Title 18 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

18-4501. Kidnaping defined. Every person who wilfully: 1. Seizes, confines, inveigles or kidnaps another, with intent to cause him, without authority of law, to be secretly confined or imprisoned within this state, or to be sent out of this state, or in any way held to service or…

18-4502. First degree kidnapping — Ransom. Any kidnapping committed for the purpose of obtaining money, property or any other thing of value for the return or disposition of such person kidnapped, or committed for the purpose of raping, or committing serious bodily injury upon th…

18-4503. Second degree kidnaping when not for ransom. Every other kidnaping committed shall be kidnaping in the second degree.

18-4504. Punishment — Liberation of kidnapped person. 1. Every person guilty of kidnapping in the first degree shall suffer death or be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life, provided a sentence of death shall not be imposed unless the prosecuting attorney filed w…

18-4504A. Notice of intent to seek death penalty. A sentence of death shall not be imposed unless the prosecuting attorney filed written notice of intent to seek the death penalty with the court and served the notice upon the defendant or his attorney of record no later than thir…

18-4505. Inquiry into mitigating or aggravating circumstances — Sentence in kidnapping cases — Statutory aggravating circumstances — Judicial findings. 1. After a plea or verdict of guilty, where a discretion is conferred upon the court as to the extent of the punishment, the cou…

18-4506. Child custody interference defined — Defenses — Punishment. 1. A person commits child custody interference if the person, whether a parent or other, or agent of that person, intentionally and without lawful authority: (a) Takes, entices away, keeps or withholds any minor…

18-4507. Short title. Sections 18-4507, 18-4508, 18-4509, 18-4510 and 18-4511, Idaho Code, may be cited as the "Missing Child Reporting Act."

18-4508. Definitions. As used in sections 18-4507, 18-4508, 18-4509, 18-4510 and 18-4511, Idaho Code: (1) "Law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement agency of the state or any political subdivision of the state, including the Idaho state police and any municipal or county…

18-4509. Missing child reports — Law enforcement agencies — Duties. (1) Upon receiving a report of a missing or runaway child, a law enforcement agency shall immediately enter identifying and descriptive information about the child into the national crime information center compu…

18-4510. Birth records of missing children — State registrar’s duties. 1. Upon notification by a law enforcement agency that a child born in the state is missing or has run away, the state registrar shall flag the child’s birth certificate record in such a manner that whenever a …

18-4511. School duties — Records of missing child — Identification upon enrollment — Transfer of student records. (1) Upon notification by the Idaho state police of a missing or runaway child report, the school in which the child is currently enrolled shall flag the record of tha…

18-4512. Missing persons clearinghouse. (1) The Idaho state police shall establish a missing persons clearinghouse as a resource center of information and assistance regarding missing and unidentified persons. (2) The director of the Idaho state police shall appoint a coordinator…