Section 565.163 Venue.

MO Rev Stat § 565.163 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 01 Jan 2017, see footnote

565.163. Venue. — Persons accused of committing the offense of interference with custody, parental kidnapping or child abduction may be prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney:

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

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

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

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

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(L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 5, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17