The Kansas district courts are the trial courts of Kansas. Created by the Kansas Constitution, the district courts have general original jurisdiction over all civil and criminal cases including:
- Divorce and domestic relations;
- Damage suits;
- Probate and administration of estates, guardianships, conservatorships;
- Care of the mentally ill;
- Juvenile matters;
- Small claims.
Kansas is divided into thirty-one judicial districts, with 163 district court judges. The number of judges varies from district-to-district. There is a district court in each county.[1]
Judges
The mandatory age of retirement for a Kansas District Court judge is 75, but a judge who reaches that age mid-term may serve out the remainder of their term. [2]
Judicial selection
In seventeen District Courts, judges are chosen through the commission-selection, political appointment method. These judges stand for retention after their first year in office. If retained, they serve four year terms.
In fourteen of the districts, judges are chosen in partisan elections. These judges serve four year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms. [3]
For more, read: Judicial selection in Kansas.
Courts
| District Court
|
Counties Served
|
| 1st District |
Atchison and Leavenworth
|
| 2nd District |
Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee
|
| 3rd District |
Shawnee
|
| 4th District |
Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage
|
| 5th District |
Chase and Lyon
|
| 6th District |
Bourbon, Linn and Miami
|
| 7th District |
Douglas
|
| 8th District |
Dickinson, Geary, Marion and Morris
|
| 9th District |
Harvey and McPherson
|
| 10th District |
Johnson
|
| 11th District |
Cherokee, Crawford and Labette
|
| 12th District |
Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Republic and Washington
|
| 13th District |
Butler, Elk and Greenwood
|
| 14th District |
Chautauqua and Montgomery
|
| 15th District |
Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and Wallace
|
| 16th District |
Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa and Meade
|
| 17th District |
Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and Smith
|
| 18th District |
Sedgwick
|
| 19th District |
Cowley
|
| 20th District |
Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell and Stafford
|
| 21st District |
Clay and Riley
|
| 22nd District |
Brown, Doniphan, Marshall and Nemaha
|
| 23rd District |
Ellis, Gove, Rooks and Trego
|
| 24th District |
Edwards, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and Rush
|
| 25th District |
Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, Wichita
|
| 26th District |
Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton and Stevens
|
| 27th District |
Reno
|
| 28th District |
Ottawa and Saline
|
| 29th District |
Wyandotte
|
| 30th District |
Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt and Sumner
|
| 31st District |
Allen, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson
|
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