8-2114. Same; prosecution; presumption of ownership. (a) In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation governing the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was in violation of any such law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of the violation the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred.
(b) The foregoing stated presumption shall apply only when the procedure as prescribed in K.S.A. 8-2112 and 8-2113 has been followed.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, ยง 8-2114; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles
Article 21 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Parties, Arrests, Citations, Procedures And Penalties
8-2101 Parties to a crime established by uniform act.
8-2102 Offenses by persons owning or controlling vehicles.
8-2103 Application of act to public officers and employees.
8-2106 Traffic citation; procedure.
8-2108 Citation deemed lawful complaint.
8-2109 Authority of officer at scene of accident.
8-2111 Applicability of procedures in 8-2101 to 8-2110.
8-2112 Citation for illegally parked, standing or stopped vehicle.
8-2113 Same; failure to appear; notice.
8-2114 Same; prosecution; presumption of ownership.
8-2116 Classification of violations; traffic infractions; misdemeanors; repeat misdemeanor offenses.
8-2117 Prosecution of juvenile traffic offenders; disposition.