Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 16 - ATTORNEY GENERAL
Article 11 - PERSONAL AND FAMILY PROTECTION ACT
Section 16-11-8 - Restraining order; effect of; procedure
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) For purposes of this regulation, the terms in this subsection shall be defined as follows:
(b) Within 24 hours of a sheriff's receipt of any restraining order, the sheriff shall determine whether the restraining order has been issued against a person who holds a concealed carry license.
(c) Whenever a sheriff determines that a restraining order has been issued against a person who holds a concealed carry license, the sheriff shall immediately notify the director by faxing or e-mailing the restraining order to the director.
(d) Within eight working hours of the director's receipt of the restraining order from a sheriff, the following actions shall be taken by the director:
(e) The order of suspension shall be served by the director on the concealed carry license holder by United States mail at the address on record at the concealed carry unit. In addition, the subject of the restraining order may be notified by telephone or e-mail, or both, by the director that the individual's concealed carry license has been suspended.
(f) The order of suspension shall include a notice that the concealed carry license holder may, within 10 calendar days of receipt of the written order of suspension, submit a written request for a hearing to the director.
(g) Upon the director's receipt of a written request for a hearing, a hearing shall be arranged by the director to occur within 30 calendar days. However, for good cause shown, the hearing may be continued to a later date.
(h) The presiding officer at the hearing shall be the attorney general or a designee of the attorney general.
(i) The licensee shall have the burden of proving that the licensee is not the subject of the restraining order or that the order does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a)(2).
(j) Notification of each license suspension shall be provided electronically to the Kansas department of revenue.
(k) Each concealed carry license that was suspended pursuant to this regulation shall be reinstated by the director upon the director's receipt of a certified copy of a court order that dissolves the restraining order, if the person remains otherwise eligible for the concealed carry license.