A.R.S. § 13-1304: Kidnapping Classification
Kidnapping; classification; consecutive sentence
What is the penalty for kidnapping in Arizona?
In Arizona, kidnapping — knowingly restraining someone to hold them for ransom or as a hostage, for involuntary servitude, to injure them or aid a felony, to cause fear of injury, to interfere with a government function, or to seize a vehicle — is a class 2 felony. It drops to a class 4 felony if the victim is released voluntarily and unharmed in a safe place before arrest, to a class 3 felony if released unharmed under an agreement with the state, and remains a class 2 felony with a consecutive sentence if the victim is under fifteen years of age.
Full statute text
Official text last checked against azleg.gov:
13-1304. Kidnapping; classification; consecutive sentence
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.
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