21-5428. Blackmail. (a) Blackmail is intentionally gaining or attempting to gain anything of value or compelling or attempting to compel another to act against such person's will, by threatening to:
(1) Communicate accusations or statements about any person that would subject such person or any other person to public ridicule, contempt or degradation; or
(2) disseminate any videotape, photograph, film or image obtained in violation of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6101(a)(6) or (a)(8), and amendments thereto.
(b) Blackmail as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 7, nonperson felony; and
(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 4, person felony.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 64; L. 2011, ch. 63, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 166, § 3; L. 2016, ch. 96, § 3; July 1.
Section was amended twice in the 2011 session, see also 21-5428a.
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.