22-4012. Death order. Whenever any person has been sentenced to death, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court before which the conviction was rendered to issue an order, under the seal of the court, which shall recite the conviction and sentence and be directed to the secretary of corrections. The clerk shall deliver the order to the sheriff of the county in which the conviction was rendered, and such sheriff promptly shall transport such convicted person to the state correctional institution designated by the secretary of corrections and deliver such convict, together with the order, into the custody of the warden of the designated institution, who shall receive and safely keep such convict until the time of execution, or until otherwise ordered by the secretary or other competent authority. The warden shall notify the secretary of corrections of the receipt of the convict and such order.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-4012; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 27; L. 1994, ch. 252, § 20; L. 1999, ch. 164, § 26; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure
Article 40 - Execution Of Death Sentences
22-4001 Death penalty, how executed.
22-4002 Where death penalty inflicted.
22-4003 Witnesses of executions.
22-4004 Military force, when to attend.
22-4005 Return of proceedings by secretary of corrections.
22-4006 Procedure to determine sanity of convict.
22-4009 Procedure when convict appears to be pregnant.
22-4011 Escape of convict; procedure.
22-4013 Execution of death sentence.