Section 491.150 – Attendance, how enforced.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 491.150. Attendance, how enforced. — A person summoned as a witness in any cause pending in any court of record, and failing to attend, may be compelled, by writ of attachment against his body, to appear, which may be served in any county in the state, and the sheriff may […]
Section 491.160 – Attachment may issue, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 491.160. Attachment may issue, when. — When a cause shall be continued on account of the absence of a witness, duly summoned, and the party for whom such witness shall have been summoned shall make affidavit that such absent witness is material, and that he cannot safely go to trial […]
Section 491.170 – Witness attached, may be discharged on bail.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 491.170. Witness attached, may be discharged on bail. — When a writ of attachment, authorized by section 491.160, shall be executed, the sheriff or other officer shall discharge such witness, on his entering into a recognizance to the state of Missouri, with sufficient security, in the sum of one hundred […]
Section 491.180 – Penalty where party refuses to attend and testify.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 491.180. Penalty where party refuses to attend and testify. — If a party, on being duly summoned, refuse to attend and testify, either in court or before any person authorized to take his deposition, besides being punished himself as for a contempt, his petition, answer or reply may be rejected, […]
Section 491.090 – Summons of witnesses — procedure — consequences of failure to appear.
Effective – 28 Aug 1985 491.090. Summons of witnesses — procedure — consequences of failure to appear. — 1. In all cases where witnesses are required to attend the trial in any cause in any court of record, a summons shall be issued by the clerk of the court wherein the matter is pending, or […]
Section 491.016 – Otherwise inadmissible witness statement admissible in criminal proceeding, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 2021 491.016. Otherwise inadmissible witness statement admissible in criminal proceeding, when. — 1. A statement made by a witness that is not otherwise admissible is admissible in evidence in a criminal proceeding as substantive evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted if, after a hearing, the court finds, by […]
Section 491.030 – Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 491.030. Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases. — Any party to any civil action or proceeding may compel any adverse party, or any person for whose immediate and adverse benefit such action or proceeding is instituted, prosecuted or defended, to testify as a witness in his […]
Section 491.040 – Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 491.040. Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed. — Nothing in sections 491.010 and 491.030 shall in any manner affect the law relating to the attestation of the execution of last wills and testaments, or of any other instrument required by law to be attested, nor shall they be so construed as […]
Section 491.050 – Convicts competent witnesses — convictions and certain pleas may be proved to affect credibility.
Effective – 28 Aug 1981 491.050. Convicts competent witnesses — convictions and certain pleas may be proved to affect credibility. — Any person who has been convicted of a crime is, notwithstanding, a competent witness; however, any prior criminal convictions may be proved to affect his credibility in a civil or criminal case and, further, […]
Section 491.060 – Persons incompetent to testify — exceptions, children in certain cases.
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 491.060. Persons incompetent to testify — exceptions, children in certain cases. — The following persons shall be incompetent to testify: (1) A person who is mentally incapacitated at the time of his or her production for examination; (2) A child under ten years of age, who appears incapable of receiving […]