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RSMo 455.015effective 28 Aug 2013

Venue

In plain English

When someone wants to file a petition about domestic violence, they can file it in the county where they live, where the incident happened, or where the other person can be found and served with papers.

Word-for-word law

455.015. . — The shall be filed in the county where the resides, where the alleged incident of occurred, or where the may be .

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Source & history notes

(L. 1980 S.B. 524 § 1, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215)

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