Attorney General Opinion No.

Harold T. Walker, Chief Counsel Legal Department of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas Ninth Floor, Municipal Office Building 701 North Seventh Street Kansas City, Kansas 66101

Dear Mr. Walker:

As chief counsel for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, you inquire whether K.S.A. 21-4206, the statute which addresses the disposition of confiscated weapons when no longer needed for evidentiary purposes, authorizes the sale of such weapons by a law enforcement agency and use of the proceeds for the agency's purposes.

K.S.A. 21-4206 provides in relevant part:

"All…