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2021 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 22 - Criminal Procedure
Article 25 - Search And Seizure
22-2520 Strip and body cavity searches; definitions.
Universal Citation: KS Stat § 22-2520 (2021)
22-2520. Strip and body cavity searches; definitions.
(a) "Strip search" means removing or rearranging some or all of a person's clothing, by or at the direction of a law enforcement officer, so as to permit a visual inspection of the genitals, buttocks, anus or female breasts of such person.
(b) "Body cavity search" means the touching or probing of a person's vaginal or rectal cavity by or at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
History: L. 1981, ch. 149, ยง 1; July 1.
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