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| 1 | 1 | Session of 2025 | |
| 2 | 2 | HOUSE BILL No. 2224 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Representatives Simmons and Fairchild | |
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| 5 | 5 | AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating | |
| 6 | 6 | to search and seizure; requiring a law enforcement officer executing a | |
| 7 | 7 | search warrant to be properly uniformed and announce their presence | |
| 8 | 8 | before entering; amending K.S.A. 22-2510 and repealing the existing | |
| 9 | 9 | section. | |
| 10 | 10 | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 1. K.S.A. 22-2510 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22- | |
| 12 | 12 | 2510. (a) A search warrant may be executed at any time of any day or | |
| 13 | 13 | night. | |
| 14 | 14 | (b) A law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at a | |
| 15 | 15 | dwelling shall be properly uniformed and shall knock on the door and | |
| 16 | 16 | announce their presence in a manner reasonably expected to be heard by | |
| 17 | 17 | the occupants of the dwelling before entering the dwelling to execute a | |
| 18 | 18 | search warrant. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) For the purposes of this section, "dwelling" means a building, or | |
| 20 | 20 | portion thereof, that is used or intended for use as a human habitation, | |
| 21 | 21 | home or residence. | |
| 22 | 22 | Sec. 2. K.S.A. 22-2510 is hereby repealed. | |
| 23 | 23 | Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its | |
| 24 | 24 | publication in the statute book. | |
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