135.50 - Custodial interference in the first degree.

§ 135.50 Custodial interference in the first degree.    A  person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree when  he commits the crime of custodial interference in the second degree:    1. With intent to permanently remove the victim from  this  state,  he  removes such person from the state; or    2.  Under  circumstances  which  expose  the victim to a risk that his  safety will be endangered or his health materially impaired.    It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution under  subdivision  one  of  this  section  that  the  victim had been abandoned or that the  taking was necessary in an emergency to protect the  victim  because  he  has been subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse.    Custodial interference in the first degree is a class E felony.