Kansas Statutes Chapter 21. Crimes and Punishments § 21-5415. Criminal threat; aggravated criminal threat
Current as of January 01, 2020 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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(a) A criminal threat is any threat to:
(1) Commit violence communicated with intent to place another in fear, or to cause the evacuation, lock down or disruption in regular, ongoing activities of any building, place of assembly or facility of transportation, or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such fear or evacuation, lock down or disruption in regular, ongoing activities;
(2) adulterate or contaminate any food, raw agricultural commodity, beverage, drug, animal feed, plant or public water supply; or
(3) expose any animal in this state to any contagious or infectious disease.
(b) Aggravated criminal threat is the commission of a criminal threat, as defined in subsection (a), when a public, commercial or industrial building, place of assembly or facility of transportation is evacuated, locked down or disrupted as to regular, ongoing activities as a result of the threat.
(c)(1) A criminal threat is a severity level 9, person felony.
(2) Aggravated criminal threat is a severity level 5, person felony.
(d) As used in this section, “threat” includes any statement that one has committed any action described by subsection (a).
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