1. Kidnapping where the purpose is to hold the victim for ransom, where the kidnapper
is armed with a dangerous weapon, or where the victim is under eighteen years of age other
than a kidnapping by a parent or legal guardian whose sole purpose of the kidnapping is to
assume custody of a victim under eighteen years of age, is kidnapping in the second degree.
2. Kidnapping in the second degree is a class “B” felony.
3. For purposes of determining whether the person should register as a sex offender
pursuant to the provisions of chapter 692A, the fact finder shall make a determination as
provided in section 692A.126.
[C51, §2588; R60, §4211; C73, §3869; C97, §4765; S13, §4750-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12981,
12983; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §706.1, 706.3; C79, 81, §710.3]
2009 Acts, ch 119, §56; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2018 Acts, ch 1116, §1
Referred to in §692A.102, 692A.126, 902.12
Definition of forcible felony, §702.11
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Notes of Decisions
Revette Ann Sauser v. State of Iowa, 928 N.W.2d 816 (Iowa 2019).
· cites it 2× “Pursuant to the plea bargain, the State amended and substituted the trial information to charge Sauser with kidnapping in the second degree in violation of section 710.3, voluntary manslaughter in violation of section 707.”
Julio Bonilla Vs. State Of Iowa, 791 N.W.2d 697 (Iowa 2010).
· cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 710.3 , 902.9, 902.12. In 2003 (when the offense took place), a defendant was required to serve eighty-five percent of the sentence for kidnapping in the second degree.”
State v. Hochmuth, 585 N.W.2d 234 (Iowa 1998).
· cites it 4× “Compare Iowa Code § 710.3 (kidnapping in the second degree), with id.”
State v. Cronkhite, 613 N.W.2d 664 (Iowa 2000).
· cites it 2× “Kidnapping in the second degree in violation of section 710.3. 4. Robbery in the first or second degree in violation of section 711.”
State v. August, 589 N.W.2d 740 (Iowa 1999).
“§ 710.3 (specifying that second-degree kidnapping is “where the purpose is to hold the victim for ransom or where the kidnapper is armed with a dangerous weapon”).”
State v. Misner, 410 N.W.2d 216 (Iowa 1987).
“§ 710.3. In this case, the State’s kidnapping charges, as developed through trial and incorporated in the instructions, were based on two of the five specific intent subsections of Iowa Code section 710.”
State v. Backes, 601 N.W.2d 374 (Iowa Ct. App. 1999).
· cites it 2× “Kidnaping in the second degree in violation of section 710.3. 4. Robbery in the first or second degree in violation of section 711.”
State v. Sinclair, 622 N.W.2d 772 (Iowa Ct. App. 2000).
“1 (1) or (2) and § 710.3 (counts I and II); attempted murder, in violation of Iowa Code § 707.”
State v. Williams, 179 N.W.2d 756 (Iowa 1970).
“5, at that time § 710.3, embezzlement by bailee had not been enacted.”
Walters v. Maschner, 151 F. Supp. 2d 1068 (N.D. Iowa 2001).
“1 (defining “kidnapping” as requiring, inter alia, proof that the kidnapper removed or confined another person “knowing that [he] has neither the authority nor the consent of the other to do so”) & § 710.3 (defining second-degree kidnapping as “[kidnapping where the purpose is…”
State v. Elmore, 70 N.W.2d 166 (Iowa 1955).
· cites it 2× “Defendant’s argument is that the legislature has defined a special crime: Embezzlement by Public Officers, carrying a higher degree of punishment than the usual embezzlement, by an agent, and the first essential element for the State to prove was that defendant was a,“public…”
— Iowa Code § 710.3(1) — 2 cases
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