Felony Theft Amount and Penalties in Kansas

Theft of property or services of the value of at least $1,500 but less than $25,000 is a severity level 9, nonperson felony; at least $25,000 but less than $100,000 is severity level 7; $100,000 or more is severity level 5. Theft of less than $1,500 is a class A nonperson misdemeanor, except that it is a severity level 9 felony when the property is taken from three separate mercantile establishments within 72 hours, when it is a firearm (under $25,000), when it is mail from three separate locations within 72 hours, or when the value is at least $50 and the person has two or more prior theft convictions within five years.

Kansas sentences most felonies on sentencing grids that combine the crime's severity level with the offender's criminal history category (A through I). Nondrug felonies have severity levels I through X (drug felonies have their own grid with levels 1 through 5; some crimes are off-grid). On the nondrug grid, ranges run from 147-165 months (level I, category I, no record) up to 592-653 months (level I, category A); level X ranges from 5-7 months (categories G-I) up to 11-13 months (category A). The judge may sentence anywhere within the grid box. Blocks below the dispositional line carry presumptive probation (nonimprisonment) and blocks above it presumptive imprisonment. Maximum fines: off-grid felonies $500,000; nondrug severity levels 1-5 $300,000; nondrug levels 6-10 $100,000; drug felonies committed on or after July 1, 2012: levels 1-2 $500,000, levels 3-4 $300,000, level 5 $100,000.

Kansas has class A, B and C misdemeanors plus unclassified misdemeanors. Jail: class A not to exceed one year; class B not to exceed six months; class C not to exceed one month. Fines: class A up to $2,500; class B up to $1,000; class C up to $500. An unclassified misdemeanor carries the penalty in the statute defining it, or, if none, the class C penalty.