Kansas Seventeenth Judicial District

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Kansas District Court 17

The Kansas Seventeenth Judicial District is a district court in Kansas with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases in the counties of Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, and Smith.[1]

Judges

Magistrate judges:

Former judges

Courts

Decatur County Courthouse
120 East Hall Street Box 89
Oberlin, KS 67749
Phone: 785-475-8107
Fax: 785-475-8170

Graham County Courthouse
410 N Pomeroy
Hill City, KS 67642
Phone: 785-421-3458
Fax: 785-421-5463

Norton County Courthouse
101 S Kansas PO Box 70
Norton, KS 67654
Phone: 785-877-5720
Fax: 785-877-5722

Osborne County Courthouse
423 W Main PO Box 160
Osborne, KS 67473-0160
Phone: 785-346-5911
Fax: 785-346-5992

Phillips County Courthouse
301 State Street PO Box 564
Phillipsburg, KS 67661-0564
Phone: 785-543-6830
Fax: 785-543-6832

Smith County Courthouse
218 S Grant PO Box 273
Smith Center, KS 66967-0273
Phone: 785-282-5140
Fax: 785-282-5145

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See also

External links


Kansas courts

Federal courts:

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Kansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Kansas

State courts:

Kansas Supreme Court • Kansas Court of Appeals • Kansas District Courts • Kansas Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Kansas • Kansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kansas

Elections

See also: Kansas judicial elections

Kansas is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kansas, click here.

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

In 14 of the districts of the Kansas District Courts, judges are chosen in partisan elections.[3] These judges serve four-year terms and run for re-election at the end of their terms.[4]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[4]

  • a state and district resident;
  • a member in good standing of the state bar for at least five years; and
  • under the age of 70. If a sitting judge turns 70 while on the bench, he or she may serve out the term.

Election rules

Primary election

Only district court judges in districts that hold partisan elections participate in the primary. The candidate with the most votes from each party in the primary goes on to represent that party in the general election.[5]

The districts with partisan election of judges are:

General election

Appellate judges and appointed district court judges participate in retention elections. Candidates in the districts above advance from the primary election.

Retention election

In retention elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the justice in office for another term. If a candidate receives a majority of "yes" votes, that person is retained for another term. If not, that position will become a vacancy upon the term's expiration.[7]


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kansas Judicial Branch, "17th Judicial District," accessed June 9, 2014
  2. ↑ Daily Reporter, "Kansas governor appoints new trial court judges for northwestern, southeastern districts," June 9, 2011
  3. ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Nominating Commissions," accessed July 22, 2014
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Kansas," archived October 2, 2014
  5. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State: Election Standards - Election Administration Scroll to p."II-5"
  6. ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, Nominating Commissions
  7. ↑ Kansas State Library, "Kansas Constitution, Article Three," accessed April 28, 2014
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