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2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 21. - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 38. - CRIMES AFFECTING GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS
21-3808 Obstructing legal process or official duty.

21-3808. Obstructing legal process or official duty. (a) Obstructing legal process or official duty is knowingly and intentionally obstructing, resisting or opposing any person authorized by law to serve process in the service or execution or in the attempt to serve or execute any writ, warrant, process or order of a court, or in the discharge of any official duty.

(b) (1) Obstructing legal process or official duty in the case of a felony, or resulting from parole or any authorized disposition for a felony, is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.

(2) Obstructing legal process or official duty in a case of misdemeanor, or resulting from any authorized disposition for a misdemeanor, or a civil case is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.

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