12-4105. Municipal judge; appointment; qualifications; compensation. The municipal court shall be presided over by a municipal judge. The judge shall be selected in the manner provided by statute. The person who is selected shall be:
(a) A citizen of the United States;
(b) a graduate of a high school or secondary school or the equivalent thereof; and
(c) (1) in cities other than cities of the first class, an attorney regularly admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas or certified by the supreme court in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 12-4114, as qualified to serve as a municipal judge; or
(2) in cities of the first class an attorney regularly admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas.
The municipal judge shall receive a monthly or annual salary set by ordinance of the city in which such municipal judge presides, except where otherwise provided by law.
History: L. 1973, ch. 61, § 12-4105; L. 1989, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 12 - Cities And Municipalities
Article 41 - Code For Municipal Courts; General Provisions
12-4103 Intent; construction; procedure not provided.
12-4104 Municipal court; jurisdiction; search warrants proscribed.
12-4105 Municipal judge; appointment; qualifications; compensation.
12-4106 Municipal judge; powers and duties.
12-4107 Same; absence; vacancy; pro tem.
12-4108 Clerk of the municipal court; appointment; powers and duties; execution of bond.
12-4109 Municipal court; courtroom, supplies, records; sessions, time, place.
12-4110 City attorney to prosecute.
12-4111 Law enforcement officers; employment; powers.
12-4116 Judicial branch education fund; assessments against municipal cases.
12-4117 Municipal court assessments.
12-4118 Performance of marriage ceremonies by municipal judge; disposition of honorariums.
12-4119 Collection of debts owed to municipal courts or restitution; contracts for collection.