Section 3-502 - Kidnapping.
§ 3-502. Kidnapping.
(a) Prohibited.- A person may not, by force or fraud, carry or cause a person to be carried in or outside the State with the intent to have the person carried or concealed in or outside the State.
(b) Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of kidnapping and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 years.
(c) Exception.- Kidnapping does not include the act of a parent in carrying a minor child of that parent in or outside the State.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 337; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]