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Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-11-106. Permanent restraint and detention

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person commits the offense of permanent detention or restraint if, without consent and without lawful authority, the person restrains a person with the purpose of holding or concealing the other person:

(1) Without ever releasing the other person; or

(2) Without ever returning the other person to the person or institution from whose lawful custody the other person was taken.

(b)(1) Permanent detention or restraint is a Class B felony.

(2) However, permanent detention or restraint is a Class D felony if the person detained or restrained is the child of the defendant.

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