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2006 Kansas Code - 21-3217

      21-3217.   Use of force in resisting arrest. A person is not authorized to use force to resist an arrest which he knows is being made either by a law enforcement officer or by a private person summoned and directed by a law enforcement officer to make the arrest, even if the person arrested believes that the arrest is unlawful.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3217; July 1, 1970.

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