Printable Format21-5203. Guilt without culpable mental state, when. A person may be guilty of a crime without having a culpable mental state if the crime is:
(a) A misdemeanor, cigarette or tobacco infraction or traffic infraction and the statute defining the crime clearly indicates a legislative purpose to impose absolute liability for the conduct described;
(b) a felony and the statute defining the crime clearly indicates a legislative purpose to impose absolute liability for the conduct described;
(c) a violation of K.S.A. 8-1567 or 8-1567a, and amendments thereto;
(d) a violation of K.S.A. 8-2,144, and amendments thereto; or
(e) a violation of K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2010, ch 136, § 14; L. 2011, ch. 105, § 34; L. 2012, ch. 172, § 27; L. 2018, ch. 106, § 22; July 1.
Source or Prior Law:
21-3204.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Section making a Kansas offender registration act violation a strict liability offense, K.S.A. 22-4903, does not violate substantive due process. State v. Genson, 59 Kan. App. 2d 190, 481 P.3d 137 (2020).
2. Strict liability crimes are not per se unconstitutional. State v. Thomas, 313 Kan. 660, 664, 488 P.3d 517 (2021).
3. Defendant failed to show that K.S.A. 21-5203, imposing strict liability for a Kansas offender registration act violation, bears no reasonable relationship to a legitimate government interest; statute does not violate substantive due process. State v. Genson, 316 Kan. 130, 513 P.3d 1192 (2022).