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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 79-1605

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

If any county clerk shall refuse or neglect to properly prepare an abstract of the assessment roll of the county and forward the same to the director of property valuation, as required by law, he or she shall forfeit to the state the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered in the name of the county commissioners by civil action before any court of competent jurisdiction; and the verified certificate of the director of property valuation setting forth the failure of the clerk to comply with the provisions of said section, shall be prima facie evidence of such refusal or neglect, on the trial of such action.