§ 135.00 Unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and custodial interference; definitions of terms. The following definitions are applicable to this article: 1. “Restrain” means to restrict a person’s movements intentionally and unlawfully in such manner as to interfere substantially with his liberty by moving him from one place to another, or by confining him either in the […]
§ 135.05 Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree. A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree when he restrains another person. Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
§ 135.10 Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree. A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree when he restrains another person under circumstances which expose the latter to a risk of serious physical injury. Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree is a class E felony.
§ 135.15 Unlawful imprisonment; defense. In any prosecution for unlawful imprisonment, it is an affirmative defense that (a) the person restrained was a child less than sixteen years old, and (b) the defendant was a relative of such child, and (c) his sole purpose was to assume control of such child.
§ 135.20 Kidnapping in the second degree. A person is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree when he abducts another person. Kidnapping in the second degree is a class B felony.
§ 135.25 Kidnapping in the first degree. A person is guilty of kidnapping in the first degree when he abducts another person and when: 1. His intent is to compel a third person to pay or deliver money or property as ransom, or to engage in other particular conduct, or to refrain from engaging in […]
§ 135.30 Kidnapping; defense. In any prosecution for kidnapping, it is an affirmative defense that (a) the defendant was a relative of the person abducted, and (b) his sole purpose was to assume control of such person.
§ 135.35 Labor trafficking. A person is guilty of labor trafficking if he or she compels or induces another to engage in labor or recruits, entices, harbors, or transports such other person by means of intentionally: 1. requiring that the labor be performed to retire, repay, or service a real or purported debt that the […]
§ 135.36 Labor trafficking; accomplice. In a prosecution for labor trafficking, a person who has been compelled or induced or recruited, enticed, harbored or transported to engage in labor shall not be deemed to be an accomplice.
§ 135.37 Aggravated labor trafficking. A person is guilty of aggravated labor trafficking if he or she compels or induces another to engage in labor or recruits, entices, harbors, or transports such other person to engage in labor by means of intentionally unlawfully providing a controlled substance to such person with intent to impair said […]
§ 135.45 Custodial interference in the second degree. A person is guilty of custodial interference in the second degree when: 1. Being a relative of a child less than sixteen years old, intending to hold such child permanently or for a protracted period, and knowing that he has no legal right to do so, he […]
§ 135.50 Custodial interference in the first degree. A person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree when he commits the crime of custodial interference in the second degree: 1. With intent to permanently remove the victim from this state, he removes such person from the state; or 2. Under circumstances which expose […]
§ 135.55 Substitution of children. A person is guilty of substitution of children when, having been temporarily entrusted with a child less than one year old and intending to deceive a parent, guardian or other lawful custodian of such child, he substitutes, produces or returns to such parent, guardian or custodian a child other than […]
§ 135.60 Coercion in the third degree. A person is guilty of coercion in the third degree when he or she compels or induces a person to engage in conduct which the latter has a legal right to abstain from engaging in, or to abstain from engaging in conduct in which he or she has […]
§ 135.61 Coercion in the second degree. A person is guilty of coercion in the second degree when he or she commits the crime of coercion in the third degree as defined in section 135.60 of this article and thereby compels or induces a person to engage in sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct or anal […]
§ 135.65 Coercion in the first degree. A person is guilty of coercion in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of coercion in the third degree, and when: 1. He or she commits such crime by instilling in the victim a fear that he or she will cause physical injury to […]
§ 135.70 Coercion; no defense. The crimes of (a) coercion and attempt to commit coercion, and (b) bribe receiving by a labor official as defined in section 180.20, and bribe receiving as defined in section 200.05, are not mutually exclusive, and it is no defense to a prosecution for coercion or an attempt to commit […]
§ 135.75 Coercion; defense. In any prosecution for coercion committed by instilling in the victim a fear that he or another person would be charged with a crime, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant reasonably believed the threatened charge to be true and that his sole purpose was to compel or induce the […]
