Kidnapping in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 135.20 Kidnapping in the second degree.
A person is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree when he abducts another person.
Kidnapping in the second degree is a class B felony.
A person commits second-degree kidnapping by abducting another person. ★ The offense is a class B felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.