Missouri Statutes

§ 565.120 — Kidnapping, second degree, penalty.

Missouri § 565.120

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXXVIIICRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Ch. 565Offenses Against the Person

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.120 (2026).

Text

1.A person commits the offense of kidnapping in the second degree if he or she knowingly restrains another unlawfully and without consent so as to interfere substantially with his or her liberty and exposes him or her to a substantial risk of serious physical injury.

2.The offense of kidnapping in the second degree is a class D felony.

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Legislative History

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17

Nearby Sections

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§ 565.001

Procedure for chapter 565.

§ 565.002

§ 565.003

Culpable mental state may exist though different person killed — transfer of intent, when — time between act and death no defense.

§ 565.004

Joinder of offenses, exception — prior offenders, procedure, exception, first degree murder — joinder, first degree murder, waiver of death penalty.

§ 565.005

Prior to trial for first degree murder, opposing counsels to furnish requested information, rules applied.

§ 565.006

Waiver of jury trial permitted, when.

§ 565.010

Consent as a defense.

§ 565.020

First degree murder, penalty — person under eighteen years of age, penalty.

§ 565.021

Second degree murder, penalty.

§ 565.023

Voluntary manslaughter, penalty — under influence of sudden passion, defendant's burden to inject.

§ 565.024

Involuntary manslaughter, first degree, penalty.

§ 565.027

Involuntary manslaughter, second degree, penalty.

§ 565.029

Lesser degree offenses in homicide cases — instruction on lesser offenses, when.

§ 565.030

Trial procedure, first degree murder.

§ 565.032

Evidence to be considered in assessing punishment in first degree murder cases for which death penalty authorized.

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