# K.S.A. § 21-5407: 21-5407 - Assisting suicide

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A54_S21-5407

## Section

- **Citation:** K.S.A. § 21-5407
- **Heading:** 21-5407 - Assisting suicide
- **Jurisdiction:** Kansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 54 / Section 21-5407

## Text

21-5407. Assisting suicide. (a) Assisting suicide is:

(1) Knowingly, by force or duress, causing another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide; or

(2) intentionally assisting another person to commit or to attempt to commit suicide by:

(A) Providing the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or

(B) participating in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide.

(b) Assisting suicide as defined in:

(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 3, person felony; and

(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 9, person felony.

## Nearby sections

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- [K.S.A. § 21-5406 21-5406 - Vehicular homicide.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A54_S21-5406.md)
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