Kansas: Is it legal to pump your own gas?
Kansas allows drivers to pump their own gas. State law and fire marshal rules expressly cover self-service stations.
A Kansas statute governs stations that offer both self-service and full-service. There, attendants must pump fuel for drivers with disability plates or placards who are parked at the self-service pumps. Fire marshal rules require training for attendants and cashiers at self-service stations and adopt NFPA 30A (2008), the national standard for fuel stations. None of these bar or limit customers pumping their own gas.
What the law says
Every dealer engaged in the retail sale of motor-vehicle fuels at any service station providing facilities for both self-service and full-service sales shall require any attendant whose duties include the dispensing of motor-vehicle fuels at full-service facilities to dispense motor-vehicle fuels into any motor vehicle parked at a self-service facility which displays a license plate issued to a disabled veteran pursuant to K.S.A. 8-161, and amendments thereto.
Sources
- K.S.A. 8-1,133 Official · kslegislature.gov
- K.A.R. 22-7-10 (Emergency response training) Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
- K.A.R. 22-1-3 (Kansas fire prevention code adoption) Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal
- Phone
- 785-296-3401
- Website
- firemarshal.ks.gov
How bordering states compare
- Colorado Self-serve allowedColorado has no ban on self-service gas; state rules require stations to follow the national fuel code that covers self-service.
- Missouri Self-serve allowedMissouri allows self-service gas, and state rules even cover unattended stations where customers fuel up with no attendant present.
- Nebraska Self-serve allowedNebraska has no ban on self-service gas; its fire code adopts the national motor fuel code, which covers self-service.
- Oklahoma Self-serve allowedOklahoma's statewide fire code covers self-service fuel stations, including unattended ones; no state ban on pumping your own gas was found.