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2016 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS (521-538)
Chapter 534 Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer
Section 534.130 Failure of defendant to appear.
MO Rev Stat § 534.130 (2016) What's This?
534.130. If the defendant, being duly summoned, does not appear at the time appointed for hearing the complaint, the judge shall proceed with the hearing of the cause.
(RSMo 1939 § 2841, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2455; 1919 § 3003; 1909 § 7665
Effective 1-2-79
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