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2014 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Section 4 Kidnapping
Section 30-4-1 Kidnapping.
NM Stat § 30-4-1 (2014) What's This?
30-4-1. Kidnapping.
A. Kidnapping is the unlawful taking, restraining, transporting or confining of a person, by force, intimidation or deception, with intent:
(1) that the victim be held for ransom;
(2) that the victim be held as a hostage or shield and confined against his will;
(3) that the victim be held to service against the victim s will; or
(4) to inflict death, physical injury or a sexual offense on the victim.
B. Whoever commits kidnapping is guilty of a first degree felony, except that he is guilty of a second degree felony when he voluntarily frees the victim in a safe place and does not inflict physical injury or a sexual offense upon the victim.
History: 1953 Comp., 40A-4-1, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, 4-1; 1973, ch. 109, 1; 1995, ch. 84, 1; 2003 (1st S.S.), ch. 1, 2.
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