Kansas § 21-1803 Duty of officers when offense about to be committed under

Kansas Statutes

§ 21-1803 — Duty of officers when offense about to be committed under

Kansas § 21-1803

Ch. 21CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Art. 18PRIZE FIGHTS AND WRESTLING MATCHES

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-1803 (2026).

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K.S.A. 21-1801; penalty for failure. When any sheriff, marshal or other police officer has reason to believe or has knowledge of facts sufficient to induce the belief that any person within the municipality over which the jurisdiction of such sheriff, marshal or other police officer extends is about to commit any offense defined in K.S.A. 21-1801, he shall forthwith arrest such person, and take him before any judge mentioned in K.S.A. 21-1802, as amended, and give notice to the county or district attorney for the county in which such offense is about to be committed, who shall immediately attend before such officer, and, upon the proper affidavit or complaint being filed, prosecute such cause; and the subsequent proceedings in such cause shall be the same as those provided in K.S.A. 21-180

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K.S.A. 21-1801; penalty for failure. When any sheriff, marshal or other police officer has reason to believe or has knowledge of facts sufficient to induce the belief that any person within the municipality over which the jurisdiction of such sheriff, marshal or other police officer extends is about to commit any offense defined in K.S.A. 21-1801, he shall forthwith arrest such person, and take him before any judge mentioned in K.S.A. 21-1802, as amended, and give notice to the county or district attorney for the county in which such offense is about to be committed, who shall immediately attend before such officer, and, upon the proper affidavit or complaint being filed, prosecute such cause; and the subsequent proceedings in such cause shall be the same as those provided in K.S.A. 21-1802, as amended. The failure or neglect of any sheriff, marshal or other police officer to perform any duty imposed upon him by the provisions of this act shall work a forfeiture of his office, and it shall be the duty of the county or district attorney for such county to cause such forfeiture to be adjudged and such officer removed from his office, by a proper civil action brought for that purpose in the district court of such county.