Louisiana § 14:44 Aggravated kidnapping

Louisiana Statutes

§ 14:44 — Aggravated kidnapping

Louisiana § 14:44

Title 14Criminal Law

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La. Stat. Ann. § 14:44 (2026).

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NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016 . §44. Aggravated kidnapping Aggravated kidnapping is the doing of any of the following acts with the intent thereby to force the victim, or some other person, to give up anything of apparent present or prospective value, or to grant any advantage or immunity, in order to secure a release of the person under the offender's actual or apparent control:

(1)The forcible seizing and carrying of any person from one place to another; or

(2)The enticing or persuading of any person to go from one place to another; or

(3)The imprisoning or forcible secreting of any person. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated kidnapping shall be punished by life imprisonment at har

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NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes
Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016 .
§44. Aggravated kidnapping
Aggravated kidnapping is the doing of any of the following acts with
the intent thereby to force the victim, or some other person, to give up anything
of apparent present or prospective value, or to grant any advantage or
immunity, in order to secure a release of the person under the offender's actual
or apparent control:
(1) The forcible seizing and carrying of any person from one place to
another; or
(2) The enticing or persuading of any person to go from one place to
another; or
(3) The imprisoning or forcible secreting of any person.
Whoever commits the crime of aggravated kidnapping shall be
punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole,
probation, or suspension of sentence.