This law is about a less serious form of kidnapping. If someone holds or traps another person against their will in a way that seriously limits that person's freedom, that is third degree kidnapping. It is normally a smaller crime (misdemeanor), but if the trapped person is taken out of Missouri, it becomes a more serious crime (felony).
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
565.130. Kidnapping, , . — 1. A person commits the of if he or she another and without so as to interfere substantially with his or her liberty.
2. The offense of kidnapping in the third degree is a unless the person unlawfully restrained is from this state, in which case it is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Related Missouri laws
Kidnapping, second degree, penalty
RSMo 565.120
Defenses to kidnapping in the third degree
RSMo 565.140
Child kidnapping
RSMo 565.115
Kidnapping, first degree, penalty
RSMo 565.110
Interference with custody
RSMo 565.150
Parental kidnapping
RSMo 565.153
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