Statutes: South Dakota

Any person who unlawfully holds or retains another person with any of the following purposes:

(1) To hold for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage; or

(2) To facilitate the commission of any felony or flight thereafter; or

(3) To inflict bodily injury on or to terrorize the victim or another; or

(4) To interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function; or

(5) To take or entice away a child under the age of fourteen years with intent to detain and conceal such child;

is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree. Kidnapping in the second degree is a Class 3 felony, unless the person has inflicted serious bodily injury on the victim in which case it is aggravated kidnapping in the second degree and is a Class 1 felony.