{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6205","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-6205","heading":"Criminal desecration.","body":"(a) Criminal desecration is:\n(1) Knowingly obtaining or attempting to obtain unauthorized control of a dead body or remains of any human being or the coffin, urn or other article containing a dead body or remains of any human being; or\n(2) recklessly, by means other than by fire or explosive:\n(A) Damaging, defacing or destroying the flag, ensign or other symbol of the United States or this state in which another has a property interest without the consent of such other person;\n(B) damaging, defacing or destroying any public monument or structure;\n(C) damaging, defacing or destroying any tomb, monument, memorial, marker, grave, vault, crypt gate, tree, shrub, plant or any other property in a cemetery; or\n(D) damaging, defacing or destroying any place of worship.\n(b) Criminal desecration as defined in:\n(1) Subsections (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C) or (a)(2)(D) if the property is damaged to the extent of:\n(A) $25,000 or more is a severity level 7, nonperson felony;\n(B) at least $1,000 but less than $25,000 is a severity level 9, nonperson felony; and\n(C) less than $1,000 is a class A nonperson misdemeanor; and\n(2) subsections (a)(1) or (a)(2)(A) is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 62.—CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_062_0005.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:12Z","sha256":"aba2700e93d6cfaa1822ef380096be4ef85d82be7f5aa1bf58e12ef88703431b","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6204","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}