2024 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety
Article 30 - Code Of Military Justice; Punitive Sections
48-3058 (KCMJ Art. 115) Communicating threats.
48-3058. (KCMJ Art. 115) Communicating threats.
(a) Any person subject to this code shall be punished at the direction of a commanding officer if such person communicates a threat to injure the person, property or reputation of another.
(b) Any person subject to this code shall be punished at the direction of a commanding officer if such person communicates a threat to injure the person or property of another by use of:
(1) An explosive;
(2) a weapon of mass destruction;
(3) a biological or chemical agent, substance or weapon; or
(4) a hazardous material.
(c) Any person subject to this code shall be punished at the direction of a commanding officer if such person maliciously communicates a false threat concerning the person or property of another by use of:
(1) An explosive;
(2) a weapon of mass destruction;
(3) a biological or chemical agent, substance or weapon; or
(4) a hazardous material.
(d) As used in this section, "false threat" means a threat that, at the time it is communicated, is known to be untrue by the person communicating the threat.
History: L. 2024, ch. 78, § 19; July 1.
