Kansas Judicial Branch Office of Judicial Administration www.kscourts.org August 10, 2016
K.S.A. 45-230. Unlawful use of nam
es derived from public records.
(a) N
o person shall knowingly sell, give or receive, for the purpose of selling or offering for sale any prop
erty or
servi
ce to persons listed therein, any list of names and addresses contained in or derived from public records exc
ept:
(1) Li
sts of names and addresses from public records of the division of vehicles obtained under K.S.A. 74-
2012, and amendments theret
o;
(2) lists
of names and addresses of persons licensed, registered or issued certificates or permits to practi
ce
a pr
ofession or vocation may be sold or given to, and received by, an organization of persons who prac
tice
that pr
ofession or vocation for membership, informational or other purposes related to the practice of the
profession or vocation
;
(3) lists
of names and addresses of persons applying for examination for licenses, registrations, certificat
es
or p
ermits to practice a profession or vocation shall be sold or given to, and received by, organization
s
prov
iding professional or vocational educational materials or courses to such persons for the sole purpos
e
of pro
viding such persons with information relating to the availability of such materials or course
s;
(4) lists
of names, addresses and other information from voter registration lists may be compiled, us
ed,
giv
en, received, sold or purchased by any person, as defined in K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 21-5111, and
amendments thereto, solely for political campaign or election purpos
es;
(5) lists
of names and addresses from the public records of postsecondary institutions as defined in K.S.
A.
74-
3201b, and amendments thereto, may be given to, and received and disseminated by such institutio
n's
sep
arately incorporated affiliates and supporting organizations, which qualify under section 501(c)(3)
of the
fed
eral internal revenue code of 1986, for use in the furtherance of the purposes and programs of su
ch
instit
utions and such affiliates and supporting organizations; an
d
(6) to th
e extent otherwise authorized by law.
(b) An
y person subject to this section who knowingly violates the provisions of this section shall be liable for th
e
pay
ment of a civil penalty in an action brought by the attorney general or county or district attorney in a sum set
by
the court not to exceed $500
for each violation.
(c) The
provisions of this section shall not apply to nor impose any civil liability or penalty upon any public offici
al,
pu
blic agency or records custodian for granting access to or providing copies of public records or informat
ion
cont
aining names and addresses, in good faith compliance with the Kansas open records act, to a person who
has
mad
e a written request for access to such information and has executed a written certification pursuant to subsection
(c)(2) of K.S.A. 45-220, and amendments theret
o.
(d) Thi
s section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas open records
act.
