21-6415. Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal. (a) Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, owning, or keeping on one's premises, an animal by a person convicted of unlawful conduct of dog fighting as defined in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6414, and amendments thereto, or cruelty to animals as defined in subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6412, and amendments thereto, within five years of the date of such conviction.
(b) Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, ยง 226; July 1, 2011.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments
Article 64 - Crimes Against The Public Morals
21-6401 Promoting obscenity; promoting obscenity to minors.
21-6402 Promotion to minors of material harmful to minors.
21-6403 Gambling; definitions.
21-6405 Illegal bingo operation.
21-6407 Dealing in gambling devices.
21-6408 Unlawful possession of a gambling device.
21-6409 Installing communication facilities for gamblers.
21-6410 False membership claim.
21-6411 Unlawful acts concerning animals; definitions.
21-6413 Unlawful disposition of animals.
21-6415 Illegal ownership or keeping of an animal.
21-6416 Harming or killing certain dogs.
21-6418 Permitting a dangerous animal to be at large.
21-6419 Selling sexual relations.
21-6420 Promoting the sale of sexual relations.
21-6421 Buying sexual relations.
21-6422 Commercial sexual exploitation of a child.