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SECTION 135.45
Custodial interference in the second degree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE H, ARTICLE 135
§ 135.45 Custodial interference in the second degree.

A person is guilty of custodial interference in the second degree
when:

1. Being a relative of a child less than sixteen years old, intending
to hold such child permanently or for a protracted period, and knowing
that he has no legal right to do so, he takes or entices such child from
his lawful custodian; or

2. Knowing that he has no legal right to do so, he takes or entices
from lawful custody any incompetent person or other person entrusted by
authority of law to the custody of another person or institution.

Custodial interference in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.