61-2802. Application of code.

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(a)This act may be used to govern the procedure for a civil lawsuit filed in the district court which:

(1)Seeks judgment for a debt which is not secured by a lien and arises out of a contract for the providing of goods, services or money, without limitation as to the amount claimed in the lawsuit;

(2)seeks judgment for a debt which is secured by a lien and arises out of a contract for the providing of goods, services or money, where the amount claimed in the lawsuit, not counting costs, interest and fees, does not exceed $25,000; or

(3)seeks judgment where the claim does not arise out of a contract and the amount claimed in the lawsuit, not counting costs, interest and fees, does not exceed $25,000.

(b)The following types of lawsuits may not be filed under this act:

(1)Actions against any officers of the state, or any subdivisions thereof, for misconduct in office, except as authorized by the Kansas tort claims act, K.S.A. 75-6101 et seq., and amendments thereto;

(2)actions for specific performance of contracts for real estate;

(3)actions in which title to real estate is sought to be recovered or in which an interest in real estate, either legal or equitable, is sought to be established, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the right to bring an action for forcible detainer as provided in K.S.A. 61-3801 through 61-3808 , and amendments thereto;

(4)actions to foreclose real estate mortgages or to establish and foreclose liens on real estate as provided in article 11 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;

(5)actions for divorce, separate maintenance or custody of minor children;

(6)habeas corpus;

(7)receiverships;

(8)change of name;

(9)declaratory judgments;

(10)mandamus and quo warranto;

(11)injunctions;

(12)class actions;

(13)rights of majority; and

(14)any appeal from an order or ruling of an administrative officer or body.