28 USC § 96 - Kansas

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s96"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 96 - Kansas"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "96"
section_name: "Kansas"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "DISTRICT COURTS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION OF COURTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 880; Aug. 27, 1949, ch. 516, 63 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 99–554, title I, § 141, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3096.)"
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# § 96. Kansas

Kansas constitutes one judicial district.

Court shall be held at Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Salina, Topeka, Hutchinson, Wichita, Dodge City, and Fort Scott.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 880; Aug. 27, 1949, ch. 516, 63 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 99–554, title I, § 141, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3096.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 157 (, ; , ; , ; , ).

Provisions as to the appointment and residence of deputy marshals and deputy clerks and maintenance of offices by them were omitted. See sections 541 [see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.

A provision making inoperative the terms of the last paragraph of this section, whenever, upon the recommendation of the Attorney General, court accommodations should be provided in Federal buildings, was omitted as unnecessary. When such buildings become available the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts will, under , provide court accommodations therein.

The provision respecting court accommodations at Hutchinson was omitted as covered by .

Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1986— provided for holding court at Lawrence.

1949—Act , abolished the three divisions which constituted the judicial district, and added Dodge City as an additional place for holding court.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 30 days after , see , set out as a note under .