2006 South Dakota Code - 22-19-1.1 — Kidnapping in the second degree.

     22-19-1.1.   Kidnapping in the second degree. Any person who unlawfully holds or retains another person with any of the following purposes:
             (1)      To hold for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage; or
             (2)      To facilitate the commission of any felony or flight thereafter; or
             (3)      To inflict bodily injury on or to terrorize the victim or another; or
             (4)      To interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function; or
             (5)      To take or entice away a child under the age of fourteen years with intent to detain and conceal such child;
is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree. Kidnapping in the second degree is a Class 3 felony, unless the person has inflicted serious bodily injury on the victim in which case it is aggravated kidnapping in the second degree and is a Class 1 felony.

Source: SL 2005, ch 120, § 447.

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