Missouri Chapter 491 — Witnesses
- § 491.010. — Witness's interest does not disqualify--exception--statements of deceased persons and incompetents and other parties to the transaction --abrogation of deadman statute.
- § 491.015. — Prosecuting witness in certain cases not to be interrogated as to prior sexual conduct.
- § 491.030. — Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases.
- § 491.040. — Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed.
- § 491.050. — Convicts competent witnesses--convictions and certain pleas may be proved to affect credibility.
- § 491.060. — Persons incompetent to testify--exceptions, children in certain cases.
- § 491.070. — Cross-examination of witnesses--scope.
- § 491.074. — Prior inconsistent statement may be admissible in criminal cases as substantive evidence.
- § 491.075. — Statement of child under fourteen admissible, when.
- § 491.078. — Juvenile court adjudication, use to affect credibility--sexual offense adjudication, affect on credibility--multiple adjudications, admissible, when.
- § 491.080. — Testimony of witness not to be used to convict him of fraud.
- § 491.090. — Summons of witnesses--procedure--consequences of failure to appear.
- § 491.100. — Summons, form--how issued--subpoena for property, court's authority to quash, when exercised.
- § 491.110. — Subpoenas, by whom served.
- § 491.120. — Subpoenas, how served and returned.
- § 491.130. — Fees to be tendered, when.
- § 491.140. — Witness liable to action, when.
- § 491.150. — Attendance, how enforced.
- § 491.160. — Attachment may issue, when.
- § 491.170. — Witness attached, may be discharged on bail.
- § 491.180. — Penalty where party refuses to attend and testify.
- § 491.190. — Fine for nonattendance.
- § 491.200. — Penalty for refusing to testify.
- § 491.205. — Court may compel testimony, witness immunity, exception, when, penalty.
- § 491.210. — Witness not excused from testifying, when.
- § 491.220. — Witness, when free from arrest.
- § 491.230. — Power to issue writ of habeas corpus--persons detained in correctional facility shall not attend civil proceeding--exceptions --conditions.
- § 491.240. — Writ to obtain witness from county jail.
- § 491.250. — Application for writ.
- § 491.260. — Application of prosecuting officers.
- § 491.270. — Prisoner to be remanded after testifying.
- § 491.280. — Fees of witnesses.
- § 491.290. — Fees, how paid.
- § 491.300. — (Repealed L. 2004 S.B. 1211 § A)
- § 491.310. — Associate circuit judge to issue subpoenas.
- § 491.320. — Validity of subpoena.
- § 491.330. — Associate circuit judge may order witness attached, when.
- § 491.340. — Attachment to be executed as in criminal cases--cost.
- § 491.350. — Penalty for failure to obey subpoena without excuse.
- § 491.360. — Continuance of case--associate circuit judge to notify witnesses.
- § 491.370. — Cost of surplus witnesses paid by whom.
- § 491.380. — Competency of witnesses, how determined--oath of witnesses.
- § 491.400. — Definitions.
- § 491.410. — Summoning witness in this state to testify in another state.
- § 491.420. — Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state.
- § 491.430. — Exemption from arrest and service of process.
- § 491.440. — Uniformity of interpretation.
- § 491.450. — Short title.
- § 491.600. — Courts with criminal jurisdiction may issue orders to protect witness or victim.
- § 491.610. — Violation of protective orders, penalties.
- § 491.620. — Pretrial releases of defendant conditional--notice of prohibited witness tampering activities required.
- § 491.640. — Prosecutors coordinators training council may provide for security of witnesses and families, when--powers--request by law enforcement agencies, content--delegation of program administration, to whom.
- § 491.675. — Citation of sections 491.675 to 491.705.
- § 491.678. — Child defined.
- § 491.680. — Court may order video recording of alleged child victim, when --procedure--transcript--exclusion of defendant from proceedings, opportunity to review--cross-examination.
- § 491.685. — Defendant may be excluded from child victim deposition proceedings, when.
- § 491.687. — Court may order videotaped reexamination, when.
- § 491.690. — Provisions of sections 491.675 to 491.693 not to apply where defendant has waived right to counsel--exceptions.
- § 491.693. — Testimony to be under oath.
- § 491.696. — Child defined--videotaped testimony for juvenile court hearings.
- § 491.699. — Juvenile court hearings--court may order video recording of alleged child victim, when--procedure--cross-examination--counsel appointed for perpetrator, when.
- § 491.702. — Perpetrator may be excluded from child victim deposition proceeding, when--sequestration of victim--review of tapes required, when.
- § 491.705. — Court may order videotaped reexamination, when--testimony to be under oath.
- § 491.710. — Hearings involving child witnesses given docket priority--delays or continuances granted, when.