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KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES
61-3006. Service of process outside the state.
61-3006
61-3006. Service of process outside thestate.(a) (1) Serviceof process may be made upon any partyoutside the state. Ifupon a person domiciled in this state or upon a person who has submitted to thejurisdictionof the courts of this state, it shall have the force and effect of service ofprocess within thisstate; otherwise it shall have the force and effect of service by publication.
(2) The service of process shall be made in the same manner as service withinthis state,by any officer authorized to make service of process in this state or in thestate where thedefendant is served. No order of a court is required. An affidavit, or anyother competentproofs, of the server shall be filed stating the time, manner and place ofservice. The court mayconsider the affidavit, or any other competent proofs, in determining whetherservice has beenproperly made.
(3) The time stated in the summons requiring the defendant to appear inresponse tothe petition shall be determined by the court. Such time shall be not less than11 nor morethan 50 days after the date the summons is issued, except as provided insubsection (a)(3) of K.S.A. 60-308, and amendments thereto.
(b) The provisions of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 60-308, and amendmentsthereto, shallbe used to determine whether a person has submitted to the jurisdiction of thisstate.
(c) Service of process upon any person who is subject to the jurisdiction ofthe courts of thisstate, as provided in subsection (b), may be made by serving the process uponthe defendantoutside this state, as provided in subsection (a)(2), with the same force andeffect as thoughprocess had been served within this state, but only causes of action arisingfrom actsenumerated in subsection (b) may be asserted against a defendant in an actionin whichjurisdiction over the defendant is based upon this subsection.
(d) Nothing contained in this section limits or affects the right to serveany process in any othermanner provided by law.
History: L. 2000, ch. 161, § 24; Jan. 1, 2001.