2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 29 - Kidnapping
Section 2909 - Concealment of whereabouts of a child

     § 2909.  Concealment of whereabouts of a child.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person who removes a child from the
     child's known place of residence with the intent to conceal the
     child's whereabouts from the child's parent or guardian, unless
     concealment is authorized by court order or is a reasonable
     response to domestic violence or child abuse, commits a felony
     of the third degree. For purposes of this subsection, the term
     "removes" includes personally removing the child from the
     child's known place of residence, causing the child to be
     removed from the child's known place of residence, preventing
     the child from returning or being returned to the child's known
     place of residence and, when the child's parent or guardian has
     a reasonable expectation that the person will return the child,
     failing to return the child to the child's known place of
     residence.
        (b)  Application.--A person may be convicted under subsection
     (a) if either of the following apply:
            (1)  The acts that initiated the concealment occurred in
        this Commonwealth.
            (2)  The offender or the parent or guardian from whom the
        child is being concealed resides in this Commonwealth.
     (Feb. 2, 1990, P.L.6, No.4, eff. 60 days)

        1990 Amendment.  Act 4 added section 2909.