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2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 21 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 32 PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
21-3217. Use of force in resisting arrest.

21-3217

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
PART I.--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 32.--PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

      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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