Kansas § 21-5428 Blackmail

Kansas Statutes

§ 21-5428 — Blackmail

Kansas·Ch. 21 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS·Art. 54 CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS

(a)Blackmail is intentionally gaining or attempting to gain anything of value or compelling or attempting to compel another to act against such person's will, by threatening to:

(1)Communicate accusations or statements about any person that would subject such person or any other person to public ridicule, contempt or degradation; or

(2)disseminate any videotape, photograph, film or image obtained in violation of K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(6) or (a)(8), and amendments thereto.

(b)Blackmail as defined in:

(1)Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 7, nonperson felony; and

(2)subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 4, person felony.

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(a) Blackmail is intentionally gaining or attempting to gain anything of value or compelling or attempting to compel another to act against such person's will, by threatening to:
(1) Communicate accusations or statements about any person that would subject such person or any other person to public ridicule, contempt or degradation; or
(2) disseminate any videotape, photograph, film or image obtained in violation of K.S.A. 21-6101(a)(6) or (a)(8), and amendments thereto.
(b) Blackmail as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 7, nonperson felony; and
(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 4, person felony.

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