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KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES
22-2301. Commencement of prosecution.
22-2301
22-2301. Commencement of prosecution.(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, a prosecution shall be commenced byfiling a complaint with a magistrate. A copy of the complaint shall forthwithbe supplied to the county attorney of the county and a copy thereof shallbe furnished to the defendant or said defendant's attorney upon request.
(2) A judge of the district court may in extreme cases, upon affidavitsfiled with such judge of the commission of a crime, order the county attorneyto institute criminal proceedings against any person, but any such judgeshall be disqualified from sitting in any case wherein such order was enteredand is further prohibited from communicating about such case with any otherjudge appointed to preside therein.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2301; L. 1976, ch. 163, § 2;Jan. 10, 1977.