Intimidating a Witness or Victim
K.S.A. 21-5909 — dissuading a witness or victim from testifying or reporting, a class B misdemeanor; with a threat, level 6
Intimidation of a witness or victim is preventing or dissuading, or trying to, a witness or victim from testifying, or from reporting the crime, seeking a charge, filing a civil case, or seeking an arrest, meaning to harm them or to interfere with justice.
Who handles this in Kansas: Johnson County Bar Association, Find a Lawyer; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Kansas directory.
It is a class B person misdemeanor. It becomes aggravated, a severity level 6, person felony, when it comes with a threat of force against a person or property, is part of a conspiracy, is done for pay, is done by someone convicted of it before, or the witness or victim is under 18.
Sources for this section (1)
- K.S.A. 21-5909 — Intimidation of a witness or victim; aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kansas attorney.