{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-710.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 710.1","heading":"Kidnapping defined.","body":"A person commits kidnapping when the person either confines a person or removes a person from one place to another, knowing that the person who confines or removes the other person has neither the authority nor the consent of the other to do so; provided, that to constitute kidnapping the act must be accompanied by one or more of the following:\n1. The intent to hold such person for ransom.\n2. The intent to use such person as a shield or hostage.\n3. The intent to inflict serious injury upon such person, or to subject the person to a sexual abuse.\n4. The intent to secretly confine such person.\n5. The intent to interfere with the performance of any government function.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 710 - KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/710.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"039c6151e101a4959d85daeab0a1fc04b1762a09b85b0c5b29ec37c195a6276e","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-709d.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-710.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}