(1) A person commits the crime of kidnapping in the first degree if the person violates ORS 163.225 with any of the following purposes:\n(a) To compel any person to pay or deliver money or property as ransom;\n(b) To hold the victim as a shield or hostage;\n(c) To cause physical injury to the victim;\n(d) To terrorize the victim or another person; or\n(e) To further the commission or attempted commission of any of the following crimes against the victim:\n(A) Rape in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.375 (1)(b);\n(B) Sodomy in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.405 (1)(b); or\n(C) Unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.411 (1)(b).\n(2) Kidnapping in the first degree is a Class A felony. [1971 c.743 §99; 2005 c.22 §112; 2009 c.660 §43]
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