{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6408","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-6408","heading":"Unlawful possession of a gambling device.","body":"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a gambling device.\n(b) Violation of this section is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.\n(c) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that:\n(1) The gambling device is an antique slot machine and that the antique slot machine was not operated for gambling purposes while in the owner's or the defendant's possession. A slot machine shall be deemed an antique slot machine if it was manufactured prior to the year 1950; or\n(2) the gambling device is possessed or under custody or control of a manufacturer registered under the federal gambling devices act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. § 1171 et seq.) or a transporter under contract with such manufacturer with intent to distribute for use:\n(A) By the Kansas lottery or Kansas lottery retailers as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the Kansas lottery commission;\n(B) by a licensee of the Kansas racing commission as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the commission;\n(C) in a state other than the state of Kansas; or\n(D) in tribal gaming.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 64.—CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC MORALS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_064_0008.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:12Z","sha256":"a9af37c85609b4d82f98f5dbed7db598ba578335cf6d32f3b502e5f99b15e410","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6407","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}