Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 3-502: - 46 - (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
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits kidnapping by forcibly or fraudulently transporting another person into or out of state with intent to carry or conceal them. Conviction carries imprisonment up to 30 years. Parental transport of their own minor child is excluded.
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