Title 11 - Peace, Morals and Safety

11.24.161 Failure to Report the Death of a Child.

1. A.
   Failure to report the death of a child is knowingly failing to promptly report the death of a child to a law enforcement officer, law enforcement agency or state investigative agency, with the intent to conceal the commission of a crime, other than a violation of this subsection, by a person required to make a report as provided in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 38-2223, and amendments thereto, unless such person is a parent, legal guardian or caretaker of the deceased child.
2. B.
   The provisions of this subsection shall not apply when the child’s death has been reported by another person or is otherwise known by a law enforcement officer, law enforcement agency or state investigative agency.
3. C.
   As used in this Section, caretaker means a person 16 years of age or older that had willfully assumed responsibility for the care of a child at the time of the child’s disappearance or death.

(History: Ord. POC-2962 §10, 2012)

Effective on: 1/1/1901