying courier, overnight, or reliable personal delivery; receipt must show recipient, date, address, delivery entity","Delivery of sealed envelope","Must be addressed as §60-304 requires"],["Refused return-receipt item","First-class follow-up permitted; certificate filed","Three days after mailing","If follow-up envelope returns undelivered, no service"],["Unclaimed return-receipt item","Statute says unclaimed is not refusal","No refusal-based service","Another valid method required"],["Acknowledgment/voluntary appearance","Defendant acknowledges service or voluntarily appears","Date of acknowledgment/appearance","SCRA communication alone is not appearance"],["Out-of-state service","Same general methods; authorized server; affidavit or competent proof; no prior order required","According to valid method","Personal jurisdiction and 30-day default floor remain"],["Publication","Only statutorily listed cases; affidavit, diligence, publication, and mailing conditions","First publication for commencement","Not a generic substitute for an unknown address"],["Email or text","No ordinary initial-summons authority found","No ordinary initial service established","Garnishment and later-paper electronic service are separate"]]},{"headers":["Route","Trigger","Ordinary response","Deadline","Deadline-changing event"],"index":2,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Route","Trigger","Ordinary response","Deadline","Deadline-changing event"],["Chapter 60","Valid service of summons and petition","Answer or timely authorized Rule 12 motion","21 days after service","Timely Rule 12 motion can shift answer to 14 days after notice of denial/postponement or more-definite statement, unless court sets another time"],["Chapter 61","Summons issuance fixes court date","Appear personally/by counsel or file written answer by summons date","Summons date must be 14–50 days after issuance","Court may continue appearance date upon request"],["Chapter 61 after appearance","Defendant appears and disputes petition","Written answer stating dispute, affirmative defenses, and current contact information","14 days after appearance date","Court order/continuance as authorized"],["Small claims","Small-claims summons/hearing","Appear at hearing; file defendant’s claim form only if asserting qualifying transaction-related claim","Date in summons","Court continuance; no ordinary answer pleading"],["Publication","First publication","Answer","Date stated, at least 41 days after first publication","Court order/statute"],["Out-of-state service","Valid service outside Kansas","Route-specific response plus no-default floor","Chapter 60/61 rules apply; default not before 30 days","Actual service and court order"]]},{"headers":["Defect","Usual route","Character of relief","Key proof"],"index":3,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Defect","Usual route","Character of relief","Key proof"],["No legally effective service","K.S.A. 60-260(b)(4); Chapter 61 cross-reference","Judgment is void; court lacks discretion to preserve it once defect is established","Actual service method, address, abode, recipient, return, jurisdiction"],["Valid service but missed deadline through excusable error","K.S.A. 60-260(b)(1)","Discretionary","Excusable neglect, diligence, defense, prejudice, willfulness"],["Opposing-party fraud or misconduct","K.S.A. 60-260(b)(3)","Discretionary; one-year maximum","Fraud/misconduct and effect"],["Extraordinary reason outside (1)–(5)","K.S.A. 60-260(b)(6)","Discretionary; cannot simply evade one-year cap","Extraordinary circumstances"],["Publication default without actual notice","K.S.A. 60-309","Special statutory process","Motion, answer, affidavit/declaration, no timely actual notice, two-year window"],["Military no-appearance default","50 U.S.C. §3931","Federal reopening process","Material military effect and meritorious/legal defense"]]},{"headers":["Route/topic","Official resource and forms listed","Version/access status","Limitation"],"index":4,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Route/topic","Official resource and forms listed","Version/access status","Limitation"],["Kansas court forms index","Find Court Forms / Kansas Judicial Council forms","Current official index found","Direct pages returned 403 during final verification"],["Small-claims filing","Plaintiff Instruction Sheet; Civil Cover Sheet; Self-Represented Litigant Certification; Request for Service; Venue Information Sheet; Petition; Poverty Affidavit; Motion/Order for Special Process Server; Journal Entry and related forms","Current official form index identified","Individual PDF revision dates were not exposed through accessible index"],["Small-claims response","Defendant’s Claim; Journal Entry; Statement of Assets; Certificate of Mailing; Poverty Affidavit; contempt-related forms","Current official index identified","No ordinary answer form because statute permits no other pleadings"],["Chapter 61 pleadings","Answer form and related pleadings","Current official index identified","Search results showed a Spanish 2-2022 version; current English revision was not visible"],["Chapter 60 summons/service","Summons and Return of Service; Third-Party Summons; Insurance Summons; Affidavit for Service by Publication; Request for Service; Application/Order Appointing Special Process Server","Current official index identified","No form proves service in an actual case"],["Military status","Affidavit of Defendant’s Military Status","Official form listed; search result identifies revision 11-2024","Completing a form does not eliminate need for supporting facts"],["Fee waiver","Poverty Affidavit; inmate Poverty Affidavit; order concerning waiver","Current official index identified","Court reviews the affidavit; filing does not guarantee waiver"]]},{"headers":["Route","Statutory base","Current administrative charge","Current total identified"],"index":5,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Route","Statutory base","Current administrative charge","Current total identified"],["Chapter 60","$173","$22","$195"],["Chapter 61, amount ≤ $500","$35","$19","$54"],["Chapter 61, $500.01–$5,000","$55","$19","$74"],["Chapter 61, over $5,000","$101","$19","$120"],["Small claims, amount ≤ $500","$35","$12.50","$47.50"],["Small claims, amount > $500","$55","$12.50","$67.50"]]},{"headers":["Source ID","Title, issuer, and full literal URL","Exact material read","Status, date, and limitations"],"index":6,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Source ID","Title, issuer, and full literal URL","Exact material read","Status, date, and limitations"],["S_KS-P13-S001","Kansas district-court jurisdiction — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/020_000_0000_chapter/020_003_0000_article/020_003_0001_section/020_003_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/020_000_0000_chapter/020_003_0000_article/020_003_0002b_section/020_003_0002b_k/","K.S.A. 20-301 and materially relevant 20-302b jurisdiction provisions","Fresh Oct. 26, 2026 Pacific/UTC. Current HTML; no printed page or PDF index. Judicial-assignment details not exhaustively reviewed."],["S_KS-P13-S002","Chapter 61 scope and conversion — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_028_0000_article/061_028_0002_section/061_028_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0010_section/061_029_0010_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0012_section/061_029_0012_k/","Unsecured-debt no-cap branch; conversion; adopted Chapter 60 provisions","Fresh. Current HTML. No conversion motion or actual court order reviewed."],["S_KS-P13-S003","Small Claims Procedure Act — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0002_section/061_027_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0003_section/061_027_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0004_section/061_027_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0005_section/061_027_0005_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0006_section/061_027_0006_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0007_section/061_027_0007_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0013_section/061_027_0013_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0014_section/061_027_0014_k/","Route, $10,000 definition, assigned-claim exclusion, commencement, pleading limits, excessive claims, representation, form authority, attorney exception","Fresh. Current statute pages. Postjudgment small-claims procedures were not fully reviewed."],["S_KS-P13-S004","Real party in interest — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0017_section/060_002_0017_k/","K.S.A. 60-217","Fresh. Full assignment evidence and standing excluded."],["S_KS-P13-S005","In re Arnold, Kansas Supreme Court\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2002/88340.html","Corporate nonlawyer representation and small-claims exception","Fresh selected read. Published 2002 disciplinary decision; public reproduction."],["S_KS-P13-S006","Chapter 60 venue — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0003_section/060_006_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0004_section/060_006_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0010_section/060_006_0010_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0011_section/060_006_0011_k/","Individual/entity venue, objection, and transfer","Fresh. Contractual forum-selection enforcement excluded."],["S_KS-P13-S007","Chapter 61 and small-claims venue — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0002_section/061_034_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0004_section/061_034_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0008_section/061_034_0008_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0009_section/061_034_0009_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0008_section/061_027_0008_k/","Material individual/entity and small-claims venue clauses","Fresh. No actual county facts applied."],["S_KS-P13-S008","FDCPA venue — OLRC\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t15/s1692i/","15 U.S.C. §1692i","Fresh targeted read. Only conditional federal venue overlay; no FDCPA remedies rerun."],["S_KS-P13-S009","Federal jurisdiction/removal boundary — OLRC\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1332/\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1441/\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1446/","Diversity threshold and principal removal conditions","Fresh targeted read. Full removal practice excluded."],["S_KS-P13-S010","Commencement — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0003_section/060_002_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0002_section/061_029_0002_k/","Filing, 90-day service relation, extension, invalid-service cure, appearance","Fresh. No actual limitation classification adopted."],["S_KS-P13-S011","Chapter 60 summons and service — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0001_section/060_003_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0002_section/060_003_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0003_section/060_003_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0004_section/060_003_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0012_section/060_003_0012_k/","Issuance, contents, authorized servers, return-receipt, personal/residence service, protected parties/entities, proof and return","Fresh complete material read. Garnishment methods read only to distinguish them from ordinary service."],["S_KS-P13-S012","Publication/out-of-state service — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0007_section/060_003_0007_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0008_section/060_003_0008_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0009_section/060_003_0009_k/","Publication categories and proof; out-of-state process; 30-day default floor; publication-default relief","Fresh. Personal-jurisdiction merits and property consequences not comprehensively reviewed."],["S_KS-P13-S013","Substantial compliance — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0004_section/060_002_0004_k/","K.S.A. 60-204","Fresh. Does not create email service."],["S_KS-P13-S014","Later-paper service — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0005_section/060_002_0005_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0007_section/061_029_0007_k/","Chapter 60 and Chapter 61 later-paper service","Fresh. Not initial summons authority."],["S_KS-P13-S015","Chapter 61 summons and service — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0001_section/061_030_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0002_section/061_030_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0003_section/061_030_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0004_section/061_030_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0005_section/061_030_0005_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0006_section/061_030_0006_k/","Chapter 61 issuance, 14–50-day summons date, service methods, protected actors, proof, return, out-of-state service","Fresh. Eviction-specific three-day return excluded."],["S_KS-P13-S016","Chapter 60 response — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0012_section/060_002_0012_k/","Answer timing, defenses, Rule 12 motion effect, publication response","Fresh. No actual motion or court order reviewed."],["S_KS-P13-S017","Chapter 61 response — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0004_section/061_029_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0009_section/061_029_0009_k/","Appearance, answer, defenses, continuance, time computation","Fresh. Full counterclaim and discovery procedure excluded."],["S_KS-P13-S018","Time computation — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0006_section/060_002_0006_k/","Event-day exclusion, weekends/holidays, inaccessible clerk, midnight e-filing, extensions, three-day rule","Fresh complete material read. No emergency order applied."],["S_KS-P13-S019","Chapter 60 default and relief — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0060_section/060_002_0060_k/","Default predicates, seven-day notice, damages proof, relief grounds, one-year cap","Fresh. Appeals and enforcement excluded."],["S_KS-P13-S020","Chapter 61 default — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0001_section/061_033_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0004_section/061_033_0004_k/","Default predicates, no-further-notice clause, relief ceiling, 14/45-day periods, 60-260 incorporation","Fresh."],["S_KS-P13-S021","Kansas Supreme Court Rule 118\nhttps://kscourts.gov/Rules-Orders/Rules/Statement-of-Damages-When-Pleading-Does-Not-Demand","Official current search rendering: amount notice at least 14 days before default","Fresh search check; direct page inaccessible/403. No printed page or PDF index obtained."],["S_KS-P13-S022","First National Bank of Belleville v. Sankey Motors\nhttps://kscourts.gov/Cases-Decisions/Decisions/Published/First-Nat-l-Bank-of-Belleville-v-Sankey-Mot","Rule 118 noncompliance makes default voidable rather than void","Official search result checked; direct page 403. Published Kansas authority; full opinion not freshly opened."],["S_KS-P13-S023","Coastal Credit v. McNair\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2019/119798.html","Published 2019 opinion; residence-service invalidity and void default","Fresh full relevant read. Public reproduction; full citator not performed."],["S_KS-P13-S024","Garcia v. Ball\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2015/108817.html","K.S.A. 60-260(b)(6), default benchmarks, anti-circumvention of one-year cap","Fresh relevant read. Published Kansas Supreme Court decision."],["S_KS-P13-S025","Void-judgment timing authorities\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2020/120543.html\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2026/129341.html\nhttps://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-808_lkgn.pdf","In re Henson published Kansas rule; Lawson unpublished 2026 memorandum; federal Coney Island syllabus index 0 and opinion beginning PDF index 2","Fresh selected checks. Federal case governs federal Rule 60; Lawson is nonprecedential."],["S_KS-P13-S026","Chapter 61 special set-aside case\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2008/98378.html","Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages v. Beadle; scope of §61-3301 periods and predecessor-period cases","Fresh selected read. Published 2008 decision; predecessor statute used 10 days."],["S_KS-P13-S027","Servicemembers Civil Relief Act default protection — OLRC\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/","Affidavit, attorney appointment, stay, and reopening","Fresh targeted read. Full military-benefits law excluded."],["S_KS-P13-S028","Current court fee order\nhttps://kscourts.gov/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Orders/2026-FN-071.pdf?ext=.pdf","Official search rendering of fee chart, effective July 1, 2026","Fresh search verification; PDF open returned 403. No PDF page/index claimed."],["S_KS-P13-S029","Statutory docket and service fees — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_020_0000_article/060_020_0001_section/060_020_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_040_0000_article/061_040_0001_section/061_040_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/028_000_0000_chapter/028_001_0000_article/028_001_0010_section/028_001_0010_k/","Base docket fees, poverty affidavit, additional costs, $15 sheriff service fee","Fresh. Current administrative charges separately sourced."],["S_KS-P13-S030","Kansas Judicial Council / Kansas Self-Help forms\nhttps://self-help.kscourts.gov/FindCourtForms\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/filing-a-small-claims-case\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/responding-to-a-small-claims-case\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-61-civil-actions/pleadings\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/summons-and-service-of-process\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/affidavit-of-defendant-s-military-status\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/poverty-affidavit","Current form titles and categories from official search results","Fresh search verification; direct pages returned 403. Individual current PDF versions not asserted except military-status search result revision 11-2024."]]},{"headers":["Claim ID","Precise assertion","Sources","Conditions and confidence"],"index":7,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Claim ID","Precise assertion","Sources","Conditions and confidence"],["S_KS-P13-C001","Kansas district court is the court of general original civil jurisdiction.","S001","High."],["S_KS-P13-C002","Chapter 60, Chapter 61, and small claims are procedural tracks within district court.","S001–S003","High."],["S_KS-P13-C003","Chapter 61 can be used for qualifying unsecured contractual debt without an amount cap.","S002, K.S.A. 61-2802","High."],["S_KS-P13-C004","Small claims is capped at $10,000 exclusive of stated extras.","S003, §61-2703","High."],["S_KS-P13-C005","Assigned claims and specified collection/subrogation claims are excluded from small claims.","S003, §61-2703","High."],["S_KS-P13-C006","An assignee can be the real party in interest yet remain excluded from small claims.","S003–S004","High synthesis."],["S_KS-P13-C007","Judgment on a non-small claim under the Small Claims Act is void and unenforceable.","S003, §61-2707(c)","High."],["S_KS-P13-C008","Small claims ordinarily excludes attorney representation before judgment but permits nonattorney representatives.","S003, §§61-2707, 61-2714","High."],["S_KS-P13-C009","Artificial entities generally require licensed counsel outside the small-claims exception.","S005","High controlling boundary."],["S_KS-P13-C010","Chapter 60 individual-defendant venue includes residence and specified transaction/service counties.","S006","High."],["S_KS-P13-C011","Chapter 61 and small claims have separate venue statutes.","S007","High."],["S_KS-P13-C012","Improper venue can be waived and a good-faith case can be transferred.","S006","High."],["S_KS-P13-C013","Covered FDCPA collector must use contract-signing or residence venue for ordinary consumer-debt suit.","S008","High conditional federal rule."],["S_KS-P13-C014","Typical $10,000 small claim cannot support diversity removal solely on amount.","S009","High."],["S_KS-P13-C015","Filing relates back only when service or first publication occurs within 90 days, subject to statutory exceptions.","S010","High."],["S_KS-P13-C016","Court can grant a 30-day good-cause service extension.","S010","High."],["S_KS-P13-C017","Invalid attempted service can trigger a separate post-adjudication cure period.","S010","High; actual adjudication required."],["S_KS-P13-C018","Voluntary appearance is equivalent to service.","S010–S011","High."],["S_KS-P13-C019","Initial ordinary service is not established by email or text.","S011–S015","High bounded reading."],["S_KS-P13-C020","Return-receipt service is complete on delivery of the statutory sealed envelope.","S011","High."],["S_KS-P13-C021","Refusal can support first-class follow-up and statutory three-day deemed service.","S011","High, subject to nondelivery return."],["S_KS-P13-C022","Unclaimed return-receipt delivery is not refusal.","S011","High."],["S_KS-P13-C023","Residence service requires the defendant’s actual dwelling or usual abode.","S011; S023","High."],["S_KS-P13-C024","Minors, disabled persons, and entities have additional recipient requirements.","S011","High."],["S_KS-P13-C025","Out-of-state service needs no advance court order but requires proof and jurisdictional basis.","S012, §60-308","High."],["S_KS-P13-C026","No default may be entered before 30 days after out-of-state service.","S012","High."],["S_KS-P13-C027","Publication is limited to statutory categories and is not a generic alternative.","S012","High."],["S_KS-P13-C028","Actual awareness does not invariably cure unauthorized service.","S013; S023","High."],["S_KS-P13-C029","Chapter 60 answer is ordinarily due 21 days after service.","S016","High."],["S_KS-P13-C030","Timely Chapter 60 Rule 12 motion can shift the answer deadline.","S016","High."],["S_KS-P13-C031","Chapter 61 summons date must be 14–50 days after issuance.","S015","High."],["S_KS-P13-C032","Chapter 61 defendant must appear or answer by summons date.","S017","High."],["S_KS-P13-C033","Appearing and disputing Chapter 61 defendant must file answer within 14 days after appearance.","S017","High."],["S_KS-P13-C034","Chapter 61 court can continue the appearance date on request.","S017","High."],["S_KS-P13-C035","Chapter 61 does not generally adopt K.S.A. 60-212.","S002, §61-2912","High."],["S_KS-P13-C036","Small claims does not allow an ordinary answer pleading.","S003, §61-2705","High."],["S_KS-P13-C037","Negotiation, validation, complaints, and reporting disputes do not automatically extend court deadlines.","S016–S018","High procedural distinction."],["S_KS-P13-C038","K.S.A. 60-206 excludes trigger day, counts all days, and extends terminal weekends/holidays.","S018","High."],["S_KS-P13-C039","Electronic filing ordinarily ends at midnight in the court’s time zone.","S018","High."],["S_KS-P13-C040","Clerk inaccessibility can extend a terminal filing date.","S018","High; actual order/access facts required."],["S_KS-P13-C041","Three additional days apply only to specified later-paper mail/clerk service.","S018","High."],["S_KS-P13-C042","Chapter 60 default requires request and showing of entitlement.","S019","High."],["S_KS-P13-C043","Appeared Chapter 60 defendant gets at least seven days’ written default-hearing notice.","S019","High."],["S_KS-P13-C044","Court may require accounting or evidence before fixing default damages.","S019","High."],["S_KS-P13-C045","Chapter 61 summons default can be entered without further notice after proof and request.","S020","High."],["S_KS-P13-C046","Chapter 61 default relief cannot differ from or exceed the demand.","S020","High."],["S_KS-P13-C047","Rule 118 requires 14-day amount notice in its covered default setting.","S021","High official search evidence; full page inaccessible."],["S_KS-P13-C048","Rule 118 violation makes covered default voidable rather than automatically void.","S022","Published-case proposition; full opinion access limited."],["S_KS-P13-C049","SCRA requires military-status affidavit before no-appearance default.","S027","High."],["S_KS-P13-C050","Qualifying servicemember can receive appointment, stay, and reopening protections.","S027","High."],["S_KS-P13-C051","K.S.A. 60-260(b)(1)–(3) motions have one-year maximum plus reasonable-time requirement.","S019","High."],["S_KS-P13-C052","Voidness is a distinct K.S.A. 60-260(b)(4) ground.","S019","High."],["S_KS-P13-C053","Chapter 61 summons default has 14-day personal-service and 45-day other-service set-aside periods.","S020","High current statutory text."],["S_KS-P13-C054","Other defaults under §61-3301(a) generally use 14 days.","S020, S026","High."],["S_KS-P13-C055","Chapter 61 no-service default is analyzed through K.S.A. 60-260(b).","S020","High."],["S_KS-P13-C056","Invalid residence service rendered the Coastal Credit judgment void.","S023","High published holding."],["S_KS-P13-C057","Excusable-neglect relief is discretionary and differs from voidness.","S019; S024","High."],["S_KS-P13-C058","Meritorious defense, prejudice, and culpability are useful default-relief benchmarks, not rigid universal elements for every subsection.","S024","High."],["S_KS-P13-C059","Subsection (b)(6) cannot be used merely to evade the one-year cap for (b)(1)–(3).","S024","High."],["S_KS-P13-C060","Kansas precedent permits void-judgment attacks beyond the ordinary one-year period.","S025","High state precedent; current Supreme Court reconciliation remains a gap."],["S_KS-P13-C061","Federal Coney Island applies the federal Rule 60 reasonable-time requirement and does not itself amend Kansas law.","S025","High jurisdictional distinction."],["S_KS-P13-C062","Publication default has a separate two-year K.S.A. 60-309 procedure.","S012","High."],["S_KS-P13-C063","Current Chapter 60 total filing charge is $195 under the current fee order.","S028–S029","High amount; PDF access limitation disclosed."],["S_KS-P13-C064","Current Chapter 61 totals are $54, $74, and $120 by amount tier.","S028–S029","High arithmetic from current order and statute."],["S_KS-P13-C065","Current small-claims totals are $47.50 or $67.50 by claim size.","S028–S029","High amount; official order PDF inaccessible."],["S_KS-P13-C066","Sheriff service generally carries a $15 fee per service/execution/return.","S029","High, subject to statutory exceptions."],["S_KS-P13-C067","Poverty affidavit can substitute for initial docket fee subject to court review.","S029–S030","High."],["S_KS-P13-C068","No judgment or asset seizure follows automatically from merely missing a response date.","S019–S020","High procedural synthesis."],["S_KS-P13-C069","Actual case deadlines require service, route, court order, holiday, and filing-method facts.","Entire component","High."],["S_KS-P13-C070","No provider, debt, court case, filing, or operational approval is established by PASS-13.","Scope","High project-status statement."]]},{"headers":["Assigned issue","Status","Claims","Exact missing evidence or next action"],"index":8,"links":[],"row_links":[[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]],"rows":[["Assigned issue","Status","Claims","Exact missing evidence or next action"],["Kansas court of general jurisdiction","Answered","C001–C002","Actual district/judge assignment"],["Chapter 60 route","Answered at procedural level","C002","Actual petition and local rules"],["Chapter 61 unsecured-debt route","Answered","C003","Actual contract classification"],["Small-claims cap","Answered","C004","Amount and extras"],["Assigned small-claims claim","Answered/excluded","C005–C007","Actual assignment"],["Real party in interest","Answered at rule level","C006","Full assignment proof later"],["Entity representation","Answered generally","C008–C009","Actual entity/representative status"],["District magistrate authority","Answered generally","C001–C003","Judicial assignment and consent facts"],["Chapter 60 venue","Answered generally","C010","Actual residence, transaction, service"],["Chapter 61 venue","Answered generally","C011","Actual county facts"],["Small-claims venue","Answered generally","C011","Defendant residence at accrual"],["Venue waiver/transfer","Answered","C012","Timing and merits-stage facts"],["FDCPA venue","Answered conditionally","C013","Federal collector/debt status"],["Contractual forum selection","Excluded/later","—","Actual clause and enforceability"],["Federal removal","Boundary only","C014","Complete diversity, complaint, service, timing"],["Commencement","Answered","C015–C018","Filing/service dates"],["Ninety-day relation","Answered","C015","Actual service validity"],["Thirty-day extension","Answered","C016","Court order/good cause"],["Invalid-service cure","Answered","C017","Adjudication date"],["Summons issuance/reissue","Answered generally","C015–C018","Actual clerk issuance history"],["Fixed summons expiration","No single expiration identified","C015–C018","Return and reissuance records"],["Authorized servers","Answered","C019–C024","Appointment/license facts"],["Personal service","Answered","C020–C024","Actual delivery"],["Residence service","Answered","C023","Actual usual abode and recipient"],["Return-receipt service","Answered","C020–C022","Envelope, address, receipt"],["Refused delivery","Answered","C021","First-class follow-up and nondelivery"],["Unclaimed delivery","Answered—not refusal","C022","New method required"],["Initial email/text","Not authorized on reviewed law","C019","Contrary special order/statute if asserted"],["Later electronic service","Answered as separate category","S014","Authorization and designated system"],["Minor service","Answered generally","C024","Actual guardian/caretaker"],["Disabled-person service","Answered generally","C024","Actual capacity/order"],["Entity service","Answered generally","C024","Actual officer/agent/office"],["Out-of-state service","Answered","C025–C026","Personal jurisdiction"],["Publication","Answered at threshold","C027","Affidavit, diligence, statutory category"],["Actual notice/substantial compliance","Answered with limit","C028","Exact irregularity"],["Proof of service","Answered generally","S011–S015","Actual return"],["Chapter 60 answer deadline","Answered","C029","Actual service date"],["Chapter 60 motion effect","Answered","C030","Motion and ruling notice"],["Chapter 61 appearance date","Answered","C031–C034","Actual issuance/order"],["Chapter 61 answer after appearance","Answered","C033","Actual appearance/dispute"],["Chapter 61 motion effect","Partial","C035","Court continuance/order"],["Small-claims response","Answered","C036","Summons/hearing date"],["Negotiation effect","Answered—no automatic extension","C037","Actual stipulation/order"],["CRA/FDCPA dispute effect","Answered—no court extension","C037","Separate federal rights excluded"],["Time computation","Answered","C038–C041","Actual date/holiday/access"],["E-filing terminal time","Answered generally","C039","Court’s time zone/system outage"],["Clerk inaccessibility","Answered generally","C040","Actual closure/order"],["Additional three days","Answered narrowly","C041","Exact service method"],["Chapter 60 default","Answered","C042–C044","Proof and damages"],["Chapter 60 seven-day notice","Answered","C043","Whether appearance occurred"],["Chapter 61 default","Answered","C045–C046","Proof of service and request"],["Small-claims default","Answered through Chapter 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Current HTML. No conversion motion or actual court order reviewed."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete 61-2802 and 2912 read; conversion 2910 remains unreopened. Qualifying unsecured-contract no-cap and contrary-category exclusions retained.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S003","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0002_section/061_027_0002_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0003_section/061_027_0003_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0004_section/061_027_0004_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0005_section/061_027_0005_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0006_section/061_027_0006_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0007_section/061_027_0007_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0013_section/061_027_0013_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0014_section/061_027_0014_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S003","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Small Claims Procedure Act — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0002_section/061_027_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0003_section/061_027_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0004_section/061_027_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0005_section/061_027_0005_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0006_section/061_027_0006_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0007_section/061_027_0007_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0013_section/061_027_0013_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0014_section/061_027_0014_k/","Exact material read":"Route, $10,000 definition, assigned-claim exclusion, commencement, pleading limits, excessive claims, representation, form authority, attorney exception","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Current statute pages. Postjudgment small-claims procedures were not fully reviewed."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete selected 2702/2703/2705/2707/2714 read. Small-claim amount/assignment/transaction/representation/procedure branches checked; remaining2704/2706/2713 and local/form universe held.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S004","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0017_section/060_002_0017_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S004","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Real party in interest — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0017_section/060_002_0017_k/","Exact material read":"K.S.A. 60-217","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Full assignment evidence and standing excluded."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S005","urls":["https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2002/88340.html"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S005","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"In re Arnold, Kansas Supreme Court\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2002/88340.html","Exact material read":"Corporate nonlawyer representation and small-claims exception","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh selected read. Published 2002 disciplinary decision; public reproduction."},"coordinator_verification_status":"judicial_authority_unreopened","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S006","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0003_section/060_006_0003_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0004_section/060_006_0004_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0010_section/060_006_0010_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0011_section/060_006_0011_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S006","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 60 venue — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0003_section/060_006_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0004_section/060_006_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0010_section/060_006_0010_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_006_0000_article/060_006_0011_section/060_006_0011_k/","Exact material read":"Individual/entity venue, objection, and transfer","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Contractual forum-selection enforcement excluded."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S007","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0002_section/061_034_0002_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0004_section/061_034_0004_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0008_section/061_034_0008_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0009_section/061_034_0009_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0008_section/061_027_0008_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S007","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 61 and small-claims venue — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0002_section/061_034_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0004_section/061_034_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0008_section/061_034_0008_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_034_0000_article/061_034_0009_section/061_034_0009_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_027_0000_article/061_027_0008_section/061_027_0008_k/","Exact material read":"Material individual/entity and small-claims venue clauses","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. No actual county facts applied."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S008","urls":["https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t15/s1692i/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S008","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"FDCPA venue — OLRC\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t15/s1692i/","Exact material read":"15 U.S.C. §1692i","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh targeted read. Only conditional federal venue overlay; no FDCPA remedies rerun."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S009","urls":["https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1332/","https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1441/","https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1446/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S009","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Federal jurisdiction/removal boundary — OLRC\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1332/\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1441/\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t28/s1446/","Exact material read":"Diversity threshold and principal removal conditions","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh targeted read. Full removal practice excluded."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S010","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0003_section/060_002_0003_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0002_section/061_029_0002_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S010","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Commencement — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0003_section/060_002_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0002_section/061_029_0002_k/","Exact material read":"Filing, 90-day service relation, extension, invalid-service cure, appearance","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. No actual limitation classification adopted."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete 60-203/61-2902 read. First-publication, good-cause extension, invalid-service adjudication and valid cure, appearance and electronic-receipt predicates retained. No limitation classification accepted.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S011","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0001_section/060_003_0001_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0002_section/060_003_0002_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0003_section/060_003_0003_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0004_section/060_003_0004_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0012_section/060_003_0012_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S011","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 60 summons and service — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0001_section/060_003_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0002_section/060_003_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0003_section/060_003_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0004_section/060_003_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0012_section/060_003_0012_k/","Exact material read":"Issuance, contents, authorized servers, return-receipt, personal/residence service, protected parties/entities, proof and return","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh complete material read. Garnishment methods read only to distinguish them from ordinary service."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete 60-303 and312; selected304 adult/minor/disabled/entity text through68. Summons301/302 and remaining304 branches held. Personal/residence, return-receipt, refusal/unclaimed, authorized-server and proof distinctions retained.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S012","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0007_section/060_003_0007_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0008_section/060_003_0008_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0009_section/060_003_0009_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S012","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Publication/out-of-state service — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0007_section/060_003_0007_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0008_section/060_003_0008_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0009_section/060_003_0009_k/","Exact material read":"Publication categories and proof; out-of-state process; 30-day default floor; publication-default relief","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Personal-jurisdiction merits and property consequences not comprehensively reviewed."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete selected308(a) and complete309 read. 307 publication-category/diligence body, remaining308 jurisdiction and cases remain unreopened. Q004 qualifies counted last day/default expiration.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S013","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0004_section/060_002_0004_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S013","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Substantial compliance — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0004_section/060_002_0004_k/","Exact material read":"K.S.A. 60-204","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Does not create email service."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S014","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0005_section/060_002_0005_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0007_section/061_029_0007_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S014","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Later-paper service — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0005_section/060_002_0005_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0007_section/061_029_0007_k/","Exact material read":"Chapter 60 and Chapter 61 later-paper service","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Not initial summons authority."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete205 read, including later-paper no-appearance/new-claim and service methods. 61-2907 and actual designated electronic system/rule remain held. No email-as-initial-service inference.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S015","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0001_section/061_030_0001_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0002_section/061_030_0002_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0003_section/061_030_0003_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0004_section/061_030_0004_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0005_section/061_030_0005_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0006_section/061_030_0006_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S015","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 61 summons and service — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0001_section/061_030_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0002_section/061_030_0002_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0003_section/061_030_0003_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0004_section/061_030_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0005_section/061_030_0005_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_030_0000_article/061_030_0006_section/061_030_0006_k/","Exact material read":"Chapter 61 issuance, 14–50-day summons date, service methods, protected actors, proof, return, out-of-state service","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Eviction-specific three-day return excluded."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete3002; selected3005(a)-(e) read. Remaining3001/3003/3004/3006 and garnishment proof held. Claim31 summons date verified; no whole Chapter61service acceptance.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S016","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0012_section/060_002_0012_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S016","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 60 response — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0012_section/060_002_0012_k/","Exact material read":"Answer timing, defenses, Rule 12 motion effect, publication response","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. No actual motion or court order reviewed."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete212 operative body read. Motion service, notice versus served-statement trigger, defense-waiver and protected-party branches retained. I2 qualifying service characterization remains actual-case hold.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S017","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0004_section/061_029_0004_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0009_section/061_029_0009_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S017","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 61 response — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0004_section/061_029_0004_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_029_0000_article/061_029_0009_section/061_029_0009_k/","Exact material read":"Appearance, answer, defenses, continuance, time computation","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Full counterclaim and discovery procedure excluded."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete2904 and2909 read. Appearance/answer/prompt copy/affirmative defense/counterclaim reply/continuance and contrary computation provision limits retained.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S018","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0006_section/060_002_0006_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S018","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Time computation — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0006_section/060_002_0006_k/","Exact material read":"Event-day exclusion, weekends/holidays, inaccessible clerk, midnight e-filing, extensions, three-day rule","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh complete material read. No emergency order applied."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete206 operative body read. Days/hours, forward/backward last day, access, court time zone, holiday definition, nonextendable limits, conditional three days and emergency-order powers retained. Existing calendar examples only.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S019","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0060_section/060_002_0060_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S019","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 60 default and relief — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0060_section/060_002_0060_k/","Exact material read":"Default predicates, seven-day notice, damages proof, relief grounds, one-year cap","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Appeals and enforcement excluded."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete255 and260 read. Request/entitlement, protected persons/appeared notice, proof, grounds, timing and independent/preserved remedies retained. All underlying voidness/excusable-neglect/citator treatment held.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S020","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0001_section/061_033_0001_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0004_section/061_033_0004_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S020","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 61 default — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0001_section/061_033_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_033_0000_article/061_033_0004_section/061_033_0004_k/","Exact material read":"Default predicates, no-further-notice clause, relief ceiling, 14/45-day periods, 60-260 incorporation","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete3301 and3304 read. Summons versus other default, relief ceiling, in-state14/45 and no-service cross-reference retained. No current-case application or predecessor-case acceptance.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S021","urls":["https://kscourts.gov/Rules-Orders/Rules/Statement-of-Damages-When-Pleading-Does-Not-Demand"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S021","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Kansas Supreme Court Rule 118\nhttps://kscourts.gov/Rules-Orders/Rules/Statement-of-Damages-When-Pleading-Does-Not-Demand","Exact material read":"Official current search rendering: amount notice at least 14 days before default","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh search check; direct page inaccessible/403. No printed page or PDF index obtained."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S022","urls":["https://kscourts.gov/Cases-Decisions/Decisions/Published/First-Nat-l-Bank-of-Belleville-v-Sankey-Mot"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S022","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"First National Bank of Belleville v. Sankey Motors\nhttps://kscourts.gov/Cases-Decisions/Decisions/Published/First-Nat-l-Bank-of-Belleville-v-Sankey-Mot","Exact material read":"Rule 118 noncompliance makes default voidable rather than void","Status, date, and limitations":"Official search result checked; direct page 403. Published Kansas authority; full opinion not freshly opened."},"coordinator_verification_status":"judicial_authority_unreopened","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S023","urls":["https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2019/119798.html"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S023","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Coastal Credit v. McNair\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2019/119798.html","Exact material read":"Published 2019 opinion; residence-service invalidity and void default","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh full relevant read. Public reproduction; full citator not performed."},"coordinator_verification_status":"judicial_authority_unreopened","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S024","urls":["https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2015/108817.html"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S024","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Garcia v. Ball\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/supreme-court/2015/108817.html","Exact material read":"K.S.A. 60-260(b)(6), default benchmarks, anti-circumvention of one-year cap","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh relevant read. Published Kansas Supreme Court decision."},"coordinator_verification_status":"judicial_authority_unreopened","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S025","urls":["https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2020/120543.html","https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2026/129341.html","https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-808_lkgn.pdf"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S025","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Void-judgment timing authorities\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2020/120543.html\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2026/129341.html\nhttps://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-808_lkgn.pdf","Exact material read":"In re Henson published Kansas rule; Lawson unpublished 2026 memorandum; federal Coney Island syllabus index 0 and opinion beginning PDF index 2","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh selected checks. Federal case governs federal Rule 60; Lawson is nonprecedential."},"coordinator_verification_status":"judicial_authority_unreopened","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S026","urls":["https://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2008/98378.html"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S026","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Chapter 61 special set-aside case\nhttps://law.justia.com/cases/kansas/court-of-appeals/2008/98378.html","Exact material read":"Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages v. Beadle; scope of §61-3301 periods and predecessor-period cases","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh selected read. Published 2008 decision; predecessor statute used 10 days."},"coordinator_verification_status":"judicial_authority_unreopened","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S027","urls":["https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S027","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Servicemembers Civil Relief Act default protection — OLRC\nhttps://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-118/t50/s3931/","Exact material read":"Affidavit, attorney appointment, stay, and reopening","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh targeted read. Full military-benefits law excluded."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Explicit NE12 dated OLRC3931 primary reuse only, complete operative21-76 across two hashed packets; original119-118 route/currentness not reclassified. Q001 restores conditional mandatory stay/reopening predicates.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S028","urls":["https://kscourts.gov/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Orders/2026-FN-071.pdf?ext=.pdf"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S028","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Current court fee order\nhttps://kscourts.gov/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Orders/2026-FN-071.pdf?ext=.pdf","Exact material read":"Official search rendering of fee chart, effective July 1, 2026","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh search verification; PDF open returned 403. No PDF page/index claimed."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S029","urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_020_0000_article/060_020_0001_section/060_020_0001_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_040_0000_article/061_040_0001_section/061_040_0001_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/028_000_0000_chapter/028_001_0000_article/028_001_0010_section/028_001_0010_k/"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S029","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Statutory docket and service fees — Kansas Revisor\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_020_0000_article/060_020_0001_section/060_020_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_040_0000_article/061_040_0001_section/061_040_0001_k/\nhttps://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/028_000_0000_chapter/028_001_0000_article/028_001_0010_section/028_001_0010_k/","Exact material read":"Base docket fees, poverty affidavit, additional costs, $15 sheriff service fee","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh. Current administrative charges separately sourced."},"coordinator_verification_status":"selected_coordinator_primary_check_with_limits","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Complete614001 and28110; selected602001a/b/c/d text. Six fee additions match supplied amounts but current administrative authorization/order chain held under Q003. Actual costs/waiver/service fees not approved.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}},{"source_id":"S_KS-P13-S030","urls":["https://self-help.kscourts.gov/FindCourtForms","https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/filing-a-small-claims-case","https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/responding-to-a-small-claims-case","https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-61-civil-actions/pleadings","https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/summons-and-service-of-process","https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/affidavit-of-defendant-s-military-status","https://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/poverty-affidavit"],"researcher_record":{"Source ID":"S_KS-P13-S030","Title, issuer, and full literal URL":"Kansas Judicial Council / Kansas Self-Help forms\nhttps://self-help.kscourts.gov/FindCourtForms\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/filing-a-small-claims-case\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/small-claims/responding-to-a-small-claims-case\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-61-civil-actions/pleadings\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/summons-and-service-of-process\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/chapter-60-civil-actions/affidavit-of-defendant-s-military-status\nhttps://www.kjc.ks.gov/legal-forms/poverty-affidavit","Exact material read":"Current form titles and categories from official search results","Status, date, and limitations":"Fresh search verification; direct pages returned 403. Individual current PDF versions not asserted except military-status search result revision 11-2024."},"coordinator_verification_status":"unreopened_researcher_source_provenance","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","scope_note":"Original statutory/rule/form/search/secondary/source-currentness account remains researcher provenance, not newly verified. Known official403 history is retained without retry; no absence-of-law inference. No underlying case or source version accepted by carryover.","read_map":"[internal evidence reference]","independent_review":false}}],"coverage":[{"topic":"Kansas court of general jurisdiction","researcher_record":{"Assigned issue":"Kansas court of general jurisdiction","Status":"Answered","Claims":"C001–C002","Exact missing evidence or next action":"Actual district/judge assignment"},"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_read_source_case_application_gaps_retained","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","pending_findings":[],"original_status_and_next_action_preserved":true,"all_claims_primary_accepted":false}},{"topic":"Chapter 60 route","researcher_record":{"Assigned issue":"Chapter 60 route","Status":"Answered at procedural level","Claims":"C002","Exact missing evidence or next action":"Actual petition and local 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venue","Status":"Answered generally","Claims":"C011","Exact missing evidence or next action":"Actual county facts"},"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_read_source_case_application_gaps_retained","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","pending_findings":[],"original_status_and_next_action_preserved":true,"all_claims_primary_accepted":false}},{"topic":"Small-claims venue","researcher_record":{"Assigned issue":"Small-claims venue","Status":"Answered generally","Claims":"C011","Exact missing evidence or next action":"Defendant residence at accrual"},"coordinator_acceptance":"scoped_read_source_case_application_gaps_retained","coordinator_review":{"at":"2026-10-29T03:25:12.224172+00:00","review_file":"[internal evidence reference]","pending_findings":[],"original_status_and_next_action_preserved":true,"all_claims_primary_accepted":false}},{"topic":"Venue waiver/transfer","researcher_record":{"Assigned issue":"Venue 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Section 3931(d) requires a minimum 90-day stay upon counsel application or the court own motion if either listed defense/contact finding is made. The reopening summary also needs the qualifying judgment-entry window, during service or within 60 days after termination/release, alongside material effect, defense and timely application.","affected_claim_ids":[],"related_claim_ids":[],"validated_exact_raw_rows":[],"exact_original_cell_matches":[],"source_urls":["https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-124/t50/s3931/"],"localization":"report_level_pending_localization_required","public_status":"Recorded correction pending; working-paper assertion requires the stated repair or qualification."},{"issue_id":"S_KS-P13-Q002","finding":"Nine positive or scoped coverage rows do not have matching atomic claims. Magistrate authority cites general-court/route C001-C003; real-party cure cites C006 synthesis only; summons issuance and expiration cite commencement C015-C018; authorized servers/personal service cite return-receipt and other recipient propositions C019-C024; three rows cite source groups only.","affected_claim_ids":[],"related_claim_ids":[],"validated_exact_raw_rows":[],"exact_original_cell_matches":[],"source_urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0003_section/060_003_0003_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0012_section/060_003_0012_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0005_section/060_002_0005_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0055_section/060_002_0055_k/"],"localization":"report_level_pending_localization_required","public_status":"Recorded correction pending; working-paper assertion requires the stated repair or qualification."},{"issue_id":"S_KS-P13-Q003","finding":"H2/C063-C065 present 2026 current totals as high confidence from an official order/search rendering, while the freshly readable cited 60-2001(a) and 61-4001(a)(2) administrative-charge clauses still display a June 30, 2025 sunset. The 2026 order and effective authorizing amendment chain were not read here; the statutes alone cannot reconcile the 2026 charge.","affected_claim_ids":[],"related_claim_ids":[],"validated_exact_raw_rows":[],"exact_original_cell_matches":[],"source_urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_020_0000_article/060_020_0001_section/060_020_0001_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/061_000_0000_chapter/061_040_0000_article/061_040_0001_section/061_040_0001_k/"],"localization":"report_level_pending_localization_required","public_status":"Recorded correction pending; working-paper assertion requires the stated repair or qualification."},{"issue_id":"S_KS-P13-Q004","finding":"I6 labels February 4, 2027, the 30th day after January 5 service, as an earliest statutory default floor. Section 60-308(a)(3) prohibits default until expiration of at least 30 days. The raw 30th-day arithmetic is correct, but that label can be read as permission to enter default during the running final day.","affected_claim_ids":[],"related_claim_ids":[],"validated_exact_raw_rows":[],"exact_original_cell_matches":[],"source_urls":["https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_003_0000_article/060_003_0008_section/060_003_0008_k/","https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/060_000_0000_chapter/060_002_0000_article/060_002_0006_section/060_002_0006_k/"],"localization":"report_level_pending_localization_required","public_status":"Recorded correction pending; working-paper assertion requires the stated repair or qualification."}],"resolved_corrections":[],"review_history":[{"id":"S_KS-P13-scoped-review-20261029","status":"coordinator_reviewed_four_findings_UNSENT_source_judicial_application_holds","at":null}]}