Section 3-502 - Kidnapping. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-502. Kidnapping.
 

(a)  Prohibited.- 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)  Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of kidnapping and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 years. 

(c)  Exception.- Kidnapping does not include the act of a parent in carrying a minor child of that parent in or outside the State. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 337; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]