{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-3-502","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Criminal Law § 3–502","heading":"","body":"(a) A person may not, by force or fraud, carry or cause a person to be carried in or outside the State with the intent to have the person carried or concealed in or outside the State.\n(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of kidnapping and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 years.\n(c) Kidnapping does not include the act of a parent in carrying a minor child of that parent in or outside the State.","path":["Article - Criminal Law"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcr\u0026section=3-502","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:08Z","sha256":"2cfba7da3c09eb2f0bffd969ef7a840c426bdb623734272de559799c0f0a4423","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-3-501","next":"us-md/md.-code-criminal-law-3-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}