# K.S.A. § 21-6311: 21-6311 - Failure to register explosives

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A63_S21-6311

## Section

- **Citation:** K.S.A. § 21-6311
- **Heading:** 21-6311 - Failure to register explosives
- **Jurisdiction:** Kansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 63 / Section 21-6311

## Text

21-6311. Failure to register explosives. ( a) Failure to register explosives is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, the omission by:

(1) The seller of any explosive or detonating substance, to keep a register of every sale or other disposition of such explosives made by the seller as required by this section; or

(2) any person to whom delivery of any quantity of explosive or other detonating substance is made, to acknowledge the receipt thereof by signing the person's name in the register provided in subsection (c) on the page where the record of such delivery is entered.

(b) Failure to register explosives as defined in:

(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a class B nonperson misdemeanor; and

(2) subsection (a)(2) is a class C misdemeanor.

(c) The register of sales required by subsection (a)(1) shall contain the date of the sale or other disposition, the name, address, age and occupation of the person to whom the explosive is sold or delivered, the kind and amount of explosive delivered, the place at which it is to be used and for what purpose it is to be used. Such register and record of sale or other disposition shall be open for inspection by any law enforcement officer, mine inspector or fire marshal of this state for a period of not less than one year after the sale or other disposition.

## 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)
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- [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)
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