Kan. Stat. § 21-5906

Current through 2024 Session Acts Chapter 111 and 2024 Special Session Acts Chapter 4
Section 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.

K.S.A. 21-5906

L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3827; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 124, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 59; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 118; July 1; L. 2010, ch. 136, § 131, 7/1/2011.