565.163 Venue.

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. (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 5, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17