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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas increases truck registration payment threshold and delinquency grace period
Last action · April 10, 2025: Engrossed on Friday, March 28, 2025
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What This Bill Does
Kansas law now allows quarterly registration fee payments only for trucks and truck tractors with annual fees exceeding $300, up from the previous $100 threshold, while extending the delinquency grace period from 10 to 30 days before full fees and penalties apply.
Truck and truck tractor owners face stricter eligibility rules for splitting annual registration payments into installments, while gaining extra time before delinquency penalties trigger.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Owners of trucks or truck tractors
Owners must meet a higher fee threshold of $300 to use quarterly payments and receive an extended 30-day grace period before delinquency penalties apply.
County treasurers
Treasurers receive registration applications with negotiable titles, file notices of lien upon default, and issue releases of lien upon payment.
Key Facts
- The threshold for allowing quarterly payments of annual truck and truck tractor registration fees is raised from exceeding $100 to exceeding $300.
- The delinquency grace period for unpaid quarterly installment payments is extended from 10 days to 30 days.
- If an owner is delinquent by more than 30 days, the entire balance of the annual registration fee plus a 10% penalty becomes immediately due and payable.
- Unpaid fees and penalties constitute a first and prior lien in favor of the state upon the registered vehicle and all other real and personal property of the owner within the state.
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- The division of vehicles retains the negotiable Kansas title until all quarterly payments are paid in full.
- If a vehicle is sold or disposed of, the entire balance remaining unpaid on the annual registration fee becomes immediately due and payable.
Frequently Asked Questions
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How long is the grace period before penalties apply for a delinquent quarterly payment?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
25 actions- Apr 10, 2025HouseEngrossed on Friday, March 28, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025HouseEnrolledApproved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025
- Mar 27, 2025SenateFloorConference Committee Report was adopted
- Mar 27, 2025HouseFloorConference Committee Report was adopted
- Mar 26, 2025SenateConference committee report now available
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- Mar 24, 2025SenateFloorMotion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Kloos, Senator Corson, , appointed as conferees
- Mar 20, 2025HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed , and
- Mar 19, 2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Mar 19, 2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by
- Mar 19, 2025SenateFloorCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by was adopted
- Mar 19, 2025SenateFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 19, 2025Senatefa_fabc_912
- Mar 19, 2025SenateFloorEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended
- Mar 6, 2025SenateFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by
- Mar 3, 2025SenateHearing: Monday, March 3, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S
- Feb 20, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Transportation
- Feb 19, 2025HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed
- Feb 19, 2025SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Feb 18, 2025HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 13, 2025HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by
- Feb 10, 2025HouseHearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N
- Jan 28, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 28, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Transportation
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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