Missouri Code § 565.163

Venue.
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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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