Pursuant to K.S.A. 20-318 et seq., Kansas district courts are grouped in six judicial departments:
Judicial Department 1
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12th Judicial District: Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Republic, and Washington counties
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15th Judicial District: Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, and Wallace counties
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17th Judicial District: Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, and Smith counties
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23rd Judicial District: Ellis, Gove, Rooks, and Trego counties
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28th Judicial District: Ottawa and Saline counties
Judicial Department 2
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2nd Judicial District: Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, and Wabaunsee counties
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3rd Judicial District: Shawnee County
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8th Judicial District: Dickinson, Geary, Marion, and Morris counties
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21st Judicial District: Clay and Riley counties
Judicial Department 3
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1st Judicial District: Atchison and Leavenworth counties
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4th Judicial District: Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage counties
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7th Judicial District: Douglas County
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22nd Judicial District: Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, and Nemaha counties
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29th Judicial District: Wyandotte County
Judicial Department 4
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6th Judicial District: Bourbon, Linn, and Miami counties
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10th Judicial District: Johnson County
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11th Judicial District: Cherokee, Crawford, and Labette counties
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14th Judicial District: Chautauqua and Montgomery county
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31st Judicial District: Allen, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson county
Judicial Department 5
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5th Judicial District: Chase and Lyon counties
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9th Judicial District: Harvey and McPherson counties
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13th Judicial District: Butler, Elk, and Greenwood counties
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18th Judicial District: Sedgwick County
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19th Judicial District: Cowley County
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30th Judicial District: Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, and Sumner counties
Judicial Department 6
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16th Judicial District: Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, and Meade counties
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20th Judicial District: Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell, and Stafford counties
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24th Judicial District: Edwards, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, and Rush counties
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25th Judicial District: Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, and Wichita counties
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26th Judicial District: Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, and Stevens counties
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27th Judicial District: Reno County