Welcome!

Welcome to the official website for the Kansas attorney general’s office.  We work hard every day to serve Kansas, and I hope you will find this information helpful.

Thank you for the privilege of serving as our state’s 44^th attorney general!

Best wishes,

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Consumer Corner: Know your rights with door-to-door sales

Our office always sees a spike in complaints about salespeople at the door during the summer months. Many different products and services are sold door-to-door, but in particular, home improvement services are much more prevalent during the summer.

Kansas law offers consumers a number of rights when it comes to transactions made at your doorstep.

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AG Derek Schmidt to FCC: Let phone carriers block robocalls from fake phone numbers

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked the Federal Communications Commission to move forward with adopting regulations which would allow telephone providers to block illegal robocalls.

Schmidt, along with a bipartisan coalition of 29 other state attorneys general, submitted a comment letter on the FCC’s proposed rules which would allow providers to block several types of “spoofed” calls, in which a call appears to be coming from one number, but is actually coming from a different number.

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AG Derek Schmidt serves as president of National AG Association

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is currently serving as president of the National Association of Attorneys General. As president, Schmidt leads the national organization of 56 state and territorial attorneys general for the 2017-2018 year.

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2016 consumer recoveries top $16 million

The attorney general’s Consumer Protection Division returned more than $16 million to consumers and taxpayers last year.

In its annual report filed with the governor and Kansas Legislature, Schmidt’s office reported $16.8 million in savings and recoveries to Kansas consumers and the state treasury in calendar year 2016. During Schmidt’s administration, the division has recovered a total of more than $146 million, by far the most in state history.

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