§ 22-352. Violation of protective order.

(a)

Violation of a protective order is knowingly, or intentionally violating:

(1)

A protection from abuse order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 60-3105, 60-3106, and 60-3107, and amendments thereto;

(2)

A protective order issued by a court or tribunal of any state or Indian tribe that is consistent with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Section 2265, and amendments thereto;

(3)

A restraining order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 23-3707, 38-2243, 38-2244 or 38-2255, and amendments thereto;

(4)

An order issued in this or any other state as a condition of pretrial release, diversion, probation, suspended sentence, post release supervision or at any other time during the criminal case that orders the person to refrain from having any direct or indirect contact with another person;

(5)

An order issued in this or any other state as a condition of release after conviction or as a condition of a supersedeas bond pending disposition of an appeal, that orders the person to refrain from having any direct or indirect contact with another person;

(6)

A protection from stalking or sexual assault order issued pursuant to K.S.A. 60-31a05 or 60-31a06, and amendments thereto.

(b)

As used in this section, "order" includes any order issued by a municipal or district court.

(c)

No protective order, as set forth in this section, shall be construed to prohibit an attorney, or any person acting on the attorney's behalf, who is representing a defendant in any civil or criminal proceeding from contacting the protected party for a legitimate purpose within the scope of the civil or criminal proceeding. The attorney, or person acting on the attorney's behalf, shall be identified in any such contact.

(d)

Violation of a protective order is a class A violation.

(Ord. No. O-38-17 , §§ 1, 3, 9-14-2017)

State law reference

Similar provisions, K.S.A. 21-5924.

Editor's note

Ord. No. O-38-17 , §§ 1, 3, adopted Sept. 14, 2017, repealed the former § 22-352, and enacted a new § 22-352 as set out herein. The former § 22-352 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Code 1988, § 22-280; Ord. No. 66173, § 13, adopted Nov. 7, 1996; Ord. No. O-66-02, § 2, Sept. 5, 2002; Ord. No. O-87-09, § 9, adopted Nov. 5, 2009; Ord. No. O-36-13, § 7, adopted June 6, 2013.