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)
Missouri General Assembly