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KS Stat § 21-5904 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5904 Interference with law enforcement.

21-5904. Interference with law enforcement. (a) Interference with law enforcement is:(1) Falsely reporting to a law enforcement officer, law enforcement agency or state investigative agency:(A) That a particular person has committed a crime, knowing that such information is false and intending that the officer or agency shall act in reliance upon such information;(B) that a law enforcement officer has committed a crime or committed misconduct in the performance of such officer's duties, knowing that such information is false and intending that the officer or agency shall act in reliance upon such information;(C) any information, knowing that such information is false and intending to influence, impede or obstruct such officer's or agency's duty; or(D) any information concerning the death, disappearance or potential death or disappearance of a child under the age of 13, knowing that such information is false and intending that the officer or agency shall act in reliance upon such information;(2) concealing, destroying or materially altering evidence with the intent to prevent or hinder the apprehension or prosecution of any person; or(3) knowingly obstructing, resisting or opposing any person authorized by law to serve process in the service or execution or in the attempt to serve or execute any writ, warrant, process or order of a court, or in the discharge of any official duty.(b) Interference with law enforcement as defined in:(1) Subsection (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) is a:(A) Class A nonperson misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (b)(1)(B); and(B) severity level 8, nonperson felony in the case of a felony;(2) subsection (a)(1)(C) is a:(A) Class A nonperson misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (b)(2)(B); and(B) severity level 9, nonperson felony in the case of a felony;(3) subsection (a)(1)(D) is a severity level 8, nonperson felony;(4) subsection (a)(2) is a:(A) Class A nonperson misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (b)(4)(B); and(B) severity level 8, nonperson felony in the case of a felony; and(5) subsection (a)(3) is a:(A) Severity level 9, nonperson felony in the case of a felony, or resulting from parole or any authorized disposition for a felony; and(B) class A nonperson misdemeanor in the case of a misdemeanor, or resulting from any authorized disposition for a misdemeanor, or a civil case.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 129; L. 2012, ch. 150, § 20; L. 2013, ch. 133, § 6; L. 2014, ch. 95, § 2; July 1.
KS Stat § 21-5906 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5906 Criminal disclosure of a warrant.

21-5906. Criminal disclosure of a warrant. (a) Criminal disclosure of a warrant is recklessly making public in any way, prior to the execution of such warrant the:(1) Fact that a search warrant or warrant for arrest has been applied for or issued; or(2) contents of the affidavit or testimony on which such warrant is based.(b) Criminal disclosure of a warrant is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.(c) Criminal disclosure of a warrant shall not apply:(1) When disclosure of the warrant is made at the request of a law enforcement officer for the purpose of assisting in the execution of such warrant;(2) to personnel of a law enforcement agency disclosing a warrant:(A) For the purpose of encouraging the person named in the warrant to voluntarily surrender; or(B) issued in a case involving the abduction of a child unless such disclosure is specifically prohibited by the court issuing such warrant.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 131; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5907 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5907 Simulating legal process.

21-5907. Simulating legal process. (a) Simulating legal process is:(1) Distributing to another any document which simulates or purports to be, or is designed to cause others to believe it to be, a summons, petition, complaint or other legal process, with the intent to mislead the recipient and cause the recipient to take action in reliance thereon; or(2) printing or distributing any such document, knowing that it shall be so used.(b) Simulating legal process is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.(c) This section shall not apply to the printing or distribution of blank forms of legal documents intended for actual use in judicial proceedings.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 132; L. 2012, ch. 150, § 21; July 1.
KS Stat § 21-5908 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5908 Witness or victim intimidation; definitions.

21-5908. Witness or victim intimidation; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5909 and 21-5910, and amendments thereto:(a) "Civil injury or loss" means any injury or loss for which a civil remedy is provided under the laws of this state, any other state or the United States;(b) "victim" means any individual:(1) Against whom any crime under the laws of this state, any other state or the United States is being, has been or is attempted to be committed; or(2) who suffers a civil injury or loss; and(c) "witness" means any individual:(1) Who has knowledge of the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to any civil or criminal trial, proceeding or inquiry authorized by law;(2) whose declaration under oath is received or has been received as evidence for any purpose;(3) who has reported any crime or any civil injury or loss to any law enforcement officer, prosecutor, probation officer, parole officer, correctional officer, community correctional services officer or judicial officer;(4) who has been served with a subpoena issued under the authority of a municipal court or any court or agency of this state, any other state or the United States; or(5) who is believed by the offender to be an individual described in this subsection.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 133; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5909 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5909 Intimidation of a witness or victim; aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim.

21-5909. Intimidation of a witness or victim; aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim. (a) Intimidation of a witness or victim is preventing or dissuading, or attempting to prevent or dissuade, with an intent to vex, annoy, harm or injure in any way another person or an intent to thwart or interfere in any manner with the orderly administration of justice:(1) Any witness or victim from attending or giving testimony at any civil or criminal trial, proceeding or inquiry authorized by law; or(2) any witness, victim or person acting on behalf of a victim from:(A) Making any report of the victimization of a victim to any law enforcement officer, prosecutor, probation officer, parole officer, correctional officer, community correctional services officer, judicial officer, the secretary for children and families, the secretary for aging and disability services, or any agent or representative of either secretary, or any person required to make a report pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2223, and amendments thereto;(B) causing a complaint, indictment or information to be sought and prosecuted or causing a violation of probation, parole or assignment to a community correctional services program to be reported and prosecuted, and assisting in its prosecution;(C) causing a civil action to be filed and prosecuted and assisting in its prosecution; or(D) arresting or causing or seeking the arrest of any person in connection with the victimization of a victim.(b) Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim is intimidation of a witness or victim, as defined in subsection (a), when the:(1) Act is accompanied by an expressed or implied threat of force or violence against a witness, victim or other person or the property of any witness, victim or other person;(2) act is in furtherance of a conspiracy;(3) act is committed by a person who has been previously convicted of corruptly influencing a witness or has been convicted of a violation of this section or any federal or other state's statute that, if the act prosecuted was committed in this state, would be a violation of this section;(4) witness or victim is under 18 years of age; or(5) act is committed for pecuniary gain or for any other consideration by a person acting upon the request of another person.(c) (1) Intimidation of a witness or victim is a class B person misdemeanor.(2) Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim is a severity level 6, person felony.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 134; L. 2012, ch. 157, § 3; L. 2018, ch. 71, § 31; July 1.
KS Stat § 21-5912 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5912 Aiding escape.

21-5912. Aiding escape. (a) Aiding escape is:(1) Assisting another who is in custody to escape from such custody; or(2) supplying to another who is in custody any object or thing adapted or designed for use in making an escape; or(3) introducing into an institution in which a person is confined any object or thing adapted or designed for use in making any escape.(b) Aiding escape is a:(1) Severity level 8, nonperson felony, except as provided in subsection (b)(2); and(2) severity level 4, nonperson felony if such aiding escape is by an employee or volunteer of the department of corrections, or the employee or volunteer of a contractor who is under contract to provide services to the department of corrections.(c) As used in this section "custody" includes custody on a charge or conviction of crime, on a charge or adjudication of a misdemeanor or felony, or on a commitment to the state security hospital as provided in K.S.A. 22-3428, and amendments thereto, based on a finding that the person committed an act constituting any crime.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 137; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5913 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5913 Obstructing apprehension or prosecution.

21-5913. Obstructing apprehension or prosecution. (a) Obstructing apprehension or prosecution is knowingly harboring, concealing or aiding any person who:(1) Has committed or who has been charged with committing a felony or misdemeanor under the laws of this state, other than a violation of K.S.A. 22-4903, and amendments thereto, or another state or the United States with intent that such person shall avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction or punishment for such felony or misdemeanor; or(2) is required to register under the Kansas offender registration act, K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., and amendments thereto, and who is not in compliance with the requirements of such act with intent that such person shall avoid or escape from registration, arrest, trial, conviction, punishment or any criminal charges arising from the person's failure to comply with the requirements of such act.(b) Obstructing apprehension or prosecution as defined in:(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a:(A) Severity level 8, nonperson felony if the person who is harbored, concealed or aided has committed or has been charged with committing a felony; and(B) class C misdemeanor if the person who is aided has committed or has been charged with committing a misdemeanor; and(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 5, person felony.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 138; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5915 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5915 Failure to appear; aggravated failure to appear.

21-5915. Failure to appear; aggravated failure to appear. (a) Failure to appear is knowingly incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failing to surrender oneself within 30 days following the date of such forfeiture by one who is charged with a misdemeanor and has been released on bond for appearance before any court of this state, other than the municipal court of a city, for trial or other proceeding prior to conviction, or knowingly incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failing to surrender oneself within 30 days after such person's conviction of a misdemeanor has become final by one who has been released on an appearance bond by any court of this state.(b) Aggravated failure to appear is knowingly incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failing to surrender oneself within 30 days following the date of such forfeiture by one who is charged with a felony and has been released on bond for appearance before any court of this state, or knowingly incurring a forfeiture of an appearance bond and failing to surrender oneself within 30 days after oneself's conviction of a felony has become final by one who has been released on an appearance bond by any court of this state.(c) (1) Failure to appear is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.(2) Aggravated failure to appear is a severity level 10, nonperson felony.(d) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any person who forfeits a cash bond supplied pursuant to law upon an arrest for a traffic infraction or cigarette or tobacco infraction.(e) Any person who is released upon the person's own recognizance, without surety, or who fails to appear in response to a summons or traffic citation, shall be deemed a person released on bond for appearance within the meaning of subsection (a).History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 140; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5916 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5916 False signing of a petition.

21-5916. False signing of a petition. (a) False signing of a petition is knowingly affixing any fictitious or unauthorized signature to any petition, memorial or remonstrance, intended to be presented to the legislature, or either house thereof, or to any agency or officer of the state of Kansas or any of its political subdivisions.(b) False signing of  a petition is a class C misdemeanor.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 141; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 41; July 1.
KS Stat § 21-5917 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5917 False impersonation; aggravated false impersonation.

21-5917. False impersonation; aggravated false impersonation. (a) False impersonation is representing oneself to be a public officer, public employee or a person licensed to practice or engage in any profession or vocation for which a license is required by the laws of the state of Kansas, with knowledge that such representation is false.(b) Aggravated false impersonation is falsely representing or impersonating another and in such falsely assumed character:(1) Becoming bail or security, or acknowledging any recognizance, or executing any bond or other instrument as bail or security, for any party in any proceeding, civil or criminal, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail or security;(2) confessing any judgment;(3) acknowledging the execution of any conveyance of property, or any other instrument which by law may be recorded; or(4) doing any other act in the course of a suit, proceeding or prosecution whereby the person who is represented or impersonated may be made liable to the payment of any debt, damages, costs or sum of money, or such person's rights or interests may be in any manner affected.(c) (1) False impersonation is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.(2) Aggravated false impersonation is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 142; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5918 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5918 Dealing in false identification documents; vital records identity fraud.

21-5918. Dealing in false identification documents; vital records identity fraud. (a) Dealing in false identification documents is knowingly reproducing, manufacturing, selling or offering for sale any identification document which:(1) Simulates, purports to be or is designed so as to cause others reasonably to believe it to be an identification document; and(2) bears a fictitious name or other false information.(b) Vital records identity fraud related to birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates is:(1) Supplying false information intending that the information be used to obtain a certified copy of a vital record;(2) making, counterfeiting, altering, amending or mutilating any certified copy of a vital record without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive; or(3) obtaining, possessing, using, selling or furnishing or attempting to obtain, possess or furnish to another a certified copy of a vital record, with the intent to deceive.(c) (1) Vital records identity fraud is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.(2) Dealing in false identification documents is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:(1) A person less than 21 years of age who uses the identification document of another person to acquire an alcoholic beverage, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1599, and amendments thereto; or(2) a person less than 18 years of age who uses the identification documents of another person to acquire:(A) Cigarettes or tobacco products, as defined in K.S.A. 79-3301, and amendments thereto;(B) a periodical, videotape or other communication medium that contains or depicts nudity;(C) admittance to a performance, live or film, that prohibits the attendance of the person based on age; or(D) an item that is prohibited by law for use or consumption by such person.(e) As used in this section, "identification document" means any card, certificate or document or banking instrument including, but not limited to, credit or debit card, which identifies or purports to identify the bearer of such document, whether or not intended for use as identification, and includes, but is not limited to, documents purporting to be drivers' licenses, nondrivers' identification cards, certified copies of birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates, social security cards and employee identification cards.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 143; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5919 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5919 Performance of an unauthorized official act.

21-5919. Performance of an unauthorized official act. (a) Performance of an unauthorized official act is knowingly and without lawful authority:(1) Conducting a marriage ceremony; or(2) certifying an acknowledgment of the execution of any document which by law may be recorded.(b) Performance of an unauthorized official act is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 144; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5920 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5920 Tampering with a public record.

21-5920. Tampering with a public record. (a) Tampering with a public record is knowingly and without lawful authority altering, destroying, defacing, removing or concealing any public record.(b) Tampering with a public record is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 145; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5921 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5921 Tampering with public notice.

21-5921. Tampering with public notice. (a) Tampering with public notice is knowingly and without lawful authority altering, defacing, destroying, removing or concealing any public notice posted according to law, during the time such notice is required or authorized to remain posted.(b) Tampering with public notice is a class C misdemeanor.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 146; July 1, 2011.
KS Stat § 21-5922 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5922 Interference with the conduct of public business in public buildings; aggravated interference with the conduct of public business.

21-5922. Interference with the conduct of public business in public buildings; aggravated interference with the conduct of public business. (a) Interference with the conduct of public business in public buildings is:(1) Conduct at or in any public building owned, operated or controlled by the state or any of its political subdivisions so as to knowingly deny to any public official, public employee or any invitee on such premises, the lawful rights of such official, employee or invitee to enter, to use the facilities or to leave any such public building;(2) knowingly impeding any public official or employee in the lawful performance of duties or activities through the use of restraint, abduction, coercion or intimidation or by force and violence or threat thereof;(3) knowingly refusing or failing to leave any such public building upon being requested to do so by the chief administrative officer, or such officer's designee, charged with maintaining order in such public building, if such person is committing, threatens to commit or incites others to commit, any act which did or would if completed, disrupt, impair, interfere with or obstruct the lawful missions, processes, procedures or functions being carried on in such public building;(4) knowingly impeding, disrupting or hindering the normal proceedings of any meeting or session conducted by any judicial or legislative body or official at any public building by any act of intrusion into the chamber or other areas designated for the use of the body or official conducting such meeting or session, or by any act designed to intimidate, coerce or hinder any member of such body or any official engaged in the performance of duties at such meeting or session; or(5) knowingly impeding, disrupting or hindering, by any act of intrusion into the chamber or other areas designed for the use of any executive body or official, the normal proceedings of such body or official.(b) Aggravated interference with the conduct of public business is interference with the conduct of public business in public buildings, as defined in subsection (a), when in possession of any firearm or weapon as described in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6301 or 21-6302, and amendments thereto.(c) (1) Interference with the conduct of public business in public buildings is a class A nonperson misdemeanor:(2) Aggravated interference with the conduct of public business is a level 6, person felony.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 147; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 42; July 1.
KS Stat § 21-5923 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments|Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions|21-5923 Unlawful disclosure of authorized interception of wire, oral or electronic communications.

21-5923. Unlawful disclosure of authorized interception of wire, oral or electronic communications. (a) Unlawful disclosure of authorized interception of wire, oral or electronic communications is, with the intent to obstruct, impede or prevent such authorized interception, communicating to any person or making public in any way, other than as provided by law:(1) The existence of an application or order for such interception issued pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2516, and amendments thereto; or(2) the resulting investigation.(b) Unlawful disclosure of authorized interception of wire, oral or electronic communications is a severity level 10, nonperson felony.History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 148; July 1, 2011.