Arizona § 13-1304 Kidnapping; classification; consecutive sentence

Arizona Statutes

§ 13-1304 — Kidnapping; classification; consecutive sentence

Arizona § 13-1304

Title 13Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 13KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13-1304 (2026).

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A.A person commits kidnapping by knowingly restraining another person with the intent to:

1.Hold the victim for ransom, as a shield or hostage; or

2.Hold the victim for involuntary servitude; or

3.Inflict death, physical injury or a sexual offense on the victim, or to otherwise aid in the commission of a felony; or

4.Place the victim or a third person in reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury to the victim or the third person; or

5.Interfere with the performance of a governmental or political function; or

6.Seize or exercise control over any airplane, train, bus, ship or other vehicle.

B.Kidnapping is a class 2 felony unless the victim is released voluntarily by the defendant without physical injury in a safe place before arrest and before accomplishing any of t

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A. A person commits kidnapping by knowingly restraining another person with the intent to:

1. Hold the victim for ransom, as a shield or hostage; or

2. Hold the victim for involuntary servitude; or

3. Inflict death, physical injury or a sexual offense on the victim, or to otherwise aid in the commission of a felony; or

4. Place the victim or a third person in reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury to the victim or the third person; or

5. Interfere with the performance of a governmental or political function; or

6. Seize or exercise control over any airplane, train, bus, ship or other vehicle.

B. Kidnapping is a class 2 felony unless the victim is released voluntarily by the defendant without physical injury in a safe place before arrest and before accomplishing any of the further enumerated offenses in subsection A of this section in which case it is a class 4 felony. If the victim is released pursuant to an agreement with the state and without any physical injury, it is a class 3 felony. If the victim is under fifteen years of age kidnapping is a class 2 felony punishable pursuant to section 13-705. The sentence for kidnapping of a victim under fifteen years of age shall run consecutively to any other sentence imposed on the defendant and to any undischarged term of imprisonment of the defendant.