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59-214. Inspection of books and records; copies. The books and records of the district court involving proceedings pursuant to chapter 59 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be open to inspection by all persons at all times, except as provided in adoption proceedings, in K.S.A. 59-2979 and amendments thereto or in K.S.A. 65-5601 to 65-5605, inclusive, and amendments thereto, as applicable. The court shall furnish a certified or authenticated copy of any document on file or of record which is open to public inspection, upon payment therefor. The court, in making certified or authenticated copies of letters of appointment, is authorized upon request to certify further whenever such is the fact, that the letters so certified stand unrevoked at the date of the certificate; and such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of such fact.

History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 16; L. 1965, ch. 346, § 7; L. 1976, ch. 243, § 41; L. 1976, ch. 242, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 212, § 6; L. 1996, ch. 167, § 54; April 18.

Source or prior law:

19-1102.

Law Review and Bar Journal References:

"Practicing Law in a Unified Kansas Court System," Linda Diane Henry Elrod, 16 W.L.J. 260, 264 (1977).

"Kansas Sunshine Law: How Bright Does It Shine Now? The Kansas Open Meetings and Open Records Acts," Theresa "Terry" Marcel, 72 J.K.B.A. No. 5, 28 (2003).


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