Restoring Civil Rights After a Felony in Kansas

Kansas restores civil rights automatically: a felony conviction makes a person ineligible to hold public office, register and vote, or serve on a jury, and those ineligibilities end when the person completes the terms of the authorized sentence. Firearm rights follow a separate rule: the ban on possessing a firearm or knife is permanent if the felony involved a firearm, lasts 8 years after the sentence or supervision ends for listed serious felonies, 3 years for other person felonies, and 3 months for other nonperson felonies; except for the serious-felony category, it does not apply to a conviction that has been expunged or pardoned.