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      21-3843.   Violation of a protective order. (a) Violation of a protective order is knowingly or intentionally violating:

      (1)   A protection from abuse order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 60-3105, 60-3106 and 60-3107, and amendments thereto;

      (2)   a protective order issued by a court or tribunal of any state or Indian tribe that is consistent with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 2265, and amendments thereto;

      (3)   a restraining order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1542, 38-1543, 38-1563 and 60-1607, and amendments thereto;

      (4)   an order issued in this or any other state as a condition of pretrial release, diversion, probation, suspended sentence or postrelease supervision that orders the person to refrain from having any direct or indirect contact with another person;

      (5)   an order issued in this or any other state as a condition of release after conviction or as a condition of a supersedeas bond pending disposition of an appeal, that orders the person to refrain from having any direct or indirect contact with another person; or

      (6)   a protection from stalking order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 60-31a05 or 60-31a06, and amendments thereto.

      (b)   As used in this section, "order" includes any order issued by a municipal or district court.

      (c)   Violation of a protective order is a class A person misdemeanor.

      (d)   This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.

      History:   L. 1996, ch. 208, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 141, § 12; L. 2005, ch. 146, § 11; July 1.