Pieren-Abbott v. Kansas Department of Revenue

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, S.J.:

In these three appeals, we must decide if a licensee desiring to appeal to the district court from the administrative suspension of his or her driver’s license must serve the Secretary of Revenue with a summons as is specifically required by K.S.A. 8-1020(o).

This issue raises the larger and overriding question of the applicability of the Code of Civil Procedure, K.S.A. 60-101 et seq., to appeals being taken under the authority of the Kansas Act for Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement of Agency Actions (KJRA), K.S.A. 77-601 et seq.

Finally,…