{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-5-302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-5-302","heading":"Kidnapping.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of kidnapping if the person knowingly or purposely and without lawful authority restrains another person by either secreting or holding the other person in a place of isolation or by using or threatening to use physical force.\n(2) A person convicted of the offense of kidnapping shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 2 years or more than 10 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON","Part 3. Kidnapping"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0050/part_0030/section_0020/0450-0050-0030-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:30Z","sha256":"7319dd44fdc7a985110813e59a7ca2e74f8adfddb3e7375630405da0a258ab63","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-5-301","next":"us-mt/45-5-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}