21-5909. Intimidation of a witness or victim; aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim. (a) Intimidation of a witness or victim is preventing or dissuading, or attempting to prevent or dissuade, with an intent to vex, annoy, harm or injure in any way another person or an intent to thwart or interfere in any manner with the orderly administration of justice:
(1) Any witness or victim from attending or giving testimony at any civil or criminal trial, proceeding or inquiry authorized by law; or
(2) any witness, victim or person acting on behalf of a victim from:
(A) Making any report of the victimization of a victim to any law enforcement officer, prosecutor, probation officer, parole officer, correctional officer, community correctional services officer, judicial officer, the secretary for children and families, the secretary for aging and disability services, or any agent or representative of either secretary, or any person required to make a report pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2223, and amendments thereto;
(B) causing a complaint, indictment or information to be sought and prosecuted or causing a violation of probation, parole or assignment to a community correctional services program to be reported and prosecuted, and assisting in its prosecution;
(C) causing a civil action to be filed and prosecuted and assisting in its prosecution; or
(D) arresting or causing or seeking the arrest of any person in connection with the victimization of a victim.
(b) Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim is intimidation of a witness or victim, as defined in subsection (a), when the:
(1) Act is accompanied by an expressed or implied threat of force or violence against a witness, victim or other person or the property of any witness, victim or other person;
(2) act is in furtherance of a conspiracy;
(3) act is committed by a person who has been previously convicted of corruptly influencing a witness or has been convicted of a violation of this section or any federal or other state's statute that, if the act prosecuted was committed in this state, would be a violation of this section;
(4) witness or victim is under 18 years of age; or
(5) act is committed for pecuniary gain or for any other consideration by a person acting upon the request of another person.
(c) (1) Intimidation of a witness or victim is a class B person misdemeanor.
(2) Aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim is a severity level 6, person felony.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 134; L. 2012, ch. 157, § 3; L. 2018, ch. 71, § 31; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments
Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions
21-5904 Interference with law enforcement.
21-5905 Interference with the judicial process.
21-5906 Criminal disclosure of a warrant.
21-5907 Simulating legal process.
21-5908 Witness or victim intimidation; definitions.
21-5909 Intimidation of a witness or victim; aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim.
21-5910 Civil remedies; court orders authorized; penalties; pretrial release.
21-5911 Escape from custody; aggravated escape from custody.
21-5913 Obstructing apprehension or prosecution.
21-5914 Traffic in contraband in a correctional institution or care and treatment facility.
21-5915 Failure to appear; aggravated failure to appear.
21-5916 False signing of a petition.
21-5917 False impersonation; aggravated false impersonation.
21-5918 Dealing in false identification documents; vital records identity fraud.
21-5919 Performance of an unauthorized official act.
21-5920 Tampering with a public record.
21-5921 Tampering with public notice.
21-5923 Unlawful disclosure of authorized interception of wire, oral or electronic communications.
21-5924 Violation of a protective order; extended protective orders; penalties.
21-5925 Kansas medicaid fraud control act; citation.
21-5927 Making false claim, statement or representation to the medicaid program.
21-5928 Unlawful acts relating to the medicaid program.
21-5929 Obstruction of a medicaid fraud investigation.
21-5930 Failure to maintain adequate records.
21-5931 Destruction or concealment of records.
21-5933 Penalties; medicaid fraud reimbursement fund; medicaid fraud prosecution revolving fund.
21-5934 Other remedies available as provided by law.
21-5935 Failure to register an aircraft.
21-5936 Fraudulent aircraft registration.
21-5937 Fraudulent acts relating to aircraft identification numbers.
21-5938 Failure to report disappearance or death of child; penalties.
21-5939 Unlawful acts involving an automated sales suppression device.