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KSA 021-058-0026 – Destroying a written instrument | Kansas Law

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KSA 021-058-0026 – Destroying a written instrument

Kansas Statutes Annotated § KSA 021-058-0026

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21-5826.Destroying a written instrument.(a) Destroying a written instrument is tearing, cutting, burning, erasing, obliterating or destroying a written instrument, in whole or in part, with intent to defraud. (b) Destroying a written instrument is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.

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