8-2114. Same; prosecution; presumption of ownership. - Kansas Statutes

8-2114

Chapter 8.--AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES Article 21.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; PARTIES, ARRESTS, CITATIONS, PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES

      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, § 8-2114; July 1.