Kan. Admin. Regs. § 16-15-1 - Definitions

For purposes of these regulations, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:

(a) "Attorney general" means the Kansas attorney general and the attorney general's designees.

(b) "Authorization" means a registration, certificate, permit, licensure, or other documented approval that allows an applicant or a licensee to act as a bail enforcement agent or bounty hunter in another jurisdiction.

(c) "Conviction" means any of the following, whether the penalty has been imposed, reduced, suspended, deferred, or otherwise withheld, unless the conviction has been expunged:

(1) An unvacated adjudication of guilt;

(2) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court; or

(3) a deferred judgment or probation agreement.

(d) "Encumbered" means that the issuing authority for an authorization has fined, censured, limited, conditioned, suspended, revoked, or taken any other similar action or penalty against the authorization, whether done publicly or privately.

(e) "Expunged" shall have the meaning consistent with the definition of "expungement" in K.S.A. 21-5111, and amendments thereto, which shall include substantially similar processes from other jurisdictions.

(f) "Jurisdiction" means any of the following:

(1) Kansas, or any other state of the United States, and any department or branch of that state's government, or any agency, authority, institution, or other instrumentality thereof;

(2) municipality, which shall mean any county, township, city, school district, or other political or taxing subdivision of Kansas, or any other state of the United States, or any agency, authority, institution, or other instrumentality thereof;

(3) the District of Columbia;

(4) any territory of the United States; or

(5) any district, province, territory, or state of any foreign country.

(g) "License" means a bail enforcement agent license issued by Kansas.

(h) "Licensee" means a person who holds a license.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 16-15-1

Authorized by K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 75-7e07; implementing K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 75-7e03, 75-7e06; effective, T-16-6-29-16, July 1, 2016; amended by Kansas Register Volume 35, No. 40; effective 10/21/2016.