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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6319 Unlawful failure to report a wound.

21-6319.
Unlawful failure to report a wound.
(a) Unlawful failure to report a wound is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, the failure by an attending physician or other person to report such person's treatment of any of the following wounds, to the office of the chief of police of the city or the office of the sheriff of the county in which such treatment took place:
(1) Any bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn or other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of a firearm; or
(2) any wound which is likely to or may result in death and is apparently inflicted by a knife, ice pick or other sharp or pointed instrument.
(b) Unlawful failure to report a wound is a class C misdemeanor.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 204; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6320 Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs.

21-6320.
Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs.
(a) Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs is knowingly selling or offering for sale at retail in this state any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a part of the container is detachable in opening the container.
(b) Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs is a class C misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "Beverage container" means any sealed can containing beer, cereal malt beverages, mineral waters, soda water and similar soft drinks so designated by the director of alcoholic beverage control, in liquid form and intended for human consumption; and
(2) "in this state" means within the exterior limits of the state of Kansas and includes all territory within these limits owned by or ceded to the United States of America.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 205; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6321 Unlawful act concerning alcohol without liquid machine.

21-6321.
Unlawful act concerning alcohol without liquid machine.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly:
(1) Use any alcohol without liquid machine to inhale alcohol vapor or otherwise introduce alcohol in any form into the human body; or
(2) purchase, sell or offer for sale an alcohol without liquid machine.
(b) Violation of this section is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section, "alcohol without liquid machine" means a device designed or marketed for the purpose of mixing alcohol with oxygen or another gas to produce a mist for inhalation for recreational purposes.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 206; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6322 Unlawfully tampering with electronic monitoring equipment.

21-6322. Unlawfully tampering with electronic monitoring equipment.
(a) Unlawfully tampering with electronic monitoring equipment is, knowingly and without authorization, removing, disabling, altering, tampering with, damaging or destroying any electronic monitoring equipment used pursuant to court ordered supervision or as a condition of post-release supervision or parole.
(b) Unlawfully tampering with electronic monitoring equipment is a:
(1) Severity level 8, nonperson felony in the case of electronic monitoring equipment used pursuant to court-ordered supervision or as a condition of postrelease supervision or parole for any felony; and
(2) class A nonperson misdemeanor in the case of electronic monitoring equipment used pursuant to court-ordered supervision or as a condition of postrelease supervision or parole for any misdemeanor or used pursuant to court-ordered supervision in any civil case.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 207; L. 2021, ch. 109, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6323 Refusal to yield a telephone party line.

21-6323.
Refusal to yield a telephone party line.
(a) Refusal to yield a telephone party line is intentionally refusing to immediately yield or surrender the use of a party line when informed that the line is needed for an emergency call to a fire department or police department or for medical aid or ambulance service.
(b) Refusal to yield a telephone party line is a class C misdemeanor.
(c) No person shall request the use of a party line on the pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that no emergency in fact exists.
(d) Every telephone directory published for distribution to members of the general public shall contain a notice setting forth a summary of the provisions of this section. Such notice shall be printed in type which is no smaller than any other type on the same page and shall be preceded by the word "WARNING." The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to those directories distributed solely for business advertising services, commonly known as classified directories.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Party line" means a subscriber's line telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number; and
(2) "emergency" means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 208; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6324 Unlawful possession or use of a traffic control signal preemption device.

21-6324. Unlawful possession or use of a traffic control signal preemption device.
(a) Unlawful possession or use of a traffic control signal preemption device is knowingly:
(1) Possessing a traffic control signal preemption device;
(2) using a traffic control signal preemption device;
(3) selling a traffic control signal preemption device; or
(4) purchasing a traffic control signal preemption device.
(b) Unlawful possession or use of a traffic control signal preemption device as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a class B misdemeanor;
(2) subsection (a)(2):
(A) Is a severity level 9, nonperson felony, except as provided in subsection (b)(2)(B) or (b)(2)(C);
(B) which results in a traffic accident causing injury to any person or damage to any vehicle or other property is a severity level 7, person felony; and
(C) which results in a traffic accident causing the death of any person is a severity level 5, person felony.
(3) Subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4) is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the operator, passenger or owner of any of the following authorized emergency vehicles, in the course of such person's emergency duties:
(1) Publicly owned fire department vehicles;
(2) publicly owned police vehicles; or
(3) motor vehicles operated by ambulance services permitted by the emergency medical services board under the provisions of K.S.A. 65-6101 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(d) As used in this section, "traffic control signal preemption device" means any device, instrument or mechanism designed, intended or used to interfere with the operation or cycle of a traffic-control signal, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1478, and amendments thereto.
(e) A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for battery or any homicide.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 209; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 56; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6325 Unlawful interference with a firefighter.

21-6325.
Unlawful interference with a firefighter.
(a) Unlawful interference with a firefighter is knowingly:
(1) Interfering with any firefighter while engaged in the performance of such firefighter's duties; or
(2) obstructing, interfering with or impeding the efforts of any firefighter to reach the location of a fire or other emergency.
(b) Unlawful interference with a firefighter is a class B person misdemeanor.
(c) A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for assault or battery.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 210; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6326 Unlawful interference with an emergency medical service provider.

21-6326. Unlawful interference with an emergency medical service provider.
(a) Unlawful interference with an emergency medical service provider is knowingly:
(1) Interfering with any emergency medical service provider while engaged in the performance of such emergency medical service provider's duties; or
(2) obstructing, interfering with or impeding the efforts of any emergency medical service provider to reach the location of an emergency.
(b) Unlawful interference with an emergency medical service provider is a class B person misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section, "emergency medical service provider" means the same as in K.S.A. 65-6112, and amendments thereto.
(d) A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of and punished for assault or battery.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 211; L. 2019, ch. 64, § 3; June 6.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6327 Kansas racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act.

21-6327. Kansas racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act.
K.S.A. 21-6327 through 21-6331, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act (Kansas RICO act).
History:
L. 2013, ch. 78, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6329 Unlawful activities; penalty.

21-6329. Unlawful activities; penalty.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful for any covered person:
(1) Who has recklessly received any proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity or through the collection of an unlawful debt to use or invest, whether directly or indirectly, any part of such proceeds, or the proceeds derived from the investment or use thereof, in the acquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or equity in, real property or in the establishment or operation of any enterprise;
(2) through a pattern of racketeering activity or through the collection of an unlawful debt, to recklessly acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise or real property; or
(3) employed by, or associated with, any enterprise to recklessly conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in such enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity or the collection of an unlawful debt.
(b) It is not unlawful for a covered person to violate subsection (a) through the collection of an unlawful debt if such person was not a participant in a violation described in subsection (i) of K.S.A. 21-6328, and amendments thereto, which created such unlawful debt.
(c) Violation of this section or conspiracy to commit a violation of this section is a severity level 2, person felony.
(d) The provisions of subsection (d) of K.S.A. 21-5302, and amendments thereto, shall not apply to conspiracy to commit a violation of this section.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 21-6611, and amendments thereto, any person convicted of engaging in conduct in violation of this section, through which the person derived pecuniary value, or by which the person caused personal injury or property damage or other loss, may be sentenced to pay a fine that does not exceed three times the gross value gained or three times the gross loss caused, whichever is the greater, plus court costs and the costs of investigation and prosecution, reasonably incurred.
(2) The court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount of the fine authorized by this subsection.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, "pecuniary value" means:
(A) Anything of value in the form of money, a negotiable instrument, or a commercial interest or anything else the primary significance of which is economic advantage; and
(B) any other property or service that has a value in excess of $100.
(f) For persons arrested and charged under this section, bail shall be at least $50,000 cash or surety, and such person shall not be released upon the person's own recognizance pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2802, and amendments thereto, unless the court determines on the record that the defendant is not likely to re-offend, an appropriate intensive pretrial supervision program is available and the defendant agrees to comply with the mandate of such pretrial supervision.
History:
L. 2013, ch. 78, § 3; L. 2014, ch. 90, § 8; L. 2014, ch. 139, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 63 - Crimes Against The Public Safety › 21-6330 Appropriate orders and judgments by district courts; civil forfeiture.

21-6330. Appropriate orders and judgments by district courts; civil forfeiture.
(a) Any district court may, after making due provision for the rights of innocent persons, enjoin violations of the provisions of K.S.A. 21-6329, and amendments thereto, by issuing appropriate orders and judgments, including, but not limited to:
(1) Ordering any defendant to divest such defendant of any interest in any enterprise, including real property.
(2) Imposing reasonable restrictions upon the future activities or investments of any defendant, including, but not limited to, prohibiting any defendant from engaging in the same type of endeavor as the enterprise in which the defendant was engaged in violation of the provisions of K.S.A. 21-6329, and amendments thereto.
(3) Ordering the dissolution or reorganization of any enterprise.
(4) Ordering the suspension or revocation of a license, permit, or prior approval granted to any enterprise by any agency of the state.
(5) Ordering the forfeiture of the charter of a corporation organized under the laws of the state, or the revocation of a certificate authorizing a foreign corporation to conduct business within the state, upon finding that the board of directors or a managerial agent acting on behalf of the corporation, in conducting the affairs of the corporation, has authorized or engaged in conduct in violation of K.S.A. 21-6329, and amendments thereto, and that, for the prevention of future criminal activity, the public interest requires the charter of the corporation forfeited and the corporation dissolved or the certificate revoked.
(b) All property, real or personal, including money, used in the course of, intended for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through conduct in violation of a provision of the Kansas racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act is subject to civil forfeiture pursuant to the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act, K.S.A. 60-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2013, ch. 78, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6404 Gambling.

21-6404. Gambling.
(a) Gambling is:
(1) Making a bet; or
(2) entering or remaining in a gambling place with intent to make a bet, to participate in a lottery or to play a gambling device.
(b) Gambling is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 215; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6405 Illegal bingo operation.

21-6405. Illegal bingo operation.
(a) Illegal bingo operation is the knowing management, operation or conduct of games of bingo in violation of the laws of the state of Kansas pertaining to the regulation, licensing and taxing of games of bingo or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(b) Illegal bingo operation is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 216; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6406 Commercial gambling.

21-6406. Commercial gambling.
(a) Commercial gambling is knowingly:
(1) (A) Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place;
(B) receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or, with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet, possessing facilities to do so;
(C) for gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;
(D) conducting a lottery, or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so; or
(E) setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or
(2) (A) granting the use or allowing the continued use of a place as a gambling place; or
(B) permitting another to set up a gambling device for use in a place under the offender's control.
(b) Commercial gambling as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
(2) Subsection (a)(2) is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 217; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6407 Dealing in gambling devices.

21-6407. Dealing in gambling devices.
(a) Dealing in gambling devices is manufacturing, distributing or possessing with intent to distribute any gambling device or sub-assembly or essential part thereof.
(b) Dealing in gambling devices is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
(c) Proof of possession of any device designed exclusively for gambling purposes, which device is not set up for use or which is not in a gambling place, creates a presumption of possession with intent to distribute.
(d) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that:
(1) The gambling device is an antique slot machine and that the antique slot machine was not operated for gambling purposes while in the owner's or the defendant's possession. A slot machine shall be deemed an antique slot machine if it was manufactured prior to the year 1950; or
(2) the gambling device or sub-assembly or essential part thereof is manufactured, distributed or possessed by a manufacturer registered under the federal gambling devices act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. § 1171 et seq.) or a transporter under contract with such manufacturer with intent to distribute for use:
(A) By the Kansas lottery or Kansas lottery retailers as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the Kansas lottery commission;
(B) by a licensee of the Kansas racing commission as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the commission;
(C) in a state other than the state of Kansas; or
(D) in tribal gaming.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 218; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6408 Unlawful possession of a gambling device.

21-6408. Unlawful possession of a gambling device.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a gambling device.
(b) Violation of this section is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that:
(1) The gambling device is an antique slot machine and that the antique slot machine was not operated for gambling purposes while in the owner's or the defendant's possession. A slot machine shall be deemed an antique slot machine if it was manufactured prior to the year 1950; or
(2) the gambling device is possessed or under custody or control of a manufacturer registered under the federal gambling devices act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. § 1171 et seq.) or a transporter under contract with such manufacturer with intent to distribute for use:
(A) By the Kansas lottery or Kansas lottery retailers as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the Kansas lottery commission;
(B) by a licensee of the Kansas racing commission as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the commission;
(C) in a state other than the state of Kansas; or
(D) in tribal gaming.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 219; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6409 Installing communication facilities for gamblers.

21-6409. Installing communication facilities for gamblers.
(a) Installing communication facilities for gamblers is:
(1) Installing communication facilities in a place known to the installer to be a gambling place;
(2) installing communication facilities knowing that they will be used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used in making or settling bets; or
(3) allowing the continued use of communication facilities knowing that such facilities are being used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used in making or settling bets.
(b) Installing communications facilities for gamblers is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
(c) (1) When any public utility providing telephone communications service is notified in writing by a state or local law enforcement agency, acting within its jurisdiction, that any facility furnished by it is being used principally for the purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling information, it shall discontinue or refuse the furnishing of service to such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber. No damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against any such public utility for any act done in compliance with any notice received from a law enforcement agency.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, in a court of competent jurisdiction, that such facility should not be discontinued or removed, or should be restored.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 220; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6410 False membership claim.

21-6410. False membership claim.
(a) A false membership claim is knowingly and falsely representing oneself to be a member of a fraternal or veteran's organization.
(b) False membership claim is a class C misdemeanor.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 221; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6411 Unlawful acts concerning animals; definitions.

21-6411. Unlawful acts concerning animals; definitions.
As used in K.S.A. 21-6412 through 21-6417, and amendments thereto:
(a) "Animal" means every living vertebrate except a human being;
(b) "farm animal" means an animal raised on a farm or ranch and used or intended for use as food or fiber;
(c) "retailer" means a person regularly engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property, services or entertainment for use or consumption and not for resale;
(d) "wild animal" means a living mammal or marsupial which is normally found in the wild state, but shall not include a farm animal; and
(e) "domestic pet" means any domesticated animal which is kept for pleasure rather than utility.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 222; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6413 Unlawful disposition of animals.

21-6413. Unlawful disposition of animals.
(a) Unlawful disposition of animals is knowingly raffling or giving as a prize or premium living rabbits or chickens, ducklings or goslings.
(b) Unlawful disposition of animals is a class C misdemeanor.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person giving such animals to minors for use in agricultural projects under the supervision of commonly recognized youth farm organizations.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 224; L. 2012, ch. 150, § 28; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6415 Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal.

21-6415. Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal.
(a) Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, owning, or keeping on one's premises, an animal by a person convicted of unlawful conduct of dog fighting as defined in K.S.A. 21-6414, and amendments thereto, or cruelty to animals as defined in subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 21-6412, and amendments thereto, within five years of the date of such conviction.
(b) Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 226; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6416 Harming or killing certain dogs.

21-6416. Harming or killing certain dogs.
(a) Inflicting harm, disability or death to a police dog, arson dog, assistance dog, game warden dog or search and rescue dog is knowingly, and without lawful cause or justification poisoning, inflicting great bodily harm, permanent disability or death, upon a police dog, arson dog, assistance dog, game warden dog or search and rescue dog.
(b) Inflicting harm, disability or death to a police dog, arson dog, assistance dog, game warden dog or search and rescue dog is a nonperson felony. Upon conviction of this subsection, a person shall be sentenced to not less than 30 days or more than one year's imprisonment and be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000. The person convicted shall not be eligible for release on probation, suspension or reduction of sentence or parole until the person has served the minimum mandatory sentence as provided herein. During the mandatory 30 days imprisonment, such offender shall have a psychological evaluation prepared for the court to assist the court in determining conditions of probation. Such conditions shall include, but not be limited to, the completion of an anger management program.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "Arson dog" means any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by the state fire marshal or a fire department for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of liquid accelerants in the investigation of fires;
(2) "assistance dog" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 39-1113, and amendments thereto;
(3) "fire department" means a public fire department under the control of the governing body of a city, township, county, fire district or benefit district or a private fire department operated by a nonprofit corporation providing fire protection services for a city, township, county, fire district or benefit district under contract with the governing body of the city, township, county or district;
(4) "game warden dog" means any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by the Kansas department of wildlife and parks for the purpose of aiding in detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws, apprehension of offenders or location of persons or wildlife;
(5) "police dog" means any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or apprehension of offenders; and
(6) "search and rescue dog" means any dog that is owned or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement or emergency response agency for the purpose of aiding in the location of persons missing in disasters or other times of need.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 227; L. 2012, ch. 47, § 19; L. 2023, ch. 7, § 21; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6417 Unlawful conduct of cockfighting; unlawful attendance of cockfighting; unlawful possession of cockfighting paraphernalia.

21-6417. Unlawful conduct of cockfighting; unlawful attendance of cockfighting; unlawful possession of cockfighting paraphernalia.
(a) Unlawful conduct of cockfighting is:
(1) Causing, for amusement or gain, any gamecock to fight with or injure or kill another gamecock, with no requirement of culpable mental state;
(2) knowingly permitting such fighting or injuring on premises under one's ownership, charge or control; or
(3) training, grooming, preparing or medicating any gamecock with the intent of having it fight with or injure or kill another gamecock.
(b) Unlawful possession of cockfighting paraphernalia is possession of, with the intent to use in the unlawful conduct of cockfighting, spurs, gaffs, swords, leather training spur covers or anything worn by a gamecock during a fight to further the killing power of such gamecock.
(c) Unlawful attendance of cockfighting is entering or remaining on the premises where the unlawful conduct of cockfighting is occurring, whether or not the person knows or has reason to know that cockfighting is occurring on the premises.
(d) (1) Unlawful conduct of cockfighting is a level 10, nonperson felony.
(2) Unlawful possession of cockfighting paraphernalia is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
(3) Unlawful attendance of cockfighting is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(e) As used in this section, "gamecock" means a domesticated fowl that is bred, reared or trained for the purpose of fighting with other fowl.
(f) A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for cruelty to animals.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 228; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 286; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6418 Permitting a dangerous animal to be at large.

21-6418. Permitting a dangerous animal to be at large.
(a) Permitting a dangerous animal to be at large is the act or omission of the owner or custodian of an animal of dangerous or vicious propensities who, knowing of such propensities, permits such animal to go at large or keeps such animal without taking ordinary care to restrain it.
(b) Permitting a dangerous animal to be at large is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 63; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6419 Selling sexual relations.

21-6419. Selling sexual relations.
(a) Selling sexual relations is performing for hire, or offering or agreeing to perform for hire where there is an exchange of value, any of the following acts:
(1) Sexual intercourse;
(2) sodomy; or
(3) manual or other bodily contact stimulation of the genitals of any person with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of the offender or another.
(b) Selling sexual relations is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to any prosecution under this section that the defendant committed the violation of this section because such defendant was subjected to human trafficking or aggravated human trafficking, as defined by K.S.A. 21-5426, and amendments thereto, or commercial sexual exploitation of a child, as defined by K.S.A. 21-6422, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 229; L. 2013, ch. 120, § 16; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6420 Promoting the sale of sexual relations.

21-6420. Promoting the sale of sexual relations.
(a) Promoting the sale of sexual relations is knowingly:
(1) Establishing, owning, maintaining or managing any property, whether real or personal, where sexual relations are being sold or offered for sale by a person who is 18 years of age or older, or participating in the establishment, ownership, maintenance or management thereof;
(2) permitting any property, whether real or personal, partially or wholly owned or controlled by the defendant to be used as a place where sexual relations are being sold or offered for sale by a person who is 18 years of age or older;
(3) procuring a person selling sexual relations who is 18 years of age or older for a place where sexual relations are being sold or offered for sale;
(4) inducing another who is 18 years of age or older to become a person who sells sexual relations;
(5) soliciting a patron for a person 18 years of age or older who is selling sexual relations or for a place where sexual relations are being sold or offered for sale;
(6) procuring a person 18 years of age or older who is selling sexual relations for a patron;
(7) procuring transportation for, paying for the transportation of, or transporting a person 18 years of age or older within this state with the intention of assisting or promoting that person's engaging in the sale of sexual relations; or
(8) being employed to perform any act which is prohibited by this section.
(b) (1) Promoting the sale of sexual relations is a:
(A) Severity level 9, person felony, except as provided in subsection (b)(1)(B); and
(B) severity level 7, person felony when committed by a person who has, prior to the commission of the crime, been convicted of a violation of this section, or any prior version of this section.
(2) In addition to any other sentence imposed, a person convicted under subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be fined not less than $2,500 nor more than $5,000. In addition to any other sentence imposed, a person convicted under subsection (b)(1)(B) shall be fined not less than $5,000. All fines collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the human trafficking victim assistance fund created by K.S.A. 75-758, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 230; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 60; L. 2013, ch. 120, § 17; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6424 Unlawful use of a communication facility.

21-6424. Unlawful use of a communication facility.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally use any communication facility:
(1) In committing, causing, or facilitating the commission of any felony under K.S.A. 21-5426, 21-6422 or 21-6420, and amendments thereto;
(2) in any attempt to commit, any conspiracy to commit, or any criminal solicitation of any felony under K.S.A. 21-5426, 21-6422 or 21-6420, and amendments thereto; or
(3) in committing, causing, or facilitating the commission of any felony or misdemeanor under K.S.A. 21-6421, and amendments thereto, or in any attempt to commit, any conspiracy to commit, or any criminal solicitation of any felony or misdemeanor under K.S.A. 21-6421, and amendments thereto.
Each separate use of a communication facility may be charged as a separate offense under this subsection.
(b) (1) Violation of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) is a severity level 7, person felony.
(2) Violation of subsection (a)(3) is a class A person misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section, "communication facility" means any and all public and private instrumentalities used or useful in the transmission of writing, signs, signals, pictures or sounds of all kinds and includes telephone, wire, radio, computer, computer networks, beepers, pagers and all other means of communication.
(d) It shall be an affirmative defense to any prosecution under this section that the defendant committed the violation of this section because such defendant was subjected to human trafficking or aggravated human trafficking, as defined by K.S.A. 21-5426, and amendments thereto, or commercial sexual exploitation of a child, as defined by K.S.A. 21-6422, and amendments thereto.
(e) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.
History:
L. 2017, ch. 78, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals › 21-6425 Misuse of nonpublic sports information.

21-6425. Misuse of nonpublic sports information.
(a) Misuse of nonpublic sports information is placing or causing to be placed a bet or wager on a sports contest on the basis of material nonpublic information relating to such bet or wager.
(b) Misuse of nonpublic sports information is a severity level 5, nonperson felony.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "On the basis of material nonpublic information" means the person placing the bet or wager, or causing such bet or wager to be placed, was aware of the material nonpublic information relating to such bet or wager when the person placed the bet or wager, or caused such bet or wager to be placed; and
(2) "sports contest" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 21-6507, and amendments thereto.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.
History:
L. 2022, ch. 91, § 19; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6501 Extortion.

21-6501. Extortion.
(a) Extortion is:
(1) Intentionally and wrongfully demanding, soliciting or receiving anything of value from the owner, proprietor or other person having a financial interest in a business; and
(2) by means of either a threat, express or implied, or a promise, express or implied, that the person so demanding, soliciting or receiving such thing of value will:
(A) Cause the competition of the person from whom the payment is demanded, solicited or received to be diminished or eliminated;
(B) cause the price of goods or services purchased or sold in the business to be increased, decreased or maintained at a stated level; or
(C) protect the property used in the business or the person or family of the owner, proprietor or other interested person from injury by violence or other unlawful means.
(b) Extortion is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 232; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 61; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6502 Debt adjusting.

21-6502. Debt adjusting.
(a) Debt adjusting is knowingly engaging in the business of making contracts, express or implied, with a debtor whereby the debtor agrees to pay a certain amount of money periodically to the person engaging in the debt adjusting business who shall for a consideration distribute the same among certain specified creditors.
(b) Debt adjusting is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to those situations involving debt adjusting, which is incidental to the lawful practice of law in this state or to any person registered as a credit services organization under the Kansas credit services organization act.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 233; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6503 Deceptive commercial practice.

21-6503. Deceptive commercial practice.
(a) A deceptive commercial practice is the knowing act, use or employment by any person of any deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, or misrepresentation of a material fact, with the intent that others shall rely thereon in connection with the sale of any merchandise.
(b) A deceptive commercial practice is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) It shall not be a defense to a charge of deceptive commercial practice that no person has in fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) "Merchandise" means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, intangibles, real estate or services;
(2) "person" means any natural person, partnership, domestic corporation, foreign corporation, company, trust, business entity or association; and
(3) "sale" means any sale, offer for sale, or attempt to sell any merchandise for any consideration.
(e) This section shall not apply to the owner or publisher of any newspaper, magazine or other printed matter wherein an advertisement appears, or to the owner or operator of a radio or television station which disseminates an advertisement, when such owner, publisher or operator had no knowledge of the intent, design or purpose of the advertisement.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 234; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6504 Equity skimming.

21-6504. Equity skimming.
(a) Equity skimming is, with the intent to defraud, intentionally engaging in a pattern or practice of:
(1) Purchasing one family to four family dwellings, including condominiums and cooperatives or acquiring any right, title or interest therein, including, but not limited to, an equity of redemption interest, which are subject to a loan in default at time of purchase or in default within one year subsequent to the purchase and the loan is secured by a mortgage;
(2) failing to deliver to the holder of the mortgage before a sheriff's sale or holder of the certificate of purchase during the period of redemption all rent proceeds received from rental of the property, not to exceed the monthly payment of principal and interest required by the note and mortgage; and
(3) applying or authorizing the application of rents from such dwellings for such person's own use.
(b) Equity skimming is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) Each purchase of a dwelling pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deemed a separate offense.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 235; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6505 Tie-in magazine sale.

21-6505. Tie-in magazine sale.
(a) A tie-in magazine sale is knowingly selling, offering for sale, or consigning for sale by a wholesaler a magazine or other periodical of one kind or name to a retailer conditioned on the requirement that such retailer shall agree to, or shall, purchase or receive on consignment for sale a magazine or periodical of another kind or name.
(b) A tie-in magazine sale is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) "Retailer" means a person who sells magazines or periodicals at retail; and
(2) "wholesaler" means a person who sells or distributes or delivers on consignment for sale or who offers to sell or distribute or deliver on consignment for sale magazines or other periodicals to a retailer.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 236; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6506 Commercial bribery.

21-6506. Commercial bribery.
(a) Commercial bribery is conferring, offering or agreeing to confer, or soliciting, accepting or agreeing to accept, any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity or trust by:
(1) An agent or employee of another;
(2) a person acting in a fiduciary capacity;
(3) a lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser or other professional adviser;
(4) an officer, director, partner, manager or other participant in the affairs of a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association; or
(5) an arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.
(b) Commercial bribery is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
(c) A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for theft.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 237; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6507 Sports bribery.

21-6507. Sports bribery.
(a) Sports bribery is:
(1) Conferring, or offering or agreeing to confer, any benefit upon a sports participant with intent to influence such participant not to give such participant's best efforts in a sports contest;
(2) conferring or offering or agreeing to confer, any benefit upon a sports official with intent to influence such official to perform such official's duties improperly;
(3) accepting, agreeing to accept or soliciting by a sports participant of any benefit from another person upon an understanding that such sports participant will thereby be influenced not to give such participant's best efforts in a sports contest;
(4) accepting, agreeing to accept or soliciting by a sports official any benefit from another person upon an understanding that such official will perform such official's duties improperly; or
(5) match-fixing, as defined in K.S.A. 74-8702, and amendments thereto.
(b) Sports bribery as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) is a severity level 9, nonperson felony;
(2) subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4) is a class A nonperson misdemeanor; and
(3) subsection (a)(5) is a severity level 5, nonperson felony.
(c) As used in this section and K.S.A. 21-6508, and amendments thereto:
(1) "Sports contest" means any professional or amateur sports or athletic game or contest viewed by the public;
(2) "sports participant" means any person who participates or expects to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer or other person directly associated with a player, contestant or team; and
(3) "sports official" means any person who acts or expects to act in a sports contest as an umpire, referee, judge or otherwise to officiate at a sports contest.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 238; L. 2022, ch. 91, § 21; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6508 Tampering with a sports contest.

21-6508. Tampering with a sports contest.
(a) Tampering with a sports contest is seeking to influence a sports participant or sports official, or tampering with any animal or equipment or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of a sports contest, in a manner known to be contrary to the rules and usages governing such contest and with intent to influence the outcome of such contest.
(b) Tampering with a sports contest is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 239; L. 2022, ch. 91, § 22; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 65 - Crimes Affecting Business › 21-6509 Knowingly employing an alien illegally within the territory of the United States.

21-6509. Knowingly employing an alien illegally within the territory of the United States.
(a) Knowingly employing an alien illegally within the territory of the United States is the employment of such alien within the state of Kansas by an employer who knows such person to be illegally within the territory of the United States.
(b) Knowingly employing an alien illegally within the territory of the United States is a class C misdemeanor.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to aliens who have entered the United States illegally and thereafter are permitted to remain within the United States, temporarily or permanently, pursuant to federal law.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 240; July 1, 2011.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments › Article 66 - Sentencing › 21-6601 Construction.

21-6601. Construction.
K.S.A. 21-6601 through 21-6629, and amendments thereto, shall be liberally construed to the end that persons convicted of crime shall be dealt with in accordance with their individual characteristics, circumstances, needs and potentialities as revealed by case studies; that dangerous offenders shall be correctively treated in custody for long terms as needed; and that other offenders shall be dealt with by probation, suspended sentence, fine or assignment to a community correctional services program whenever such disposition appears practicable and not detrimental to the needs of public safety and the welfare of the offender, or shall be committed for at least a minimum term within the limits provided by law.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 241; July 1, 2011.