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K.S.A. § 21-3215 (2026)

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21-3215.

History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3215; L. 1990, ch. 98, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 69, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 124, § 8; Repealed, L. 2011, ch. 30, § 288; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2021 · leading case: Dauffenbach v. City of Wichita, 667 P.2d 380 (Kan. 1983).
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Dauffenbach v. City of Wichita, 667 P.2d 380 (Kan. 1983). · cites it 10× “Dauffenbach appealed, contending that the force used by the two officers in arresting him was excessive as a matter of law; that the force used by the two officers was likely to cause great bodily harm as contemplated by K.S.A. 21-3215; and that the trial judge used the wrong…”
Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985). · cites it 2× “Code § 35-41-3-3 (1982); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-3215 (1981); Miss. Code Ann.”
Youngblood v. Qualls, 308 F. Supp. 3d 1184 (D. Kan. 2018). · cites it 2× “§ 21-5227 (formerly K.S.A. § 21-3215(1) ) to support his state-law constitutional claims.”
Fry Ex Rel. Est. of Fry v. City of Galena, 450 F. Supp. 2d 1236 (D. Kan. 2006). · cites it 6× “Fry’s wrongful death claim based on battery must fail because defendants were legally privileged to use deadly force under Kansas law, specifically K.S.A. § 21-3215(1). Defendants argue that Ms.”
Sudac Ex Rel. Sudac v. Hoang, 378 F. Supp. 2d 1298 (D. Kan. 2005). · cites it 4× “K.S.A. § 21-3215 authorizes law enforcement officers to use deadly force.”
Dauffenbach v. City of Wichita, 657 P.2d 582 (Kan. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 5× “Dauffenbach appeals, contending that the force used *304 by the two officers in arresting him was excessive as a matter of law; that the force used by the two officers was likely to cause great bodily harm as contemplated by K.S.A. 21-3215; and that the trial judge used the…”
Candi Ryder v. The City of Topeka & Michael Meyer, 814 F.2d 1412 (10th Cir. 1987). “However, he is justified in using force likely to cause death or great bodily harm only when he reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or another person, or when he reasonably believes that such force is necessary to…”
State v. McCloud, 891 P.2d 324 (Kan. 1995). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-3215, which provides that standard, states that a law enforcement officer making a lawful arrest need not retreat or desist from making a lawful arrest because of resistance or threatened resistance to the arrest.”
Jacobs v. City of Wichita, 531 F. Supp. 129 (D. Kan. 1982). · cites it 4× “In view of the fact that K.S.A. 21-3215 seems never to have been construed by the Kansas appellate courts, the Court is somewhat surprised that plaintiffs apparently agree with defendants that the statute both applies to this case and reflects a codification of the common law…”
State v. Deavers, 843 P.2d 695 (Kan. 1992). “K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 21-3215 (1) provides: “(1) A law enforcement officer .”
Robert Dean Mattis, M.D. v. Richard R. Schnarr & Robert Marek v. John C. Danforth, Attorney Gen., State of Missouri, Intervenor-Appellee, 547 F.2d 1007 (8th Cir. 1976). “8 (1971); Kan.Stat. Ann. § 21-3215(1) (1974); Minn.”
State v. Fisher, 631 P.2d 239 (Kan. 1981). “The reasonableness of the belief of the accused is an essential element in the defenses of compulsion, K.S.A. 21-3209, self-defense, K.S.A. 21-3211, -3214, and defense of property, K.”
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— K.S.A. § 21-3215(1) — 11 cases
Dauffenbach v. City of Wichita, 667 P.2d 380 (Kan. 1983). “Dauffenbach appealed, contending that the force used by the two officers in arresting him was excessive as a matter of law; that the force used by the two officers was likely to cause great bodily harm as contemplated by K.S.A. 21-3215; and that the trial judge used the wrong…”
Youngblood v. Qualls, 308 F. Supp. 3d 1184 (D. Kan. 2018). “§ 21-5227 (formerly K.S.A. § 21-3215(1) ) to support his state-law constitutional claims.”
Fry Ex Rel. Est. of Fry v. City of Galena, 450 F. Supp. 2d 1236 (D. Kan. 2006). “Fry’s wrongful death claim based on battery must fail because defendants were legally privileged to use deadly force under Kansas law, specifically K.S.A. § 21-3215(1). Defendants argue that Ms.”
Sudac Ex Rel. Sudac v. Hoang, 378 F. Supp. 2d 1298 (D. Kan. 2005). “K.S.A. § 21-3215 authorizes law enforcement officers to use deadly force.”
Robert Dean Mattis, M.D. v. Richard R. Schnarr & Robert Marek v. John C. Danforth, Attorney Gen., State of Missouri, Intervenor-Appellee, 547 F.2d 1007 (8th Cir. 1976). “8 (1971); Kan.Stat. Ann. § 21-3215(1) (1974); Minn.”
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