Attorney General Opinion No.

Dale Bell Emporia City Attorney P.O. Box 928 Emporia, Kansas 66801-0928

Dear Mr. Bell:

You inquire whether a municipal court may disclose court records of a person under the age of 18 who is prosecuted in municipal court for violating an ordinance cigarette or tobacco infraction (tobacco ordinance infraction).1 While state law provides a counterpart for prosecution of such persons in district court, municipal courts, too, have jurisdiction to hear cases involving persons under the age of 18 who are charged with such ordinance violations.2

K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 38-1608 provides, in part:

"(a) All…