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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.120

Kidnapping, second degree, penalty

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Ovalles v. United States (2018)

Most recently applied in Ovalles v. United States (October 2018)

Effective: 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote; (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

1. A person commits the offense of kidnapping in the second degree if he or she knowingly restrains another unlawfully and without consent so as to interfere substantially with his or her liberty and exposes him or her to a substantial risk of serious physical injury.

2. The offense of kidnapping in the second degree is a class D felony.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.