RBMS Security Committee: State Laws: Kansas

The RBMS Security Committee attempts to maintain a current list of statutes from each of the fifty states pertaining to library thefts or other criminal acts involving library and archival materials (view index). Following are the relevant laws for the state of Kansas:

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KANSAS STATUTES. Chapter 21 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. Article 37 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.

21-3702. Prima facie evidence of intent to permanently deprive owner or lessor of possession, use or benefit of property.

(a) In any prosecution under this article, the following shall be prima facie evidence of intent to permanently deprive the owner or lessor of property of the possession, use or benefit thereof:

(1) The giving of a false identification or fictitious name, address or place of employment at the time of obtaining control over the property;

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(3) destroying, breaking or opening a lock, chain, key switch, enclosure or other device used to secure the property in order to obtain control over the property;

(4) destruction of or substantially damaging or altering the property so as to make the property unusable or unrecognizable in order to obtain control over the property;

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(b) In any prosecution for a misdemeanor under K.S.A. 21-3701 and amendments thereto in which the object of the alleged theft is a book or other material borrowed from a library, it shall be prima facie evidence of intent to permanently deprive the owner of the possession, use or benefit thereof if the defendant failed to return such book or material within 30 days after receiving notice from the library requesting its return, in which case the subsequent return of the book or material within the 30-day period shall exempt such transaction from consideration as prima facie evidence as provided in this section.

(c) The word "notice" as used herein shall be construed to mean notice in writing and such notice in writing will be presumed to have been given three days following deposit of the notice as registered or certified matter in the United States mail, addressed to such person who has leased or rented the personal property or borrowed the library material at the address as it appears in the information supplied by such person at the time of such leasing, renting or borrowing, or to such person's last known address.

See Kansas Legislature online at:
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/statute/021_000_0000_chapter/021_037_0000_article/021_037_0002_section/021_037_0002_k/

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