Kansas Statutes

§ 21-5229 — Resisting arrest

Kansas·Ch. 21 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS·Art. 52 PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

A person is not authorized to use force to resist an arrest which such person knows is being made either by a law enforcement officer or by a private person summoned and directed by a law enforcement officer to make the arrest, even if the person arrested believes that the arrest is unlawful.

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Legislative History

L. 2010, ch. 136, § 27; July 1, 2011.

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