2015 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 52 PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
21-5230 Same; no duty to retreat.
21-5230. Same; no duty to retreat. A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in a place where such person has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand such person's ground and use any force which such person would be justified in using under article 32 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, prior to their repeal, or K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 21-5202 through 21-5208, 21-5210 through 21-5212, and 21-5220 through 21-5231, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 28; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 13; July 1.
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