{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5826","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-5826","heading":"Destroying a written instrument.","body":"(a) Destroying a written instrument is tearing, cutting, burning, erasing, obliterating or destroying a written instrument, in whole or in part, with intent to defraud.\n(b) Destroying a written instrument is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 58.—CRIMES INVOLVING PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_058_0026.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:11Z","sha256":"23b30b96a05dde19bc4d9d9102ebbcc1d72952e127c3df7990502d3a34dcda5e","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5825","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5827"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}