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Section 492.290 – Witnesses to be examined on oath.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.290. Witnesses to be examined on oath. — Every witness examined, in pursuance of sections 492.080 to 492.400, shall be sworn or affirmed to testify the whole truth, and his examination shall be reduced to writing, or taken in shorthand and transcribed, in writing, in the presence of the person […]

Section 492.300 – Adverse party may take depositions by giving notice, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.300. Adverse party may take depositions by giving notice, when. — When the party causing depositions to be taken under a notice shall have completed the taking thereof, the adverse party may, before the same or any other officer authorized to take depositions, and at the same place, proceed immediately, […]

Section 492.180 – Notice, how served on party or attorney.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.180. Notice, how served on party or attorney. — Such notice, when served on the adverse party or his attorney, shall be: (1) By delivering to him a copy thereof; (2) By leaving a copy at his usual place of abode, with some member of his family above the age […]

Section 492.190 – By whom served.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.190. By whom served. — The service of any notice required by sections 492.080 to 492.400 may be by any sheriff, marshal, constable, or by any competent witness, who shall make affidavit to the service. ­­——– (RSMo 1939 § 1928) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1764; 1919 § 5451; 1909 § […]

Section 492.200 – When notice shall be served.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.200. When notice shall be served. — In all cases where notice is required by sections 492.080 to 492.400, the same shall be served at least three days before the day of taking the depositions, and one day additional for every fifty miles for the first three hundred miles, and […]

Section 492.210 – Time may be shortened by court or judge in vacation.

Effective – 28 Aug 1959 492.210. Time may be shortened by court or judge in vacation. — When it is desired to take depositions to be read in suits pending in any of the courts of this state, the court in which any suit is pending, or the judge thereof in vacation, may shorten the […]