710.5 Child stealing. 1. A person commits child stealing when, knowing that the person has no authority to do so, the person forcibly or fraudulently takes, decoys, or entices away any child with intentto detain or conceal such child from its parents or guardian, or other persons or institutionhaving the lawful custody of such child, unless the person is a relative of such child, and theperson’s sole purpose is to assume custody of such child. 2. Child stealing is a class 'C' 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 asprovided in section 692A.126. [S13, §254-a46; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12982; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §706.2; C79, 81, §710.5] 2009 Acts, ch 119, §58; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §186Referred to in §692A.102, 692A.126 Sat Dec 23 12:28:40 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 710.5 (16, 0)
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