Kidnapping
Known as the Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 45–45 (382 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Alleyne v. United States (2013)
Most recently applied in United States v. Flores-Granados (April 2015)
En. 94-5-302 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A person commits the offense of kidnapping if the person knowingly or purposely and without lawful authority restrains another person by either secreting or holding the other person in a place of isolation or by using or threatening to use physical force.
(2) A person convicted of the offense of kidnapping shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 2 years or more than 10 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222.
Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.