{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.163","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.163","heading":"Venue.","body":"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:\n(1) In the county in which the child was taken or enticed away from legal custody;\n(2) In any county in which the child who was taken or enticed away from legal custody was taken or held by the defendant;\n(3) The county in which lawful custody of the child taken or enticed away was granted; or\n(4) The county in which the defendant is found.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 565 - Offenses Against the Person"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=565.163","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"ec33ca8dc8c8b4ec7f8ea334aec4796145aa5ae851806004383558e178168353","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.160","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-565.167"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}