Kansas Statutes 50-6,109e. Engaging in business, jurisdiction; administrative or civil action, venue
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 50-6,109e
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means any individual, corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, cooperative or other legal entity. See Kansas Statutes 50-624
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
(a) Any person, whether or not a resident or citizen of this state, who in person or through an agent or an instrumentality, engages in business as a scrap metal dealer as defined in the scrap metal theft reduction act, thereby submits the person to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any cause of action arising from such business.
(b) Every administrative or civil action pursuant to the scrap metal theft reduction act shall be brought in the district court of Shawnee county or in any other district where venue is otherwise authorized by law.