21-3827. Criminal disclosure of a warrant. - Kansas Statutes

21-3827

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS PART II.--PROHIBITED CONDUCT Article 38.--CRIMES AFFECTING GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS

      21-3827.   Criminal disclosure of a warrant.(a) Criminal disclosure of a warrant is making public in anyway, except at the request of a law enforcementofficer for the purpose of assisting in the execution of such warrant, the factthat asearch warrant or warrant for arrest has been applied for or issued orthe contents of the affidavit or testimony on which such warrant isbased, prior to the execution thereof but the above shall not apply topersonnel of a law enforcement agency disclosing a warrant: (1) For the purposeof encouraging the person named in the warrant to voluntarily surrender;or (2) issued in a case involving the abduction of a child unless suchdisclosure is specifically prohibited by the court issuing such warrant.

      (b)   Criminal disclosure of a warrant is a class Bnonperson misdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3827; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 2;L. 1986, ch. 124, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 298, § 59;L. 1993, ch. 291, § 118; July 1.