# K.S.A. § 21-6310: 21-6310 - Unlawful endangerment

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6310

## Section

- **Citation:** K.S.A. § 21-6310
- **Heading:** 21-6310 - Unlawful endangerment
- **Jurisdiction:** Kansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 63 / Section 21-6310

## Text

21-6310. Unlawful endangerment. (a) Unlawful endangerment is knowingly protecting or attempting to protect the manufacture or cultivation of a controlled substance by creating, setting up, building, erecting or using any device or weapon which:

(1) Causes great bodily harm;

(2) causes bodily harm; or

(3) is intended to cause bodily harm to another person.

(b) Unlawful endangerment as defined in:

(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 5, person felony;

(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 7, person felony; and

(3) subsection (a)(3) is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.

(c) A person who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for battery.

(d) As used in this section, "manufacture" and "cultivation" mean the same as in K.S.A. 21-5701, and amendments thereto.

## 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)

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