---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch55"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 55"
heading: "Kidnapping"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch55"
sections_count: 4
---

# Chapter 55 — Kidnapping

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§1201. Kidnapping](/usc/18/1201.md)
- [§1202. Ransom money](/usc/18/1202.md)
- [§1203. Hostage taking](/usc/18/1203.md)
- [§1204. International parental kidnapping](/usc/18/1204.md)