--- title: "Kansas: AI rules for lawyers" url: "https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/kansas" type: "jurisdiction" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "US-KS" kind: "state" country: "US" parent: "United States" last_checked: "2026-10-31" as_of: "2026-10-31" last_reviewed: "2026-11-03" --- # Kansas: AI rules for lawyers > Kansas: court and regulator AI instruments and the tasks that change here. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/kansas Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## What this means for lawyers In the federal District of Kansas, you must review and verify all AI-drafted or AI-assisted content in a filing (citations, quotations, paraphrased assertions, legal analysis, factual and procedural background), and may be sanctioned, including referral to disciplinary authorities, if you do not. In Shawnee County District Court, if any part of a filing was drafted with generative AI, you must check it against print reporters, traditional legal databases or other reliable means, and mark the first page with a written disclosure and certification that it was checked. Effective 14 June 2024. As at 31 October 2026. ## Telling the court and the client **Tell the court:** Varies by court Court disclosure: depends on the court. Shawnee County District Court: yes, whenever any portion of a filing was drafted with generative AI, in writing on the first page, to the court and opposing parties, with a certification it was checked. D. Kan.: only if a judge orders a sworn AI-use statement in the case. No statewide rule confirmed. Client disclosure/consent: no rule found (not confirmed from a primary source). - [DCR 3.125 Pleadings Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://www.shawneecourt.org/428/DCR-3125-Pleadings-Using-Generative-Arti) - [Standing Order 26-01, In re Use of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in Preparing Court Filings](https://ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/Standing%20Order%2026-01%20Use%20of%20AI.pdf) **Tell the client:** Unclear Same basis and sources as above. ## Last checked Last checked 31 October 2026. ## What changed in Kansas in the last 12 months No new or changed AI rules recorded for Kansas in the last 12 months. ## AI instruments ### Courts and tribunals #### Standing Order 26-01: In re Use of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in Preparing Court Filings - Type: Court rule or order · Standing order - Issuer: United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Chief United States District Judge John W. Broomes) - Date on page: 28 January 2026 - Effective date: Not stated - Status: 2026-01-28; start date not confirmed - Last checked 31 October 2026 - URL: https://ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/Standing%20Order%2026-01%20Use%20of%20AI.pdf Applies to all lawyers and parties, including pro se litigants, filing in the federal District of Kansas. It does not impose a blanket AI disclosure rule. It reminds filers they remain responsible for the accuracy of anything filed, even if AI drafted or assisted, and must review and verify citations, quotations, paraphrased assertions, legal analysis and factual and procedural backgrounds. The court may strike filings and impose further sanctions, and has discretion to require a party in any case to include a sworn statement on AI use in all its filings. Key points: - Litigants must review and verify all AI-drafted or AI-assisted content, including citations, quotations and legal analysis. - Possible sanctions include striking the filing with or without prejudice, monetary sanctions, referral of counsel to disciplinary authorities, disqualification, filing restrictions or dismissal of a party's case. - The court has broad discretion to require a party in any case to include in all filings a sworn statement disclosing the extent of AI use, naming the AI tool, identifying AI-generated portions and/or certifying personal verification of each legal authority cited. - The order remains in effect until further order of the court. #### DCR 3.125 Pleadings Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Type: Court rule or order · Local rule - Issuer: District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas - Date on page: 14 June 2024 - Effective date: 14 June 2024 - Status: 14 June 2024; start date not confirmed - Last checked 31 October 2026 - URL: https://www.shawneecourt.org/428/DCR-3125-Pleadings-Using-Generative-Arti If any portion of a pleading or other paper filed in Shawnee County District Court was drafted using generative AI, attorneys and pro se litigants must check the generated content for accuracy using print reporters, traditional legal databases or other reliable means, and must disclose to the court and opposing parties in writing at the time of filing, clearly marked on the first page, that the document contains AI-generated content, with a certification that it was checked. Violations may lead to sanctions. Key points: - Applies to attorneys and pro se litigants filing any pleading or other paper any portion of which was drafted using generative AI (examples named: ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, Google Bard). - Must verify AI-generated content for accuracy using print reporters, traditional legal databases or other reliable means. - Must disclose to the court and opposing parties, in writing at the time of filing and clearly marked on the first page, that the document contains AI-generated content, with a certification that it was checked for accuracy. - Violation may subject attorneys and pro se litigants to sanctions. ## Sources - United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Chief United States District Judge John W. Broomes): [Standing Order 26-01: In re Use of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") in Preparing Court Filings](https://ksd.uscourts.gov/sites/ksd/files/Standing%20Order%2026-01%20Use%20of%20AI.pdf) · last checked 31 October 2026 - District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas: [DCR 3.125 Pleadings Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://www.shawneecourt.org/428/DCR-3125-Pleadings-Using-Generative-Arti) · last checked 31 October 2026 - [U.S. District Court, District of Kansas](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/news/notice-proposed-amendment-local-rules-issuance-so-26-01-and-changes-form-protective-order) · last checked 31 October 2026 ## Key facts - Kind: State - Task versions written for this jurisdiction: 0 - AI instruments recorded: 2 *Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*