2013 Idaho Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Chapter 45 - KIDNAPING
Section 18-4506 - CHILD CUSTODY INTERFERENCE DEFINED -- DEFENSES -- PUNISHMENT.
2. It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of the provisions of subsection 1. of this section that:
3. A violation of the provisions of subsection 1. of this section shall be a felony, unless the defendant did not take the child outside the state, and the child was voluntarily returned unharmed prior to the defendant's arrest in which case the violation shall be reduced to a misdemeanor.
4. Any reasonable expenses incurred by a lawful custodian in locating or attempting to locate a child taken in violation of the provisions of subsection 1. of this section may be assessed against the defendant at the court's discretion in accordance with chapter 53, title 19, Idaho Code.
History:
[18-4506, added 1987, ch. 88, sec. 1, p. 168.]
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