21-6103.
Criminal false communication.
(a) Criminal false communication is:
(1) Communicating to any person, by any means, information that the person communicating such information knows to be false and will tend to:
(A) Expose another living person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule;
(B) deprive such person of the benefits of public confidence and social acceptance; or
(C) degrade and vilify the memory of one who is dead and to scandalize or provoke surviving relatives and friends; or
(2) recklessly making, circulating or causing to be circulated any false report, statement or rumor with intent to injure the financial standing or reputation of any bank, financial or business institution or the financial standing of any individual in this state.
(b) Criminal false communication is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) In all prosecutions under this section the truth of the information communicated shall be admitted as evidence. It shall be a defense to a charge of criminal false communication if it is found that such matter was true.
History:
L. 2010, ch. 136, § 173; July 1, 2011.
Notes of Decisions
Kloster v. Hancock (In Re Rockhill Pain Specialists, P.A.), 412 P.3d 1008 (Kan. Ct. App. 2017).
“3d 389 . Finally, when examined in the criminal context, the crime of criminal false communication, which is the equivalent of civil defamation, has been designated by the Legislature as a nonperson misdemeanor, indicating it is not a crime which would inflict, or could inflict,…”
Smith v. Brake, No. 2:20-cv-02500 (D. Kan. Apr. 29, 2021).
· cites it 2× “Stat. Ann. § 21-6103 applies to “criminal false communication” and is inapplicable to this civil action.”
Oldridge v. Wichita, No. 6:21-cv-01284 (D. Kan. Nov. 30, 2022).
· cites it 2× “It also included a copy of K.S.A. § 21-6103, which criminalizes false communications in certain circumstances.”
Busby v. Hansen, No. 6:22-cv-01208 (D. Kan. Aug. 17, 2023).
· cites it 2× “See K.S.A. § 21-6103. Likewise, Kansas has a criminal statute for harassment by telecommunication device.”
Shophar v. City of Olathe, No. 17-3143 (10th Cir. Jan. 22, 2018).
“§ 12203 (retaliation for opposing disability discrimination); Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6103 (criminal false communications); Kan.”
Smith v. G & W Foods, No. 2:20-cv-02517 (D. Kan. Apr. 20, 2021).
“§ 21-4004 and § 21-6103 for the defamation and slander claim.”
Martley v. Basehor, No. 2:19-cv-02138 (D. Kan. Dec. 15, 2021).
“36 Plaintiff contends, without analysis, the City contacting the Leavenworth County Sheriff regarding his income reporting to KPF could implicate several state and federal crimes: 1) criminal interference with law enforcement, pursuant to K.”
K.S.A. § 21-6103(a)(1): 1 case
Martley v. Basehor, No. 2:19-cv-02138 (D. Kan. Dec. 15, 2021).
“36 Plaintiff contends, without analysis, the City contacting the Leavenworth County Sheriff regarding his income reporting to KPF could implicate several state and federal crimes: 1) criminal interference with law enforcement, pursuant to K.”
K.S.A. § 21-6103(b): 1 case
Kloster v. Hancock (In Re Rockhill Pain Specialists, P.A.), 412 P.3d 1008 (Kan. Ct. App. 2017).
“3d 389 . Finally, when examined in the criminal context, the crime of criminal false communication, which is the equivalent of civil defamation, has been designated by the Legislature as a nonperson misdemeanor, indicating it is not a crime which would inflict, or could inflict,…”
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