Chapter 22: Criminal Procedure

KANSAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Article 25: Search And Seizure

Statute 22-2520: Strip and body cavity searches; definitions. (a) "Strip search" means removing or rearranging some or all of a person's clothing, by or at the direction of a law enforcement officer, so as to permit a visual inspection of the genitals, buttocks, anus or female breasts of such person.

      (b)   "Body cavity search" means the touching or probing of a person's vaginal or rectal cavity by or at the direction of a law enforcement officer.

      History:   L. 1981, ch. 149, § 1; July 1.