{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-12-4202","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 12-4202","heading":"Complaint; requirements; form.","body":"A complaint shall be in writing and shall be signed by the complainant. More than one violation may be charged in the same complaint. A complaint shall be deemed sufficient if in substantially the form of the complaint set forth in K.S.A. 12-4205, and amendments thereto or in substantially the following form:\nIN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF __________, KANSAS\nThe City of __________________________, ____________________________,\nvs.\n(Accused person)\nThe undersigned, complains that on or about the _________ day of ______________________, A.D., 19__, in the City of __________, County of _____________, and State of Kansas, _______________________________________________________________did then and there unlawfully ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ in violation of Section _____________________ of Ordinance No. ____ of the City of _______________________________\n___________________\nComplainant\n*Sworn to positively before me, this ________________ day of ___________________________________, A.D., 19__\n______________________________________\nOfficer authorized to administer oaths\n(*This complaint is not required to be sworn if it is signed by a law enforcement officer.)","path":["Chapter 12.—CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES","Article 42.—CODE FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS; PROSECUTION AND ARREST"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch12/012_042_0002.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:10:24Z","sha256":"ad72a9926c0605d3a751e4cb0c70a4f21ea6c0237d9e55c7748cf6e3a8766ddc","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-12-4201","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-12-4203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}