{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5908","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-5908","heading":"Definitions for K.S.A. 21-5909 and 29-5910.","body":"As used in K.S.A. 21-5909 and 21-5910, and amendments thereto:\n(a) \"Civil injury or loss\" means any injury or loss for which a civil remedy is provided under the laws of this state, any other state or the United States;\n(b) \"victim\" means any individual:\n(1) Against whom any crime under the laws of this state, any other state or the United States is being, has been or is attempted to be committed; or\n(2) who suffers a civil injury or loss; and\n(c) \"witness\" means any individual:\n(1) Who has knowledge of the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to any civil or criminal trial, proceeding or inquiry authorized by law;\n(2) whose declaration under oath is received or has been received as evidence for any purpose;\n(3) who has reported any crime or any civil injury or loss to any law enforcement officer, prosecutor, probation officer, parole officer, correctional officer, community correctional services officer or judicial officer;\n(4) who has been served with a subpoena issued under the authority of a municipal court or any court or agency of this state, any other state or the United States; or\n(5) who is believed by the offender to be an individual described in this subsection.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 59.—CRIMES AFFECTING GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_059_0008.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:11Z","sha256":"ed45a96c3298bff4d7448d1974b4f521fd2e50bd607455a398a9047af5fc17de","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5907","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-5909"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}