Missouri Statutes

§ 545.160 — Venue, how stated.

Missouri § 545.160

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXXVIICRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Ch. 545Proceedings Before Trial

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.160 (2026).

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It shall not be necessary to state any venue in the body of any indictment or information; but the county or other jurisdiction named in the margin thereof shall be taken to be the venue for all the facts stated in the body of the same.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 3944) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3555; 1919 § 3900; 1909 § 5107

Nearby Sections

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§ 545.010

Felonies and misdemeanors may be prosecuted by indictment or information, exceptions.

§ 545.015

§ 545.020

Recovery of fine or forfeiture, how.

§ 545.030

Indictments and informations, when valid.

§ 545.040

Indictments signed by whom.

§ 545.050

Name of prosecutor on indictment, when.

§ 545.060

Indictment to have name of prosecutor — by whom made — effect of failure.

§ 545.070

Names of witnesses must be affixed to indictment.

§ 545.080

Indictments, when not to be made public.

§ 545.090

Judges and others forbidden to disclose finding of indictment.

§ 545.100

Officer may make disclosure, when.

§ 545.110

Second indictment suspends first, when.

§ 545.130

Different degrees of same offense may be incorporated.

§ 545.140

Two or more persons and offenses may be charged in same indictment, when — separate counts for each offense — all defendants need not be joined in each count — separate trials, when — substantial prejudice, defined.

§ 545.150

Indictments in relation to property belonging to several owners.

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