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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 50-703

  • 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.

A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other:

(a) In response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order;

(b) in accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates; and

(c) to a person which it has reason to believe

(1) intends to use the information in connection with a credit transaction involving the consumer on whom the information is to be furnished and involving the extension of credit to, or review or collection of an account of, the consumer; or

(2) intends to use the information for employment purposes; or

(3) intends to use the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving the consumer; or

(4) intends to use the information in connection with a determination of the consumer’s eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a governmental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant’s financial responsibility or status; or

(5) otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information in connection with a business transaction involving the consumer.