Kan. Stat. § 21-6408

Current through 2024 Session Acts Chapter 111
Section 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.

K.S.A. 21-6408

L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4307; L. 1979, ch. 93, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 94, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 218; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 166; L. 1996, ch. 256, § 13; July 1; L. 2010, ch. 136, § 219, 7/1/2011.