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K.S.A. § 21-3520 (2026)

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21-3520.

History: L. 1993, ch. 142, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 164, § 8; L. 2001, ch. 208, § 1; L. 2002, ch. 163, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 185, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 169, § 95; L. 2007, ch. 172, § 2; L. 2010, ch. 147, § 3; Repealed, L. 2011, ch. 30, § 288; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases, 2005–2019 · leading case: State v. Edwards, 288 P.3d 494 (Kan. Ct. App. 2012).
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State v. Edwards, 288 P.3d 494 (Kan. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 17× “This means if we were to strike down K.S.A. 21-3520, there would be no restriction against teachers having sexual relations with children who are 16 and 17, as well as those who are 18 years old as the case was here.”
State v. Stout, 114 P.3d 989 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 9× “The unlawful sexual relations statute, K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 21-3520, provides in relevant part: “(a) Unlawful sexual relations is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy with a person who is not married to the offender if: (8) tire offender…”
State v. McKenzie-Adams, 915 A.2d 822 (Conn. 2007). “2006); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-3520 (a) (8) (Sup. 2005); Me.”
State v. Limon, 122 P.3d 22 (Kan. 2005). “The Kansas unlawful voluntary sexual relations (Romeo and Juliet) statute was originally drafted as an amendment to K.S.A. 21-3520, rather than as a free-standing statute.”
State v. Mossman, 281 P.3d 153 (Kan. 2012). “21-3502(a); K.S.A. 21-3520(a); K.S.A. 21-3522(a); see also State v.”
State v. Breeden, 304 P.3d 660 (Kan. 2013). “21-3502[a]; K.S.A. 21-3520[a]; K.S.A. 21-3522[a]); see State v.”
Crispino v. State, 7 A.3d 1092 (Md. 2010). “3d 989 (2005), the Kansas intermediate appellate court considered whether French kissing could constitute lewd touching under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-3520 (a)(8) (2004 Supp.”
State v. Coleman, 684 S.E.2d 513 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). “4 (West 2009); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-3520 (2008); Ky. Rev.”
State v. Gallardo, 224 P.3d 1192 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “22-4902(a), (b), and (c), which provided in material part: “(a) ‘Offender" means: (1) A sex offender as defined in subsection (b); (2) a violent offender as defined in subsection (d); (5) any person convicted of any of the following criminal sexual conduct if one of the parties…”
State v. Herrmann, 384 P.3d 1019 (Kan. Ct. App. 2016). “21-5509, and amendments thereto, or unlawful sexual relations, K.S.A. 21-3520, prior to its repeal, or K.”
State v. Brook, 440 P.3d 570 (Kan. 2019). “21-5509, and amendments thereto, or unlawful sexual relations, K.S.A. 21-3520, prior to its repeal, or K.”
– State v. Carpenter, 453 P.3d 865 (Kan. 2019). “21-5509, and amendments thereto, or unlawful sexual relations, K.S.A. 21-3520, prior to its repeal, or K.”
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— K.S.A. § 21-3520(a) — 1 case
State v. Mossman, 281 P.3d 153 (Kan. 2012). “21-3502(a); K.S.A. 21-3520(a); K.S.A. 21-3522(a); see also State v.”
— K.S.A. § 21-3520(a)(1) — 2 cases
State v. Edwards, 288 P.3d 494 (Kan. Ct. App. 2012). “This means if we were to strike down K.S.A. 21-3520, there would be no restriction against teachers having sexual relations with children who are 16 and 17, as well as those who are 18 years old as the case was here.”
State v. Gallardo, 300 P.3d 89 (Kan. Ct. App. 2013).
— K.S.A. § 21-3520(a)(8) — 4 cases
State v. Edwards, 288 P.3d 494 (Kan. Ct. App. 2012). “This means if we were to strike down K.S.A. 21-3520, there would be no restriction against teachers having sexual relations with children who are 16 and 17, as well as those who are 18 years old as the case was here.”
State v. Stout, 114 P.3d 989 (Kan. Ct. App. 2005). “The unlawful sexual relations statute, K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 21-3520, provides in relevant part: “(a) Unlawful sexual relations is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy with a person who is not married to the offender if: (8) tire offender…”
State v. Solomon, 274 So. 3d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018).
State v. Solomon, 274 So. 3d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018).
— K.S.A. § 21-3520(a)(l) — 1 case
State v. Gallardo, 224 P.3d 1192 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). “22-4902(a), (b), and (c), which provided in material part: “(a) ‘Offender" means: (1) A sex offender as defined in subsection (b); (2) a violent offender as defined in subsection (d); (5) any person convicted of any of the following criminal sexual conduct if one of the parties…”
— K.S.A. § 21-3520(b)(9) — 1 case
State v. Edwards, 288 P.3d 494 (Kan. Ct. App. 2012). “This means if we were to strike down K.S.A. 21-3520, there would be no restriction against teachers having sexual relations with children who are 16 and 17, as well as those who are 18 years old as the case was here.”
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