# K.S.A. § 21-6303: 21-6303 - Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon > Kansas · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6303 ## Section - **Citation:** K.S.A. § 21-6303 - **Heading:** 21-6303 - Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon - **Jurisdiction:** Kansas - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 63 / Section 21-6303 ## Text 21-6303. Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon. (a) Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon is knowingly: (1) Selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who, within the preceding five years, has been convicted of a felony, other than those specified in subsection (c), under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction or has been released from imprisonment for a felony and was not found to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the felony; (2) selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who, within the preceding 10 years, has been convicted of a felony to which this subsection applies, but was not found to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the felony, or has been released from imprisonment for such a felony, and has not had the conviction of such felony expunged or been pardoned for such felony; or (3) selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and was found to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the felony. (b) Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon is a class A nonperson misdemeanor. (c) Subsection (a)(2) shall apply to a felony under K.S.A. 21-5402, 21-5403, 21-5404, 21-5405, 21-5408, subsection (b) or (d) of 21-5412, subsection (b) or (d) of 21-5413, subsection (a) or (b) of 21-5415, subsection (b) of 21-5420, 21-5503, subsection (b) of 21-5504, subsection (b) of 21-5505, and subsection (b) of 21-5807, and amendments thereto, K.S.A. 21-5705 or 21-5706, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 21-3401, 21-3402, 21-3403, 21-3404, 21-3410, 21-3411, 21-3414, 21-3415, 21-3419, 21-3420, 21-3421, 21-3427, 21-3442, 21-3502, 21-3506, 21-3518, 21-3716, 65-4127a, 65-4127b or 65-4160 through 65-4165, prior to their repeal, or a crime under a law of another jurisdiction which is substantially the same as such felony. (d) It is not a defense that the distributor did not know or have reason to know: (1) The precise felony the recipient committed; (2) that the recipient was in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the recipient's prior felony; or (3) that the convictions for such felony have not been expunged or pardoned. ## Nearby sections - [K.S.A. § 21-6301 21-6301 - Criminal use of weapons.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6301.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6302 21-6302 - Criminal carrying of a weapon.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6302.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6303 21-6303 - Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6303.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6304 21-6304 - Criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6304.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6305 21-6305 - Aggravated weapons violation by a convicted felon.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6305.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6306 21-6306 - Defacing identification marks of a firearm.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6306.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6308 21-6308 - Criminal discharge of a firearm.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6308.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6309 21-6309 - Unlawful possession of firearms on certain government property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6309.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6310 21-6310 - Unlawful endangerment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6310.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6311 21-6311 - Failure to register explosives.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6311.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6312 21-6312 - Criminal possession of explosives; criminal disposal of explosives; carrying concealed explosives.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6312.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6313 21-6313 - Criminal street gangs; definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6313.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6314 21-6314 - Recruiting criminal street gang membership.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6314.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6315 21-6315 - Criminal street gang intimidation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6315.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6303. 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