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Committee hears bill to ban sheriff fees for serving protection orders
Summary
House Bill 21‑82 would prohibit Kansas sheriffs from charging the statutory $15 service fee for process related to protection‑order proceedings and similar out‑of‑state orders.
House Bill 21‑82 would add an exception to the statutory $15 fee sheriffs may charge for serving and returning process, providing that no fee shall be charged for service related to proceedings under the Protection from Abuse Act, the Protection from Stalking, ****** Assault, or the Human Trafficking Act, and for substantially similar out‑of‑state proceedings.
A reviser summarized the bill and the added committee provision extending the fee exemption to comparable out‑of‑state orders. Michelle McCormack, executive director of the Kansas Coalition Against ****** and Domestic Violence, testified in support and said the…
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