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K.S.A. § 22-2517 (2026)

Unlawful interception of wire or oral communication; evidentiary status of contents

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22-2517. Unlawful interception of wire or oral communication; evidentiary status of contents. Whenever any wire or oral communication has been intercepted, no part of the contents of such communication and no evidence derived therefrom may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee or other authority of this state, or a political subdivision thereof, if the disclosure of such information would be in violation of this chapter.

History: L. 1974, ch. 150, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 165, § 5; May 8.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1984–2012 · leading case: State v. Roudybush, 686 P.2d 100 (Kan. 1984).
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State v. Roudybush, 686 P.2d 100 (Kan. 1984). “K.S.A. 22-2517. *845 Consistent with our foregoing conclusions, we hold that a face-to-face “private conversation” between a police informer and a suspect is not an “oral communication” as defined by K.”
State v. Bruce, 287 P.3d 919 (Kan. 2012). “See K.S.A. 22-2517. Both the federal and state statutes also provide for motions to suppress wiretap evidence in certain circumstances.”
State v. Gibson, 874 P.2d 1122 (Kan. 1994). “K.S.A. 22-2517 prohibits the receiving into evidence of unlawfully intercepted *481 wire or oral communications.”
State v. Andrews, 176 P.3d 245 (Kan. Ct. App. 2008). “communication has been intercepted, no part of the contents of such communication and no evidence derived therefrom may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or other proceeding in or before any court .”
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