Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 22-2614 (2026)

Kidnapping

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22-2614. Kidnapping. A person charged with the crime of kidnapping may be prosecuted in any county in which the victim has been transported or confined during the course of the crime.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2614; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Prosecution for act proved in prior prosecution in another county barred under K.S.A. 21-3108 if both counties had venue. State v. Mahlandt, 231 Kan. 665, 669, 647 P.2d 1307 (1982).

2. Whether offenses committed in two counties should have been prosecuted in single county examined. State v. Baker, 255 Kan. 680, 686, 877 P.2d 946 (1994).


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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2005 · leading case: State v. Schroeder, 105 P.3d 1237 (Kan. 2005).
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State v. Schroeder, 105 P.3d 1237 (Kan. 2005). · cites it 3× “22-2609, which governs crimes in which property is stolen in one county and brought into another, and provides for prosecution in either county; and K.S.A. 22-2614, which provides that a kidnapping case could be prosecuted “ ‘in any county in which the victim has been…”
State v. Johnson, 905 P.2d 94 (Kan. 1995). “K.S.A. 22-2614. Aggravated robbery, a class B felony, is the taking of property from the person or presence of another by threat of bodily harm by a person who is armed with a dangerous weapon or who inflicts bodily harm on the person during the course of the robbery.”
State v. Baker, 877 P.2d 946 (Kan. 1994). “This conclusion is also consistent with K.S.A. 22-2614, which provides: “A person charged with the crime of kidnapping may be prosecuted in any county in which the victim has been transported or confined during the course of the crime.”
State v. Barnhart, 972 P.2d 1106 (Kan. 1999). “Thus, the kidnapping venue statute, K.S.A. 22-2614, does not apply in Butler County.”
State v. Mahlandt, 647 P.2d 1307 (Kan. 1982). “Thus, the kidnapping venue statute, K.S.A. 22-2614, does not apply in Butler County.”
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