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Kansas Background Check Laws (2026 Guide)
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Kansas regulates background checks through state statutes, Executive Order 18-12, and the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. Under K.S.A. 22-4710, employers cannot require applicants to personally inspect, challenge, or obtain their own criminal history records as a condition of qualifying for employment. Expungement under K.S.A. 21-6614 and lookback limits under K.S.A. 50-704 further shape what employers and landlords may lawfully consider.
Kansas background check laws govern how employers, landlords, and licensing boards can access and use criminal history records. These rules come from a combination of state statutes, executive orders, local ordinances, and federal regulations like the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Whether you are a job applicant, a landlord screening tenants, or an employer building a hiring process, understanding these laws is essential.
This guide covers every major aspect of Kansas background check law, including the Ban the Box landscape, expungement under K.S.A. 21-6614, lookback periods, FCRA requirements, licensing restrictions, housing screenings, and recent legislative changes.
How Kansas Background Checks Work
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) maintains the state's Central Repository of criminal history record information (CHRI). This database includes felony and misdemeanor arrests, prosecution data, court dispositions, and information about incarceration in state-operated facilities.
Employers and other authorized entities can request background checks through two methods:
| Check Type | Fee | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Name-based record check | $30 | Searches KBI records by name and date of birth |
| Fingerprint-based record check | $35 | More thorough; required for many licensed professions |
| Certified name-based check | $30 | Includes official certification |
| Certified fingerprint-based check | $45 | Includes official certification and FBI search |
The KBI provides these checks through the Criminal History Records Section at 1620 SW Tyler, Topeka, KS 66612. Fingerprinting can be done at local law enforcement agencies or by appointment at KBI headquarters for a $10 fingerprinting fee.
What Information Is Publicly Available
The general public can obtain the following Kansas criminal history records without special authorization:
- Court convictions for felonies or misdemeanors under Kansas law
- Court convictions for municipal ordinance violations equivalent to state misdemeanors
- Records of confinement in Kansas Department of Corrections facilities
Arrest records that did not result in a conviction, juvenile records, and sealed or expunged records are not available to the general public.
Employer Background Check Requirements
Kansas law places specific requirements on employers who conduct background checks. K.S.A. 22-4710 is the key statute governing employer access to criminal history information.
Employers Cannot Require Applicants to Self-Obtain Their Own Records
Under K.S.A. 22-4710, employers cannot require a job applicant to inspect, challenge, or personally obtain a copy of their own criminal history record as a condition of qualifying for employment. The statute does not require the employer to pay for a pre-employment background check the employer runs itself; it only allows the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to charge the employer a reasonable fee for preparing a criminal history report. Violating the self-obtain prohibition is a class A misdemeanor.
Employer Consent and Liability
An employer may require a job applicant or prospective independent contractor to sign a release allowing access to their criminal history records for the purpose of determining fitness for employment. When an employer makes a hiring decision based on criminal history information that reasonably relates to the applicant's trustworthiness or the safety of employees and customers, that employer is shielded from liability under K.S.A. 22-4710.
The FCRA Two-Step Adverse Action Process
When Kansas employers use a third-party consumer reporting agency (CRA) to conduct background checks, the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act adds additional requirements. Before taking adverse action (such as denying employment) based on a background report, employers must follow a two-step process:
Step 1: Pre-Adverse Action Notice. The employer must provide the applicant with a written copy of the background check report and a summary of their rights under the FCRA. The applicant then has at least five business days to review and dispute any inaccurate information.
Step 2: Final Adverse Action Notice. If the employer proceeds with the adverse decision, they must send a final notice that includes the CRA's name and contact information, a statement that the CRA did not make the employment decision, and information about the applicant's right to request a free copy of the report and to dispute its contents.
Failing to follow this process can expose employers to FCRA lawsuits. Common violations include notifying applicants by phone instead of in writing or skipping the pre-adverse action step entirely.
Ban the Box in Kansas
"Ban the Box" refers to laws that remove criminal history questions from initial job applications. Kansas has a limited Ban the Box framework that varies by employer type and location.
State Government: Executive Order 18-12
On May 2, 2018, Governor Jeff Colyer signed Executive Order 18-12, which prohibits criminal history questions on initial employment applications for Kansas executive branch agencies, departments, boards, and commissions. Under the order:
- State agencies cannot ask about criminal history on the initial job application
- A criminal record cannot automatically disqualify someone from receiving an interview
- Agencies may ask about criminal history during an interview, giving the applicant a chance to explain the circumstances
- The order does not apply to positions where a clean criminal record is a legal requirement (such as law enforcement)
This executive order applies only to state government positions. It does not extend to private sector employers, county or city governments, or the legislative and judicial branches.
Private Employers: No Statewide Requirement
Kansas has no statewide Ban the Box law for private employers. Private companies can include criminal history questions on their job applications unless they operate in a local jurisdiction with its own fair chance hiring ordinance.
Local Ordinances
Several Kansas jurisdictions have adopted their own Ban the Box or fair chance hiring rules:
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County): Fair chance hiring policies governing the Unified Government's own job applications
- Topeka: A fair chance hiring policy governing City of Topeka job applications
- Johnson County: Fair chance hiring policies for county employment
Each of these is a public sector hiring policy. It governs how that city or county handles applications for its own jobs. No Kansas city or county extends fair chance hiring requirements to private employers, so a private company in Topeka, Kansas City, Kansas, or Johnson County may still ask about criminal history on its application.
Kansas City, Missouri: Criminal History as a Protected Class
Although Kansas City, Missouri, is across the state line, many Kansas City metro area employers operate on both sides. On January 16, 2025, the Kansas City, Missouri City Council designated criminal history status as a protected class under the city's civil rights ordinance, covering employment, housing, and public accommodations. The housing portion was later displaced by Missouri Revised Statutes section 441.043, which as amended effective August 28, 2025 preempts Missouri local ordinances restricting a landlord's consideration of criminal history, credit, or eviction records. The employment and public accommodation provisions are unaffected, so employers in Kansas City, Missouri, still need to account for the ordinance in hiring. It does not reach employers in Kansas.
Expungement Under K.S.A. 21-6614
Kansas allows individuals to petition for expungement of certain criminal convictions, arrest records, and diversion agreements under K.S.A. 21-6614. Once a record is expunged, it is treated as though it never occurred, and employers cannot legally access or use expunged records in hiring decisions.
Waiting Periods
The waiting period depends on the severity of the offense. The clock starts after the person satisfies the sentence imposed, completes a diversion agreement, or is discharged from probation, parole, postrelease supervision, or a community correctional services program.
| Offense Category | Waiting Period | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic infractions, misdemeanors, Class D and E felonies | 3 years | Minor drug offenses, theft, lower-level felonies ranked severity levels 6-10 on the nondrug grid |
| Class A, B, and C felonies; severity levels 1-5 nondrug grid | 5 years | Aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, higher-level drug felonies |
| First DUI conviction | 5 years | First offense driving under the influence |
| Second or subsequent DUI | 10 years or more | Applies to violations on or after July 1, 2006; violations committed between July 1, 2014 and July 1, 2015 are exempt from this 10-year rule |
Offenses That Cannot Be Expunged
K.S.A. 21-6614(e) lists the convictions that are permanently ineligible for expungement, along with attempts to commit them. They include:
- Capital murder, first degree murder, second degree murder, and voluntary and involuntary manslaughter
- Rape, criminal sodomy, aggravated criminal sodomy, indecent liberties with a child, and aggravated sexual battery
- Sexual exploitation of a child and internet trading in child pornography
- Aggravated incest, abuse of a child, and endangering a child
A conviction on that list cannot be expunged at any point.
Offender Registration Is a Temporary Bar, Not a Permanent One
Registration works differently, and the distinction matters. K.S.A. 21-6614(f) provides that for an offender required to register under the Kansas Offender Registration Act, there is no expungement of any conviction or any part of the offender's criminal record "while the offender is required to register." The bar runs with the registration obligation rather than lasting forever, so it lifts once the registration period ends. A person who has completed a registration term is not permanently disqualified from petitioning, although the underlying offense may still appear on the subsection (e) list above.
Filing Process and Fees
To petition for expungement, an individual must file a petition with the district court where the conviction occurred. The filing fee is $176. The court then sets a hearing date and notifies the prosecutor and the arresting law enforcement agency.
At the hearing, the court must find that:
- The petitioner has not been convicted of a felony in the past two years
- No felony proceedings are currently pending against the petitioner
- The circumstances and behavior of the petitioner warrant expungement
- Expungement is consistent with the public welfare
Specialty Court Participants
Individuals who complete the requirements of a specialty court program (such as drug court or mental health court) established under K.S.A. 20-173 may petition for expungement of the related conviction and arrest records without waiting the standard period.
Restoration of Firearm Rights
Under K.S.A. 21-6614, a person whose conviction resulted in the loss of firearm rights has those rights fully restored upon successful expungement. The statute states that the person "shall be deemed to have had such person's right to keep and bear arms fully restored."
Lookback Periods and Reporting Limits
Kansas limits how far back consumer reporting agencies can go when reporting criminal history, but the practical impact of this limit is narrow.
The Seven-Year Rule Under K.S.A. 50-704
K.S.A. 50-704, part of the Kansas Fair Credit Reporting Act, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including records of arrests, indictments, or convictions that are older than seven years from the date of disposition, release, or parole.
However, this restriction has significant exceptions. The seven-year limit does not apply to:
- Credit transactions involving $50,000 or more
- Life insurance underwriting involving $50,000 or more
- Employment at an annual salary of $20,000 or more
Because the salary threshold is only $20,000, the seven-year limit effectively applies to very few employment situations. For the vast majority of Kansas jobs, consumer reporting agencies can report non-expunged convictions regardless of age.
Arrests Without Convictions
Non-conviction records (arrests that did not lead to a conviction, dismissed charges, and acquittals) sit inside the same Kansas rule as convictions, and inside the same exceptions. K.S.A. 50-704(a) treats "records of arrest, indictment, or conviction of crime" as a single item, and the subsection (b) exceptions apply to all of subsection (a). Employment at an annual salary of $20,000 or more therefore lifts the Kansas seven-year bar on arrest records exactly as it does on convictions.
Federal law is what keeps most old arrests off employment reports in that range. 15 U.S.C. 1681c(a)(2) bars reporting records of arrest that antedate the report by more than seven years, and 15 U.S.C. 1681c(b)(3) removes that limit only for employment at an annual salary of $75,000 or more. Between $20,000 and $75,000, the federal seven-year limit on arrest records still applies even though the Kansas limit no longer does.
Housing and Tenant Screening
Kansas landlords can conduct background checks on prospective tenants, but they must follow both federal and state rules.
General Kansas Requirements
Landlords must obtain written consent before running a background check on a prospective tenant. The federal FCRA applies to landlords who use third-party screening companies, including adverse action notice requirements if an applicant is denied based on the screening results.
Under HUD guidance, landlords should not apply blanket policies that automatically reject anyone with a criminal record. Instead, each applicant's criminal history should be evaluated individually, considering the nature, severity, and recency of any offenses along with evidence of rehabilitation.
Kansas City, Missouri Ordinance 231019 Does Not Apply in Kansas
Ordinance 231019 was enacted by Kansas City, Missouri. It never applied to landlords in Kansas City, Kansas, or anywhere else in Kansas, and Kansas landlords have no obligation under it.
It no longer restricts Missouri landlords either. Missouri Revised Statutes section 441.043, as amended by H.B. 595 and H.B. 343 and effective August 28, 2025, bars any Missouri county or city from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing an ordinance that "restricts a landlord's ability to use or consider income-qualifying methods, credit scores, credit reports, eviction or property damage history, or criminal history." That state preemption displaces the housing provisions of the Kansas City ordinance.
Kansas Act Against Discrimination
The Kansas Act Against Discrimination (K.S.A. 44-1016) extends federal fair housing protections and adds ancestry as a protected class. While criminal history is not a protected class under state housing law, landlords must ensure that their screening policies do not disproportionately affect protected groups in violation of fair housing principles.
Professional Licensing Background Checks
Many Kansas professional licensing boards require criminal background checks as part of the application process. K.S.A. 74-120 governs how licensing bodies can consider criminal records.
Key Protections Under K.S.A. 74-120
This statute provides several important protections for license applicants with criminal records:
- A criminal conviction cannot operate as an automatic bar to licensure, certification, or registration
- Licensing boards must publish a list of specific criminal offenses that could disqualify an applicant, rather than relying on vague terms like "moral turpitude" or "good character"
- Only criminal records directly related to protecting the general welfare and the duties of the profession can be listed as disqualifying
- If an applicant has a disqualifying record (other than a felony or class A misdemeanor) and has had no new convictions in the past five years, the old record cannot be used to disqualify the applicant
Board-Specific Requirements
Individual licensing boards have their own fingerprinting and background check processes:
- Board of Nursing (K.S.A. 74-1112): Authorizes the Board of Nursing to require fingerprint-based background checks through the KBI for nursing license applicants
- Department for Aging and Disability Services: Operates a Criminal Record Check Program for health care and direct care workers
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Requires background checks for child care licensing
Some professions are exempt from the K.S.A. 74-120 protections. Real estate professionals are among 13 categories that are carved out from the 2018 amendments, meaning those licensing boards may apply stricter criminal history standards.
Recent Changes and Developments
Kansas background check law has seen several notable developments in recent years.
2025: Kansas City Criminal History Protections
The most significant recent change affecting the Kansas City metro area came on January 16, 2025, when Kansas City, Missouri, designated criminal history as a protected class. It reaches employers and public accommodations on the Missouri side of the line. Its housing provisions were preempted by Missouri Revised Statutes section 441.043 as amended effective August 28, 2025. Nothing in the ordinance applies in Kansas.
2024: Child Care Background Check Renewal Cycle
Kansas requires fingerprint-based background checks for child care staff every five years. The 2024 renewal cycle required all child care workers whose last fingerprinting occurred in 2019 to complete new fingerprint-based checks through the KBI.
2018: Executive Order 18-12 and K.S.A. 74-120 Amendments
Two major changes took effect in 2018. Governor Colyer signed Executive Order 18-12 establishing Ban the Box for state government hiring. The legislature also amended K.S.A. 74-120 to limit how professional licensing boards use criminal records, requiring boards to list specific disqualifying offenses and setting a five-year limit on the use of older records.
Ongoing: Federal FCRA Updates
The Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continue to issue guidance on FCRA compliance. Kansas employers who use third-party screening services should monitor federal regulatory developments alongside state law changes.
Tips for Kansas Job Seekers With a Criminal Record
If you have a criminal record and are applying for jobs in Kansas, consider the following steps:
- Check your records first. Request a personal review of your criminal history from the KBI to know exactly what employers will see. You can use FBI form FD-353 for a personal review.
- Explore expungement. If you meet the waiting period requirements under K.S.A. 21-6614, filing for expungement can remove eligible convictions from your record entirely.
- Know your rights. Employers cannot require you to personally obtain your own criminal history record as a condition of employment, must follow FCRA adverse action procedures, and the KBI (not you) may be charged a fee to prepare a criminal history report.
- Consider public sector openings. State executive branch agencies under Executive Order 18-12, and the city and county governments in Topeka, Kansas City, Kansas, and Johnson County, keep criminal history questions off their own initial applications. Private employers in those places are not covered.
- Request your credit report. You are entitled to a free copy of any consumer report used in an employment decision. If something is inaccurate, you have the right to dispute it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Kansas have a Ban the Box law for private employers?
No. Kansas does not have a statewide Ban the Box law that applies to private employers. Executive Order 18-12 (2018) only covers executive branch state government agencies. Topeka, Kansas City (Kansas)/Wyandotte County, and Johnson County apply fair chance policies to their own hiring, but those cover applications for city and county jobs. No Kansas locality extends fair chance hiring rules to private employers.
How far back can a Kansas employer look on a background check?
For positions paying $20,000 or more per year, there is no time limit on reporting criminal convictions in Kansas. K.S.A. 50-704 restricts reporting of convictions older than seven years only for jobs paying less than $20,000. Arrests that did not result in convictions are treated the same way under Kansas law, so the $20,000 threshold lifts the state limit on them too. The federal FCRA keeps a seven-year limit on arrest records until the position pays $75,000 or more.
How long do I have to wait to get my record expunged in Kansas?
Under K.S.A. 21-6614, the waiting period is three years for misdemeanors and lower-level felonies (severity levels 6-10 on the nondrug grid) and five years for more serious felonies (severity levels 1-5). DUI convictions require a five-year wait for a first offense and 10 or more years for a second or subsequent offense. The waiting period begins after completing the sentence, probation, or parole.
Can a Kansas employer require me to pay for my own background check?
Kansas law does not generally address who pays for a background check, but under K.S.A. 22-4710 an employer cannot require you to personally inspect, challenge, or obtain a copy of your own criminal history record as a condition of qualifying for employment. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation may charge the employer a fee to prepare a criminal history report. Requiring you to self-obtain your own record is a class A misdemeanor.
Can an expunged record show up on a Kansas background check?
Once a Kansas court grants an expungement under K.S.A. 21-6614, the record is treated as though it never occurred. Employers, landlords, and licensing boards cannot legally access or use expunged records. If an expunged record appears on a background check, the individual has the right to dispute it with the reporting agency.
Updates
Corrected the Kansas City tenant ordinance section (it is Missouri law that never applied in Kansas and was preempted effective August 28, 2025), fixed the arrest record lookback rule under K.S.A. 50-704 and the federal FCRA, limited the local ban the box entries to public sector hiring, and clarified that offender registration bars expungement only while registration is required.
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Corrected a claim that Kansas law requires fingerprint-based background checks for all nursing license applicants; K.S.A. 74-1112 makes this discretionary for the Board of Nursing, not mandatory.
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Fixed two K.S.A. errors: the second-or-subsequent-DUI expungement wait under K.S.A. 21-6614 is a flat 10+ years, not a 7-to-10-year range; and K.S.A. 22-4710 bars employers from requiring applicants to self-obtain their own criminal record, it does not require employers to pay for background checks generally (the KBI may charge a fee for its own reports).
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The Law Behind This Article
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Kansas Statutes Annotated, Chapter 22: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 22-4710Unlawful for employers to require certain acts; exceptions; penalties.In force
(a) It is unlawful for any employer or prospective employer to require a person to inspect or challenge any criminal history record information relating to that person for the purpose of obtaining a copy of the person's record in order to qualify for employment. (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or any other provision of this act, an employer may require a job applicant or a prospective independent contractor to sign a release allowing the employer to access the applicant's or independent contractor's criminal history record information for purposes of determining the applicant's fitness for employment. (d) The bureau may charge an employer a reasonable fee for the preparation of a report detailing such criminal history record information, and pursuant to rules and regulations may establish a fee schedule or charge varying rates depending upon the quantity of information provided.
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Kansas Statutes Annotated, Chapter 21: CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
§ 21-6614Expungement of certain convictions, arrest records and diversion agreements; procedure; restoration of person's right to keep and bear arms.In forcecited in 6 of our articles
(a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), any person convicted in this state of a traffic infraction, cigarette or tobacco infraction, misdemeanor or a class D or E felony, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, any nongrid felony or felony ranked in severity levels 6 through 10 of the nondrug grid, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, but prior to July 1, 2012, any felony ranked in severity level 4 of the drug grid, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2012, any felony ranked in severity level 5 of the drug grid may petition the convicting court for the expungement of such conviction or related arrest records if three or more years have elapsed since the person: (A) Satisfied the sentence imposed; or (B) was discharged from probation, a community correctional services program, parole, postrelease supervision, conditional release or a suspended sentence.
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Cited in 6 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2026
In the courts (editorial summary, independently checked):State v. Neil (2015) found no language making 21-6614 retroactive, so a court must apply the expungement statute in force when the offense was committed, and remanded on that basis. State v. Wente (2026) read subsection (h) to make a petitioner with a pending felony case ineligible for expungement.
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- State v. Hall (Court of Appeals of Kansas 2025, 564 P.3d 786)“…oned for such crime. The provisions of subsection (j)(2) of K.S.A. 21-6614, and amendments thereto, shall not appl…”
- State v. Wente (Court of Appeals of Kansas 2026)✓Wente argued his probation-revocation appeal was not moot because winning would let him seek expungement sooner; applying K.S.A. 21-6614's eligibility conditions, the court found a pending felony case made him ineligible anyway and dismissed the appeal.
- State v. Tallie (Court of Appeals of Kansas 2025)✓The State said Tallie's completed sentence made his probation appeal moot; because K.S.A. 21-6614 allows a petition three years after the sentence is satisfied, the court found a ruling on his extended probation could advance expungement, so the appeal was not moot.
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Also relied on in: Kansas Court Records: How to Search the District Court Public Access Portal, Kansas DUI Laws: Penalties, BAC Limit & License (2026), Expungement Laws by State: How to Clear Your Record (2026)
Kansas Statutes Annotated, Chapter 50: UNFAIR TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
§ 50-704Obsolete information.In force
(a) Except as authorized under subsection (b) of this section, no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information: (1) Bankruptcies which, from date of adjudication of the most recent bankruptcy, antedate the report by more than fourteen (14) years; (2) suits and judgments which, from date of entry, antedate the report by more than seven (7) years or until the governing statute of limitations has expired, whichever is the longer period; (3) paid tax liens which, from date of payment, antedate the report by more than seven (7) years; (4) accounts placed for collection or charged to profit and loss which antedate the report by more than seven (7) years; (5) records of arrest, indictment, or conviction of crime which, from date of disposition, release, or parole, antedate the report by more than seven (7) years; and (6) any other adverse item of information which antedates the report by more than seven (7) years.
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Cited in 1 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2003
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Burdett v. Harrah's Kansas Casino Corp. (District Court, D. Kansas 2003, 294 F. Supp. 2d 1215)“…1681b, and requirements for consumer reporting agencies, K.S.A. § 50-704 and 15 U.S.C. § 1681c. They also outlin…”
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Kansas Statutes Annotated, Chapter 74: STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES
§ 74-120Licensing of occupations; applications and consideration of persons with certain criminal records by state agencies.In force
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person, board, commission or similar body that determines the qualifications of individuals for licensure, certification or registration may consider any felony conviction of the applicant, but such a conviction shall not operate as a bar to licensure, certification or registration. (b) (1) Within 180 days of the effective date of this section, any person, board, commission or similar body that determines the qualifications of individuals for licensure, certification or registration shall revise their existing requirements to list the specific civil and criminal records that could disqualify an applicant from receiving a license, certification or registration. Such person, board, commission or similar body may only list any disqualifying criminal records or civil court records that are directly related to protecting the general welfare and the duties and responsibilities for such entities and in no case shall non-specific terms, such as moral turpitude or good character, or any arrests that do not result in a conviction be used to disqualify an individual's application for licensure, certification or registration.
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Cited in 1 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 1997
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Attorney General Opinion No. (Kansas Attorney General Reports 1997)“…on to warrant the public trust, except that notwithstanding K.S.A. 74-120 no license, certificate of qualificati…”
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§ 74-1112Board of nursing; fingerprinting and criminal history record check; fees; criminal background and fingerprinting fund.In force
(a) The board of nursing may require an application to be fingerprinted and submit to a state and national criminal history record check in accordance with K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, and amendments thereto. (b) The board shall fix a fee for fingerprinting of applicants or licensees, or both, as may be required by the board in an amount necessary to reimburse the board for the cost of the fingerprinting. Fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the criminal background and fingerprinting fund. (c) There is hereby created in the state treasury the criminal background and fingerprinting fund. All moneys credited to the fund shall be used to pay the Kansas bureau of investigation for the processing of fingerprints and criminal history background checks for the board of nursing. The fund shall be administered by the board of nursing. All expenditures from the fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the president of the board or a person designated by the president.
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Kansas Statutes Annotated, Chapter 44: LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
§ 44-1016Same; unlawful acts in connection with sale or rental of real property.In force
Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 44-1018 and amendments thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person: (a) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, to fail to transmit a bona fide offer or refuse to negotiate in good faith for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, real property to any person because of race, religion, color, sex, disability, familial status, national origin or ancestry. (b) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of real property, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because of race, religion, color, sex, disability, familial status, national origin or ancestry.
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Cited in 1 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 1974
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Jarvis v. Kansas Commission on Civil Rights (Supreme Court of Kansas 1974, 215 Kan. 902)“…ren, in violation of the Kansas Act Against Discrimination, K. S. A. 44-1016 (a). The Commission determ…”
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§ 44-1009Unlawful employment practices; unlawful discriminatory practices.In forcecited in 5 of our articles
(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice: (1) For an employer, because of the race, religion, color, sex, disability, national origin or ancestry of any person to refuse to hire or employ such person to bar or discharge such person from employment or to otherwise discriminate against such person in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment; to limit, segregate, separate, classify or make any distinction in regards to employees; or to follow any employment procedure or practice which, in fact, results in discrimination, segregation or separation without a valid business necessity. (2) For a labor organization, because of the race, religion, color, sex, disability, national origin or ancestry of any person, to exclude or to expel from its membership such person or to discriminate in any way against any of its members or against any employer or any person employed by an employer.
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Cited in 67 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2025
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Kansas Commission on Civil Rights v. Howard (Supreme Court of Kansas 1975, 218 Kan. 248)“…same act virtually the identical language was also added to K.S.A. 44-1009 (L. 1972, ch. 194, § 7). As amended, th…”
- Stephens v. Unified School District No. 500 (Supreme Court of Kansas 1975, 218 Kan. 220)“…constituted an unlawful employment practice in violation of K.S.A. 44-1009 ( a ) (1). An investigating commissio…”
- Garvey Elevators, Inc. v. Kansas Human Rights Commission (Supreme Court of Kansas 1998, 265 Kan. 484)“…vironment constituted an unlawful employment practice under K.S.A. 44-1009(a). 24 Kan. App. 2d at 603 .…”
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Also relied on in: Kansas At-Will Employment Laws: Exceptions and Your Rights, Kansas Whistleblower Laws: Protections and How to Report, Kansas Workplace Harassment Laws: 4-Employee Rule, 6-Month Deadline
Kansas Statutes Annotated, Chapter 20: COURTS
§ 20-173Specialty court programs; rules; specialty court funding advisory committee; duties, membership, compensation; specialty court resources fund; program completion, reduction or modification of sentence.In force
(a) The supreme court shall adopt rules for the establishment and operation of one or more specialty court programs within the state. The chief judge of a judicial district may establish a specialty court program in accordance with the rules adopted by the supreme court. (b) (1) There is hereby established a specialty court funding advisory committee within the judicial branch. The committee shall: (A) Evaluate resources available for assessment and treatment of people assigned to specialty courts or for the operation of specialty courts; (B) secure grants, funds and other property and services necessary or advantageous to facilitate the operation of specialty courts; (C) recommend to the judicial administrator the allocation of resources among the various specialty courts operating within the state; and (D) recommend legislation and rules to aid the development of specialty courts.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at ksrevisor.gov
Revised Statutes of Missouri, Title XXIX (OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY), Chapter 441
§ 441.043Prohibited ordinances and resolutions, exceptions.In forcecited in 2 of our articles
1. No county or city, or county or city with a charter form of government may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of rent to be charged for privately-owned, single-family, or multiple-unit residential or commercial rental property. 2. No county or city, or county or city with a charter form of government, shall enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution that: (1) Prohibits landlords from refusing to lease or rent a privately owned, single-family, or multiple-unit residential or commercial rental property to a person because the person's lawful source of income to pay rent includes funding from a federal or other housing assistance program; (2) Restricts a landlord's ability to use or consider income-qualifying methods, credit scores, credit reports, eviction or property damage history, or criminal history, according to such landlord's own customarily applied criteria, or prohibits landlords from requesting such information, to determine whether to rent or lease a property to a prospective tenant; (3) Limits the amount of security deposit a landlord may require from a prospective tenant; or (4) Requires tenants…
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-31 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at revisor.mo.gov
Also relied on in: Missouri Landlord-Tenant Laws (2026): Deposits, Notice, and Tenant Rights
United States Code Title 15
§ 1681cRequirements relating to information contained in consumer reportsIn forcecited in 61 of our articles
Except as authorized under subsection (b), no consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report containing any of the following items of information: Cases under title 11 or under the Bankruptcy Act that, from the date of entry of the order for relief or the date of adjudication, as the case may be, antedate the report by more than 10 years. Civil suits, civil judgments, and records of arrest that, from date of entry, antedate the report by more than seven years or until the governing statute of limitations has expired, whichever is the longer period. Paid tax liens which, from date of payment, antedate the report by more than seven years. Accounts placed for collection or charged to profit and loss which antedate the report by more than seven years. Any other adverse item of information, other than records of convictions of crimes which antedates the report by more than seven years.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-09-16 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at uscode.house.gov
Cited in 383 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2026
In the courts (editorial summary, independently checked):Katz v. Donna Karan Co. (2017) addressed the FACTA truncation rule in 1681c(g) and affirmed dismissal for lack of Article III standing, treating material risk of harm as a fact question. Edward Seamans v. Temple University (2014) held the seven-year window in 1681c(a)(4) is extended for an education loan only until that loan is repaid.
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Katz v. Donna Karan Co. (Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 2017, 872 F.3d 114)✓A shopper sued two stores whose receipts printed the first six digits of his credit card number; the Second Circuit affirmed dismissal for lack of standing, seeing no clear error in the finding that those digits show only the card issuer, not a material risk of identity theft.
- Edward Seamans v. Temple University (Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 2014, 744 F.3d 853)✓A defaulted university loan kept appearing on a borrower's credit reports after he repaid it because the school never reported the delinquency date; the Third Circuit held the Higher Education Act suspends section 1681c(a)(4)'s aging-off rule only until repayment.
- Gonzales v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC (Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2011, 660 F.3d 1055)✓A debt buyer offered to settle health club debts over seven years old, saying that if it was reporting the account the bureaus would be told it was settled; the Ninth Circuit, treating those debts as unreportable under section 1681c(a)(4), called that implication misleading.
Identified automatically from the court opinions citing this section — not a ranking of which case controls.
Also relied on in: How Long Does a Felony Stay on Your Record? (2026), Background Check Laws by State (2026 Guide), Alabama Background Check Laws (2026 Guide)
Sources and References
- Kansas Criminal History Record Checks - Conducting a Record Check(kansas.gov).gov
- KBI Fact Sheet - Non-Criminal Justice Record Check(kansas.gov).gov
- KBI Fact Sheet - Expungement of Criminal History Records (February 2025)(kansas.gov).gov
- K.S.A. 21-6614 - Expungement of Certain Convictions(ksrevisor.gov).gov
- K.S.A. 50-704 - Obsolete Information (Kansas Fair Credit Reporting)(ksrevisor.gov).gov
- K.S.A. 22-4710 - Criminal History Record Information; Employer Requirements(ksrevisor.gov).gov
- K.S.A. 74-120 - Licensing Bodies; Consideration of Criminal Records(ksrevisor.gov).gov
- K.S.A. 44-1009 - Kansas Act Against Discrimination; Unlawful Employment Practices(ksrevisor.org).gov
- KDADS Criminal Record Check Program(kdads.ks.gov).gov
- KDHE Background Check Information(kdhe.ks.gov).gov
- Ban the Box - Fair Chance Hiring State and Local Guide (NELP)(nelp.org)
- Kansas Board of Nursing - Fingerprint and Background Check Instructions(ksbn.kansas.gov).gov
- RSMo 441.043 - Landlord tenant screening; preemption of local ordinances (as amended by H.B. 595 and H.B. 343, effective August 28, 2025)(revisor.mo.gov)
- 15 U.S.C. 1681c - Requirements relating to information contained in consumer reports (arrest record time limits and the $75,000 employment exception)(law.cornell.edu)