KS 10th Judicial District (Johnson County): Johnson County District Court Local Civil Rul…
Court · Tenth Judicial District of Kansas, Johnson County District Court
Verified September 28, 2026
- Citation
- Johnson County District Court Local Civil Rule 3.7: Generative Artificial Intelligence Certification
- Order date
- June 1, 2025
Summary
'Effective upon the adoption of this Rule, all litigants and/or their counsel shall include and complete the following alternative certifications, which shall be placed immediately prior to the signature block for the filing party.'
What does the order require?
- 'Effective upon the adoption of this Rule, all litigants and/or their counsel shall include and complete the following alternative certifications, which shall be placed immediately prior to the signature block for the filing party.'
- No-use certification: 'Pursuant to Local Rule 3.7, the undersigned hereby certifies that no portion of [Title of Document] was drafted/prepared using Generative A.I.'
- Use certification: the filer names the tool ('Specifically, [Name of A.I. tool] was used, in whole or in part, to draft/prepare this submission') and certifies 'that he/she has independently verified the accuracy of every citation to the law or to the record' and that AI-drafted language, 'including quotations, citations, paraphrased assertions, and/or legal analysis', was submitted after considering K.S.A. 60-211 and applicable ethical rules.
- 'Material misrepresentations within the certification of compliance ... may result in striking of the document and/or sanctions or other consequences imposed upon the filing party and/or their attorney.' Omitting the certification 'may result in the pleading being stricken or rejected, subject to re-submission in compliance with the Rule.'
- Any party filing any paper, 'regardless of whether the required certification is included, is deemed to have reviewed this Civil Rule' and impliedly represents good-faith efforts to comply, including 'the obligation to verify that any use of Generative A.I. is consistent with their obligations under Kansas law and these Rules.'
- 'Generative A.I.' means any machine-learning model or application that can create original content in response to a prompt, 'including but not limited to: ChatGPT, Co-Counsel, Google Bard, Neeva, Harvey, Ironclad, Bing, and similar commercial technology.'
Practice areas: state civil, state family
What the rule requires
Since June 1, 2025, Johnson County District Court’s Local Civil Rule 3.7 has required a Generative AI certification on filings in civil matters, whether or not AI was used. The certification goes “immediately prior to the signature block for the filing party” and takes one of two forms:
- No use. “Pursuant to Local Rule 3.7, the undersigned hereby certifies that no portion of [Title of Document] was drafted/prepared using Generative A.I.”
- Use. “Pursuant to Local Rule 3.7, the undersigned hereby certifies that Generative A.I. was used to draft/prepare [Title of Document]. Specifically, [Name of A.I. tool] was used, in whole or in part, to draft/prepare this submission. The undersigned further certifies that he/she has independently verified the accuracy of every citation to the law or to the record and that any language drafted by Generative A.I., including quotations, citations, paraphrased assertions, and/or legal analysis has been included and submitted after considering the requirements of KSA 60-211 and any applicable ethical rules governing attorneys.”
The rule explains the requirement in terms of existing duties: litigants and counsel “have been and remain responsible for the content, accuracy, and quality of legal pleadings and papers submitted to the Court,” and generative AI carries “risks of inaccuracy and/or non-existence of generated and proposed legal citations/authority.” Given those risks, “affirmative certification is appropriate and necessary for all filings subject to these Rules.”
Consequences
The rule separates two failures. A material misrepresentation in the certification “may result in striking of the document and/or sanctions or other consequences imposed upon the filing party and/or their attorney.” Leaving the certification out “may result in the pleading being stricken or rejected, subject to re-submission in compliance with the Rule.”
A filing without the certification still carries an implied representation: any party filing any paper “is deemed to have reviewed this Civil Rule” and represents that it has made good-faith efforts to comply, including “the obligation to verify that any use of Generative A.I. is consistent with their obligations under Kansas law and these Rules.”
How it compares
Johnson County’s rule is broader than Shawnee County District Court Rule 3.125, which requires a first-page disclosure and accuracy certification only when a filing contains AI-generated content. Rule 3.7 requires a statement either way, and a filer who used AI must name the tool. In federal court in Kansas, D. Kan. Standing Order 26-01 imposes a verification duty without a standard disclosure block.
Primary sources
How this order changed
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- activeLocal Civil Rule 3.7 takes effect as part of the Johnson County civil local-rule updates effective June 1, 2025.