(a) The municipal court of each city shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine cases involving violations of the ordinances of the city, including concurrent jurisdiction to hear and determine a violation of an ordinance when the elements of such ordinance violation are the same as the elements of a violation of one of the following state statutes and would constitute, and be punished as, a felony if charged in district court: (1) K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, driving under the influence; (2) K.S.A. 21-5414, and amendments thereto, domestic battery; (3) K.S.A. 21-5801, and amendments thereto, theft; (4) K.S.A. 21-5821, and amendments thereto, giving a worthless check; or (5) subsection (b)(3) of K.S.A. 21-5706, and amendments thereto, possession of marijuana. (b) Search warrants shall not issue out of a municipal court.
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