Article 23.—REVISED KANSAS JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE
Revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code – 2026
§ 38-2301
Citation; goals of the code; policy development.
§ 38-2302
Definitions.
§ 38-2303
Time limitations for commencement of proceeding.
§ 38-2304
Jurisdiction; presumption of age of juvenile; continued placement as a child in need of care; eligibility for services, collaboration; precedence of certain orders.
§ 38-2305
Venue.
§ 38-2305a
Repealed.
§ 38-2306
Right to an attorney.
§ 38-2307
Court-appointed special advocate; immunity from liability; supreme court rules.
§ 38-2308
Local citizen review board; duties and powers.
§ 38-2309
Court records; disclosure; preservation of records.
§ 38-2310
Records of law enforcement officers, agencies and municipal courts concerning certain juveniles; disclosure.
§ 38-2310a
Repealed.
§ 38-2311
Records of diagnostic, treatment or medical records concerning juveniles; penalties.
§ 38-2312
Expungement of records; docket fee.
§ 38-2312a
Repealed.
§ 38-2312b
Repealed.
§ 38-2312c
Repealed.
§ 38-2313
Fingerprints and photographs.
§ 38-2314
Docket fee; authorized only by legislative enactment; expenses; assessment.
§ 38-2315
Expense of care and custody of juvenile.
§ 38-2316
Health services.
§ 38-2317
Infectious disease testing and counseling; disclosure of results; penalties.
§ 38-2318
Determination of parentage.
§ 38-2319
Determination of child support.
§ 38-2320
Journal entry for child support.
§ 38-2321
Withholding order for child support; filing; service.
§ 38-2322
Remedies supplemental not substitute.
§ 38-2323
Placement under juvenile justice code; assignment of support right.
§ 38-2324
Liability of parent or guardian for assistance provided juvenile, exceptions.
§ 38-2325
Juvenile offender information system; definitions.
§ 38-2326
Same; establishment and maintenance.
§ 38-2327
Commencement of proceedings; duties of county or district attorney.
§ 38-2328
Pleadings.
§ 38-2329
Notice of defense of alibi or mental disease or defect.
§ 38-2330
Juvenile taken into custody, when; procedure; release; detention in jail; notice to appear.
§ 38-2331
Criteria for detention of juvenile in detention facility.
§ 38-2332
Prohibiting placement or detention of juvenile in jail; exceptions; review of records and determination of compliance by the department of corrections.
§ 38-2333
Juvenile less than 14, admission or confession from interrogation.
§ 38-2334
Repealed.
§ 38-2335
Repealed.
§ 38-2336
Proceedings upon filing of complaint.
§ 38-2337
Summons; persons upon whom served; form.
§ 38-2338
Service of process.
§ 38-2339
Proof of service.
§ 38-2340
Service of other pleadings.
§ 38-2341
Subpoenas and witness fees.
§ 38-2342
Issuance of warrants.
§ 38-2343
Detention hearing; waiver; notice; attorney for juvenile; procedure; removal from custody of parent; audio-video communications; detention review hearing.
§ 38-2344
First appearance; plea.
§ 38-2345
Nolo contendere.
§ 38-2346
Immediate intervention programs.
§ 38-2347
Prosecution as an adult; extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution; burden of proof; authorization.
§ 38-2348
Proceedings to determine competency.
§ 38-2349
Same; commitment of incompetent.
§ 38-2350
Same; juvenile not mentally ill person.
§ 38-2351
Duty of parents and others to appear at all proceedings involving alleged juvenile offender; failure, contempt.
§ 38-2352
Time of hearing.
§ 38-2353
Hearings; open to the public; restrictions.
§ 38-2354
Rules of evidence.
§ 38-2355
Degree of proof.
§ 38-2356
Adjudication.
§ 38-2357
Jury trials in certain cases.
§ 38-2358
Recorded statement of child victim admissible in certain cases; limitations.
§ 38-2359
Record by electronic means of testimony of child victim admissible in certain cases, limitations; objections; restrictions.
§ 38-2360
Post-adjudication orders and hearings.
§ 38-2361
Sentencing alternatives.
§ 38-2362
Orders relating to parents.
§ 38-2363
Duty of parents and others to aid in enforcement of court orders; failure, contempt.
§ 38-2364
Extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution; violating conditions of stayed juvenile sentence; hearing.
§ 38-2365
Juvenile offender placed in custody of commissioner; placement; permanency plan; progress report to court; hearing; notification; termination of parental rights.
§ 38-2366
Juvenile offenders in custody of department of corrections; placement; notification to court; detainment; prohibition on admittance to juvenile correctional facility.
§ 38-2367
Modification of sentence.
§ 38-2368
Violation of condition of probation or placement.
§ 38-2369
Sentencing juvenile offenders; placement matrix; placements based on offense committed; aftercare term.
§ 38-2370
Good time credits; rules and regulations.
§ 38-2371
Departure sentences; hearing; order; findings of fact; limitations.
§ 38-2372
Computation of sentence.
§ 38-2373
Commitment to juvenile correctional facility; transfers.
§ 38-2373a
Repealed.
§ 38-2374
Same; conditional release; procedure; supervision; notification; aftercare services.
§ 38-2375
Same; conditional release; failure to obey; authorized dispositions.
§ 38-2376
Same; discharge from commitment; notification.
§ 38-2377
Notification of pending release; hearing; maximum term of imprisonment.
§ 38-2378
School district involvement in discharge plan.
§ 38-2379
Written notice by county or district attorney.
§ 38-2380
Orders appealable by juvenile; appeal of departure sentence, procedure.
§ 38-2381
Appeals by prosecution.
§ 38-2382
Appeals; procedure.
§ 38-2383
Temporary orders pending appeal; status of orders appealed from.
§ 38-2384
Fees and expenses.
§ 38-2385
Certification of juvenile corrections officers; basic course of instruction; in-service training.
§ 38-2386
Law enforcement power; special investigators.
§ 38-2387
Application to existing cases.
§ 38-2388
Awarding high school diplomas; requirements.
§ 38-2389
Alternative means of adjudication; exceptions; withdrawal; appeal.
§ 38-2390
Legislative cost study analysis of youth residential centers.
§ 38-2391
Overall case length limits.
§ 38-2392
Community-based graduated responses for technical violations of probation, violations of conditional release and violations of a condition of sentence.
§ 38-2393
Multidisciplinary team for failure to comply with immediate intervention plan.
§ 38-2394
Training for individuals working with juveniles adjudicated or participating in an immediate intervention.
§ 38-2395
Standards for immediate intervention.
§ 38-2396
Reintegration plan for certain juveniles removed from the home.
§ 38-2397
Earned time calculations.
§ 38-2398
Earned discharge for juvenile probationers.
§ 38-2399
Department of corrections contracts for youth residential facility beds.
§ 38-23,100
Community integration programs for juveniles.
§ 38-23,101
Findings to be made on juvenile's first removal from home.
§ 38-23,102
Risk and needs assessment and access to services for juveniles in detention.