Thanks to a loophole in Kansas law, if a minor vandalizes your property, you might be left footing the bill.

Ron Paschal, deputy district attorney in Sedgwick County, said in some cases, judges do not order restitution for the crime and even if payment is court-ordered, minors aren’t legally required to pay it in full, or at all.

“The way the law’s written now, they can get by without paying it,” Paschal said.

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