{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6501","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 21-6501","heading":"Extortion.","body":"(a) Extortion is:\n(1) Intentionally and wrongfully demanding, soliciting or receiving anything of value from the owner, proprietor or other person having a financial interest in a business; and\n(2) by means of either a threat, express or implied, or a promise, express or implied, that the person so demanding, soliciting or receiving such thing of value will:\n(A) Cause the competition of the person from whom the payment is demanded, solicited or received to be diminished or eliminated;\n(B) cause the price of goods or services purchased or sold in the business to be increased, decreased or maintained at a stated level; or\n(C) protect the property used in the business or the person or family of the owner, proprietor or other interested person from injury by violence or other unlawful means.\n(b) Extortion is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.","path":["Chapter 21.—CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","Article 65.—CRIMES AFFECTING BUSINESS"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_065_0001.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:13Z","sha256":"b074c4290e7163d6b9eb9b305695961ef11bf52d3a2ba0c76d633fab5ebc5020","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6425","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-21-6502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}