{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2404","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 2404","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) “Lawful custodian” means a parent, guardian, or other person responsible by authority of law for the care, custody, or control of another.\n(2) “Relative” means a parent, stepparent, ancestor, descendant, sibling, uncle, or aunt, including a relative of the same degree through civil marriage or adoption.\n(3) “Restrain” means to restrict substantially the movement of another person without the person’s consent or other lawful authority by:\n(A) removing the restrained person from the person’s residence or place of business, or from a hospital or school; or\n(B) moving the restrained person a substantial distance from the place where the restriction on the person’s movement commenced; or\n(C) confining the restrained person for a substantial period either in the place where the restriction commences or in a place to which the person has been moved.\n(4) A restraint is “without consent” if it is accomplished:\n(A) by acquiescence of the restrained person, if the restrained person is under 16 years of age and the restrained person’s lawful custodian has not acquiesced in the movement or confinement; or\n(B) by force, threat, or deception.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 055: Kidnapping"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/055/02404","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:58Z","sha256":"7259709586f599ef35dbc964a76049d5c28a43663c37c60ab90693439f082f20","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2401-2403","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}