Kansas Statutes
Article 58 - Crimes Involving Property
21-5819 Throwing or otherwise casting objects onto street, highway or railroad right-of-way or railroad property.

21-5819. Throwing or otherwise casting objects onto street, highway or railroad right-of-way or railroad property. (a) It is unlawful for any person to:
(1) Recklessly throw, push, pitch or otherwise cast any rock, stone or other object, matter or thing onto a street, road, highway, railroad right-of-way, or upon any vehicle, engine or car or any train, locomotive, railroad car, caboose, rail-mounted work equipment or rolling stock thereon;
(2) violate subsection (a) and damage any vehicle, engine or car or any train, locomotive, railroad car, caboose, rail-mounted work equipment or rolling stock lawfully on the street, highway or railroad right-of-way by the thrown or cast rock, stone or other object;
(3) violate subsection (a) and injure another person on the street, road, highway or railroad right-of-way; or
(4) violate subsection (a), damage a vehicle, engine or car or any train, locomotive, railroad car, caboose, rail-mounted work equipment or rolling stock and a person is injured as a result of the cast or thrown object or from injuries incurred as a result of damage to the vehicle in which a person was a passenger when struck by such object.
(b) (1) Violation of subsection (a)(1) is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(2) Violation of subsection (a)(2) is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
(3) Violation of subsection (a)(3) is a severity level 7, person felony.
(4) Violation of subsection (a)(4) is a severity level 6, person felony.
(c) In any case where a vehicle, engine or car or any train, locomotive, railroad car, caboose, rail-mounted work equipment or rolling stock is damaged as a result of a violation of subsection (a), the provisions of this section shall not bar conviction of the accused under any other offense in article 58 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. An accused may be convicted for a violation of any other offense in article 58 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or this section, but not under both.
(d) In any case where a person dies or sustains bodily injury as a result of a violation of subsection (a), the provisions of this section shall not bar conviction of the accused under any other offense in article 54 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6418, and amendments thereto. An accused may be convicted for a violation of any other offense in article 54 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6418, and amendments thereto, or this section, but not under both.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 105; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 38; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments

Article 58 - Crimes Involving Property

21-5801 Theft.

21-5802 Theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake.

21-5803 Criminal deprivation of property.

21-5804 Prima facie evidence of intent to permanently deprive owner or lessor of possession, use or benefit of property.

21-5805 Unlawful acts involving theft detection shielding devices.

21-5806 Unlawful use of recordings.

21-5807 Burglary; aggravated burglary.

21-5808 Criminal trespass.

21-5809 Trespassing on railroad property.

21-5810 Criminal hunting.

21-5811 Commercial fossil hunting.

21-5812 Arson; aggravated arson.

21-5813 Criminal damage to property; aggravated criminal damage to property.

21-5814 Criminal use of an explosive.

21-5815 Criminal littering.

21-5816 Tampering with a landmark.

21-5817 Tampering with a traffic signal; aggravated tampering with a traffic signal.

21-5818 Trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility; aggravated trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility; criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility; aggravated criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility.

21-5819 Throwing or otherwise casting objects onto street, highway or railroad right-of-way or railroad property.

21-5820 Unlawful posting of political pictures and political advertisements.

21-5821 Giving a worthless check.

21-5822 Causing an unlawful prosecution for giving a worthless check.

21-5823 Forgery.

21-5824 Making false information.

21-5825 Counterfeiting.

21-5826 Destroying a written instrument.

21-5827 Altering a legislative document.

21-5828 Criminal use of a financial card.

21-5829 Unlawful manufacture or disposal of false tokens.

21-5830 Impairing a security interest.

21-5831 Warehouse receipt fraud.

21-5832 Unauthorized delivery of stored goods.

21-5833 Automobile master key violation.

21-5834 Sale of recut or regrooved tires.

21-5835 Unlawful acts concerning odometers.

21-5836 Unlawful acts concerning certificates of title.

21-5837 Adding dockage or foreign material to grain.

21-5838 Conducting a pyramid promotional scheme.

21-5839 Unlawful acts concerning computers.

21-5840 Counterfeiting currency.