Historic Kansas Statutes

Welcome to my library of historic Kansas statutory law! Linked digitized law books include territorial and state session laws, with public and some private acts, compiled laws, and indexes.

Also see Historic Kansas Case Law.

I wrote a blog post about the Kansas law pages.

Kansas Territorial Laws

Year and Volume

Title/Description

Statutory Law Online

1855 1st Session Hathi Trust
1857 2nd Session Google Books
Hathi Trust
1857 House Journal (Extra Session) of the Legislative Assembly of Kansas Territory Google Books
1857-1858 3rd and 4th Sessions Google Books
1858 4th Session Private Laws [Includes divorces and name changes] Google Books
1859 5th Session Google Books
Internet Archive
1859 5th Session Private Laws [Includes divorces and name changes] Google Books
1860 General and Special Sessions Google Books
1861 General Laws Passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas Google Books
1861 Private Laws Passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas [Includes divorces] Google Books

Session Laws of Kansas and General Statutes of Kansas

Year and Volume

Session/Description

Statutory Law Online

1861 1st Session Google Books
1862 General Laws of the State of Kansas [Compiled] Google Books
Hathi Trust
1863 3rd Session Google Books
1864 4th Session Google Books
1865 5th Session Google Books
1866 6th Session Internet Archive
1867 7th Session Google Books
1868 Special Laws of Kansas Internet Archive
1868 The General Statutes of the State of Kansas Google Books
1869 9th Session Google Books
1870 10th Session Google Books
1871 11th Session Google Books
1872 12th Session Google Books
1873 13th Session Google Books
1874 14th Session Google Books
1874-1875 15th Session and Special Session of 1874 Google Books
Hathi Trust
1876 16th Session Google Books
1868-1876 The General Statutes of Kansas [Compiled] Google Books
1877 17th Session Google Books
1855-1877 An Index to the Laws of Kansas [Index 1855-1877, see “Personal” for names of individuals] Google Books
1879 18th Session Google Books
1881 19th Session Google Books
1883 20th Session Google Books
1885 21st Session Google Books
Hathi Trust
1885 Compiled Laws of Kansas [Includes references to decisions] Google Books
1886 Special Session Google Books
Hathi Trust
1887 22nd Session Google Books
1889 23rd Session Google Books
1891 24th Session Google Books
1893 25th Session Google Books
1895 26th Session Google Books
1897 27th Session Google Books
1861-1897 Volume I General Statutes of the State of Kansas [Compiled] Google Books
1861-1897 Volume II General Statutes of the State of Kansas [Compiled] Hathi Trust
1898 Special Session Internet Archive
1899 28th Session Google Books
1901 29th Session Internet Archive
1903 30th Session Google Books
Hathi Trust
1903 Special Session Google Books
1905 31st Session Google Books
1907 32nd Session Google Books
1908 Special Session Google Books
1909 33rd Session Google Books
1911 34th Session Google Books
1913 35th Session Google Books
1915 36th Session [Compiled and annotated] Hathi Trust
1917 37th Session Google Books
1919 38th Session Google Books
1921 39th Session Google Books
1923 40th Session Hathi Trust
1923 Special Session Hathi Trust
1924-1950 GAP NEED
1951 54th Session Internet Archive
1952-1995 GAP NEED
1996-2010 Session Laws, 1996-2010 Kansas Legislative Archive
1996 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
1997 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
1998 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
1999 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2000 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2001 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2002 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2003 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2004 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2005 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2006 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2007 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2008 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2009 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive
2010 Session Laws Kansas Legislative Archive