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Rule 121
Commencement of Actions, Pleadings, and Related Matters

Procedure Under Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act, K.S.A. 60-4101 et seq.

(a) Procedure for filing. Whenever a forfeiture proceeding is commenced by the filing of a notice of pending forfeiture pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4109, such notice shall be filed with the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4103. The clerk shall file stamp and assign a case number to the notice. No filing fee shall be required.

(b) Uncontested forfeiture action. If a forfeiture proceeding is uncontested, the district court may enter an order of forfeiture pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4116 without requiring any further notice.

(c) Contested forfeiture action. If a judicial forfeiture proceeding is commenced following a notice of pending forfeiture in order to resolve any proper claim, no additional notice of the judicial forfeiture proceeding shall be required.

[History: New rule effective September 6, 2000.]