21-5411. Criminal restraint. (a) Criminal restraint is knowingly and without legal authority restraining another person so as to interfere substantially with such person's liberty.
(b) Criminal restraint is a class A person misdemeanor.
(c) This section shall not apply to acts done in the performance of duty by any law enforcement officer of the state of Kansas or any political subdivision thereof.
(d) Any merchant, or a merchant's agent or employee, who has probable cause to believe that a person has actual possession of and has wrongfully taken, or is about to wrongfully take merchandise from a mercantile establishment, may detain such person on the premises or in the immediate vicinity thereof, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable period of time for the purpose of investigating the circumstances of such possession. Such reasonable detention shall not constitute an arrest nor criminal restraint.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, ยง 46; July 1, 2011.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments
Article 54 - Crimes Against Persons
21-5402 Murder in the first degree.
21-5403 Murder in the second degree.
21-5404 Voluntary manslaughter.
21-5405 Involuntary manslaughter.
21-5408 Kidnapping; aggravated kidnapping.
21-5409 Interference with parental custody; aggravated interference with parental custody.
21-5410 Interference with custody of a committed person.
21-5414 Domestic battery; aggravated domestic battery.
21-5415 Criminal threat; aggravated criminal threat.
21-5416 Mistreatment of a confined person.
21-5417 Mistreatment of a dependent adult; mistreatment of an elder person.
21-5419 Application of certain crimes to an unborn child.
21-5420 Robbery; aggravated robbery.
21-5422 Illegal use of weapons of mass destruction.
21-5423 Furtherance of terrorism or illegal use of weapons of mass destruction.
21-5424 Exposing another to a life threatening communicable disease.
21-5425 Unlawful administration of a substance.
21-5426 Human trafficking; aggravated human trafficking.
21-5430 Distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death.