Kansas Public Records
State Level Information
Enacted by the Kansas legislature, the Kansas Open Records Act or KORA for short is a series of laws that were specifically created to guarantee access by the public to public records documents at all levels of government in the state of Kansas. The laws are spelled out in Statues 45-215 - 45-223.
The basis of the law that it "is declared to be the public policy of the state that public records shall be open for inspection by any person" - Open Record statute 45-216
Kansas Homeland SecurityState of Kansas Secretary of State
Kansas Department of Agriculture
State of Kansas Department of Real Estate
Kansas Department of Revenue
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas State Veterinary Medical Examining Board
Court Record Resources
CHRI or Criminal History Record Information is a summary of arrests and prosecutions made for criminal charges in the state. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is the Kansas Central Repository for CHRI in Kansas and they also provide information to the FBI for inclusion in the national criminal history record database. The Kansas CHRI includes:
- violations of state law that are felony level or Class A or B misdemeanors. Class C misdemeanor assaults are also included. Juvenile records for the same offenses are also included.
- dispositions as reported by prosecuting attorneys
- dispositions in municipal and district courts in Kansas
- incarcerations in the Kansas Department of Corrections
All records are file individually to ensure an accurate chronology.
Kansas Judicial BranchKansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Department of Corrections
Kansas Office of Administrative Hearings
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment
State of Kansas