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2017 Maryland Code
Criminal Law
Title 3 - Other Crimes Against the Person
Subtitle 5 - Kidnapping
§ 3-502. Kidnapping
Universal Citation: MD Crim Law Code § 3-502 (2017)
- (a) Prohibited. -- A person may not, by force or fraud, carry or cause a person to be carried in or outside the State with the intent to have the person carried or concealed in or outside the State.
- (b) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of kidnapping and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 years.
- (c) Exception. -- Kidnapping does not include the act of a parent in carrying a minor child of that parent in or outside the State.
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