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60-2313. Exemptions from legal process. (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided by law, every person residing in this state shall have exempt from seizure and sale upon any attachment, execution or other process issued from any court in this state:

(1) Any pension, annuity, retirement, disability, death or other benefit exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 12-111a, 12-5005, 13-1246a, 13-14,102, 13-14a10, 14-10a10, 20-2618, 72-1768, 72-5526, 74-4923, 74-4978g, 74-49,105 or 74-49,106, and amendments thereto.

(2) Any public assistance benefits exempt pursuant to K.S.A. 39-717 and amendments thereto.

(3) Any workers' compensation exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 44-514 and amendments thereto.

(4) Any unemployment benefits exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 44-718 and amendments thereto.

(5) Any crime victims compensation award exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 74-7313 and amendments thereto.

(6) Any liquor license, club license or cereal malt beverage wholesaler's or distributor's license exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 41-326, 41-2629 or 41-2714, and amendments thereto.

(7) Any interest in any policy of insurance or beneficiary certificates upon a person's life exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 40-414 and amendments thereto.

(8) Any fraternal benefit society benefit, charity, relief or aid exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 40-711 and amendments thereto.

(9) Any trust funds held in a cemetery merchandise trust and exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 16-328 and amendments thereto.

(10) Any funds held in an account or trust established pursuant to a prearranged funeral agreement, plan or contract and exempt from process pursuant to K.S.A. 16-310 and amendments thereto.

(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to article 23 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

History: L. 1987, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 239, § 8; L. 1998, ch. 93, § 75; January 1, 1999.

Law Review and Bar Journal References:

"Giving Credit Where This Credit's Due: Kansas' Bankruptcy-Specific Exemption of the Earned Income Tax Credit Passes the Constitutional Test," Andrea Horvath, 24 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y, No. 2, 462 (Spring 2015).

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Mentioned; excluding 401(k) disbursement pre-petition from projected disposable income calculation upheld in bankruptcy case. In re Dethample, 390 B.R. 716, 726 (2008).

2. Funds attributable to private disability insurance benefits are not exempt from garnishment. Leaf Funding Inc. v. Simmons Med. Clinic, 54 Kan. App. 2d 387, 389, 398 P.3d 866 (2017).


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