21-6401. Promoting obscenity; promoting obscenity to minors. (a) Promoting obscenity is recklessly: (1) Manufacturing, mailing, transmitting, publishing, distributing, presenting, exhibiting or advertising any obscene material or obscene device; (2) possessing any obscene material or obscene device with intent to mail, transmit, publish, distribute, present, exhibit or advertise such material or device; (3) offering or agreeing […]
21-6402. Promotion to minors of material harmful to minors. (a) No person having custody, control or supervision of any commercial establishment shall knowingly: (1) Display any material which is harmful to minors in such a way that minors, as a part of the invited general public, will be exposed to view such material or device; […]
21-6403. Gambling; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6403 through 21-6409, and amendments thereto: (a) “Bet” means a bargain in which the parties agree that, dependent upon chance, one stands to win or lose something of value specified in the agreement. A bet does not include: (1) Bona fide business transactions which are valid […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
21-6411. Unlawful acts concerning animals; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 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 […]
21-6412. Cruelty to animals. (a) Cruelty to animals is: (1) Knowingly and maliciously killing, injuring, maiming, torturing, burning or mutilating any animal; (2) knowingly abandoning any animal in any place without making provisions for its proper care; (3) having physical custody of any animal and knowingly failing to provide such food, potable water, protection from […]
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 […]
21-6414. Unlawful conduct of dog fighting; unlawful attendance of dog fighting; unlawful possession of dog fighting paraphernalia. (a) Unlawful conduct of dog fighting is: (1) Causing, for amusement or gain, any dog to fight with or injure another dog, with no requirement of culpable mental state; (2) knowingly permitting such fighting or injuring on premises […]
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. 2021 Supp. 21-6414, and amendments thereto, or cruelty […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
