565.163. Venue. - Missouri Statutes

Venue.

565.163. Persons accused of committing the crime ofinterference with custody, parental kidnapping or childabduction shall be prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney orcircuit attorney:

(1) In the county in which the child was taken or enticedaway from legal custody;

(2) In any county in which the child who was taken orenticed away from legal custody was taken or held by thedefendant;

(3) The county in which lawful custody of the child taken orenticed away was granted; or

(4) The county in which the defendant is found.

(L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 5)