21-5936. Fraudulent aircraft registration. (a) Fraudulent aircraft registration is:
(1) Owning, possessing, or operating any aircraft in this state knowing that it is registered to a nonexistent person, firm, business or corporation or to a firm, business or corporation that is no longer a legal entity;
(2) knowingly supplying false information by any person to a governmental entity in regard to the name, address, business name or business address of the owner of an aircraft in or operated in the state; or
(3) knowingly supplying false information by any person, firm, business or corporation to any governmental entity in regard to ownership by such person, firm, business or corporation or another firm, business or corporation of an aircraft in or operated in this state if it is determined that such firm, business or corporation:
(A) Is not, or has never been, a legal entity in this state;
(B) is not, or has never been, a legal entity in any other state; or
(C) has lapsed into a state of no longer being a legal entity in this state, and no documented attempt has been made to correct such information with the governmental entity for a period of 90 days after the date on which such lapse took effect with the secretary of state.
(b) Fraudulent aircraft registration is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
(c) This section does not apply to any aircraft registration or information supplied by a governmental entity in the course and scope of performing its lawful duties.
(d) For the purposes of this section, a firm, business, or corporation that is no longer a legal entity includes any firm, business or corporation that has:
(1) No physical location;
(2) no corporate officers; or
(3) lapsed into an inactive state or been dissolved by order of the secretary of state for a period of at least 90 days and during such period no documented attempt is made to either reinstate the firm, business or corporation or to register its aircraft in the name of a real person or legal entity in accordance with federal aviation administration regulations.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, ยง 163; July 1, 2011.
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.