# K.S.A. § 21-6809: 21-6809 - Criminal history categories in criminal history scale > Kansas · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6809 ## Section - **Citation:** K.S.A. § 21-6809 - **Heading:** 21-6809 - Criminal history categories in criminal history scale - **Jurisdiction:** Kansas - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KS Code / Chapter 21 / Article 68 / Section 21-6809 ## Text 21-6809. Criminal history categories in criminal history scale. The criminal history scale is represented in abbreviated form on the horizontal axis of the sentencing guidelines grids. The relative severity of each criminal history category decreases from left to right on such grids. Criminal history category A is the most serious classification. Criminal history category I is the least serious classification. The criminal history categories in the criminal history scale are: CriminalHistory Category Descriptive Criminal History (A) The offender's criminal history includes three or more adult convictions or juvenile adjudications, in any combination, for person felonies. (B) The offender's criminal history includes two adult convictions or juvenile adjudications, in any combination, for person felonies. (C) The offender's criminal history includes one adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for a person felony, and one or more adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for a nonperson felony. (D) The offender's criminal history includes one adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for a person felony, but no adult conviction or juvenile adjudications for a nonperson felony. (E) The offender's criminal history includes three or more adult convictions or juvenile adjudications for nonperson felonies, but no adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for a person felony. (F) The offender's criminal history includes two adult convictions or juvenile adjudications for nonperson felonies, but no adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for a person felony. (G) The offender's criminal history includes one adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for a nonperson felony, but no adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for a person felony. (H) The offender's criminal history includes two or more adult convictions or juvenile adjudications for nonperson and/or select misdemeanors, and no more than two adult convictions or juvenile adjudications for person misdemeanors, but no adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for either a person or nonperson felony. (I) The offender's criminal history includes no prior record; or, one adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for a person, nonperson, or select misdemeanor, but no adult conviction or juvenile adjudication for either a person or nonperson felony. ## Nearby sections - [K.S.A. § 21-6801 21-6801 - Citation of article.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6801.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6802 21-6802 - Basis for applying sentencing guidelines and prosecuting standards; sentencing court to consider alternatives determining appropriate sentence; determination of time when crime committed; law applicable.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6802.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6803 21-6803 - Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6803.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6804 21-6804 - Sentencing grid for nondrug crimes; authority and responsibility of sentencing court; presumptive disposition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6804.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6805 21-6805 - Sentencing grid for drug crimes; authority and responsibility of sentencing court; presumptive disposition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6805.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6806 21-6806 - Sentences of imprisonment, good time; pronouncement of sentence in felony cases; off-grid crimes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6806.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6807 21-6807 - Crime severity scale for nondrug crimes, application to specific crimes; ranking offenses, provision; unranked offenses; unclassified felonies; prior convictions discovered after the plea.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6807.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6808 21-6808 - Crime severity scale for drug crimes, application; presumptive sentences.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6808.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6809 21-6809 - Criminal history categories in criminal history scale.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6809.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6810 21-6810 - Criminal history categories, basis; determination of offenders classification; decay factors; prior convictions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6810.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6811 21-6811 - Determination of offender's criminal history classification in presumptive sentencing guidelines grids.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6811.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6812 21-6812 - Actions which prosecutors may take under agreements with defendants for plea; exceptions relating to prior convictions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6812.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6813 21-6813 - Presentence investigation report; information included; part of court record; confidential information, disclosure to certain parties; report format.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6813.md) - [K.S.A. § 21-6814 21-6814 - Offender's criminal history; admission in court or determined by judge; burden of proof; notice of error by offender; challenge for first time on appeal, burden of proof and procedure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6814.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C21_A68_S21-6809. 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