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Actually, they do apply.

Kirchoff's Current Law states that the signed sum of the currents entering a node is zero. This applies whether the node has only two connections, such as in a series cicuit, or more than two connections, such as in a parallel circuit. Some people confuse this with the rule that current at every point in a series circuit is the same. That is just a special case of KCL, but the real rule has to do with the node, and not the circuit.

Kirchoff's Voltage Law states that the signed sum of the voltage drops going around a series circuit is zero. This applies for simple series circuits as well as for complex series/parallel circuits. Pick any loop in a circuit and walk around it - you will find that the signed sum of the voltage drops is zero, no matter what.

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