Kansas § 21-6506 Commercial bribery

Kansas Statutes

§ 21-6506 — Commercial bribery

Kansas § 21-6506

Ch. 21CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Art. 65CRIMES AFFECTING BUSINESS

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6506 (2026).

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(a)Commercial bribery is conferring, offering or agreeing to confer, or soliciting, accepting or agreeing to accept, any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity or trust by:

(1)An agent or employee of another;

(2)a person acting in a fiduciary capacity;

(3)a lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser or other professional adviser;

(4)an officer, director, partner, manager or other participant in the affairs of a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association; or

(5)an arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.

(b)Commercial bribery is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.

(c)A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for theft.

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(a) Commercial bribery is conferring, offering or agreeing to confer, or soliciting, accepting or agreeing to accept, any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity or trust by:
(1) An agent or employee of another;
(2) a person acting in a fiduciary capacity;
(3) a lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser or other professional adviser;
(4) an officer, director, partner, manager or other participant in the affairs of a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association; or
(5) an arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.
(b) Commercial bribery is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
(c) A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for theft.