2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS (556-600)
Chapter 565 Offenses Against the Person
Section 565.163 Until December 31, 2016--Venue.
565.163. Persons accused of committing the crime of interference with custody, parental kidnapping or child abduction shall 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.
(L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 5)
*This section was amended by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17. Due to the delayed effective date, both versions of this section are printed here.
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