2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Chapter 492 Oaths and Affirmations, Depositions and Perpetuation of Testimony
Section 492.570. Depositions, legally taken, may be read, when.

492.570. Depositions taken and certified in conformity to sections 492.420 to 492.560, or duly certified copies of the record of such depositions, may be used and read as evidence in any cause or judicial proceeding to which they relate, in favor of any parties thereto, or any or either of them, or his or their personal representatives, heirs or assigns, or their legal representatives

(1) If the deponent is dead;

(2) If he be unable to give testimony, by reason of mental incapacity;

(3) If he be rendered incompetent, by judgment of law;

(4) If he be removed, so that his testimony cannot be obtained.

(RSMo 1939 1968, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)

Prior revisions: 1929 1804; 1919 5491; 1909 6434

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