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.Amended by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 491,s A, eff. 1/1/2017.L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al. § 5