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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-11-102

Kidnapping

Applied in 49 court decisions — leading case Williams v. State (1999)

Most recently applied in Royce Calkins v. State of Arkansas (February 2024)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1702; 1977, No. 474, § 15; 1981, No. 620, § 11; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1702.

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(1) A person commits the offense of kidnapping if, without consent, the person restrains another person so as to interfere substantially with the other person's liberty with the purpose of: Holding the other person for: Ransom or reward; or

(2) Any other act to be performed or not performed for the other person's return or release;

(3) Using the other person as a shield or hostage;

(4) Facilitating the commission of any felony or flight after the felony;

(5) Inflicting physical injury upon the other person;

(6) Engaging in sexual intercourse, deviate sexual activity, or sexual contact with the other person;

(7) Terrorizing the other person or another person; or

(8) Interfering with the performance of any governmental or political function.

(9) Kidnapping is a Class Y felony.

(10) However, kidnapping is a Class B felony if the defendant shows by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she or an accomplice voluntarily released the person restrained alive and in a safe place prior to trial.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.