Section 3-501 – “Home or Usual Place of Abode” Defined

    In this subtitle, “home or usual place of abode” includes the real property appurtenant to the home or place of abode.

Section 3-502 – Kidnapping

    (a)    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)    A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of kidnapping and on conviction is subject to […]

Section 3-503 – Child Kidnapping

    (a)    (1)    A person may not, without color of right:             (i)    forcibly abduct, take, or carry away a child under the age of 12 years from:                 1.    the home or usual place of abode of the child; or                 2.    the custody and control of the child’s parent or legal guardian;             (ii)    without the consent of the child’s parent or legal guardian, […]