- Chapter 490 Evidence
- 490.010. Printed statute books, evidence.
- 490.020. Printed statutes of other states to be received in evidence.
- 490.030. Certified statute book of other states, evidence, when.
- 490.040. Books containing acts of Congress.
- 490.050. Printed federal acts received in evidence, when.
- 490.060. Printed reports of other states, evidence.
- 490.065. Expert witness, opinion testimony admissible--hypothetical question not required, when.
- 490.070. Short title.
- 490.080. Judicial notice to be taken.
- 490.090. Court may inform itself of laws.
- 490.100. Determination of laws.
- 490.110. Presentation of laws to trial court.
- 490.120. What law to be issue for the court.
- 490.130. Certified records of courts to be evidence.
- 490.140. Justice court records, evidence, when.
- 490.150. Public documents edited by authority of Congress.
- 490.160. Printed journals of senate and house of this state.
- 490.170. Printing authority to be stated.
- 490.180. Certified copies of certain official records.
- 490.190. Certified copies in offices of auditor and treasurer.
- 490.200. Copies from United States land offices.
- 490.210. Copies of letters received by register of land office.
- 490.220. Office records of the United States or sister state.
- 490.230. Exemplification by President and others.
- 490.235. Printed copies of utility tariffs, evidence, when.
- 490.240. Records of cities and towns.
- 490.250. Records of corporations and financial institutions.
- 490.260. Records of religious societies.
- 490.270. Certified copies of religious records.
- 490.280. Instruments under repealed law.
- 490.290. Deed acknowledged under former law.
- 490.300. Deed, evidence upon proof of certain facts.
- 490.310. Original deed lost--certified copy of deed, evidence when.
- 490.320. Copy of deed, when evidence.
- 490.330. Evidence offered to reject such copy.
- 490.340. Certain recorded instruments to impart notice, when.
- 490.350. Copies of recorded instruments.
- 490.360. Evidence of execution of real estate instrument.
- 490.370. Recitals in deeds, evidence of heirship in certain cases.
- 490.380. Deeds recorded thirty years before 1874.
- 490.390. Copies evidence when original lost.
- 490.400. Sheriff's deed in tax sale, evidence of what.
- 490.410. Acknowledged instruments affecting realty.
- 490.420. Certified copy thereof read in evidence.
- 490.430. Shall not be conclusive evidence, when.
- 490.440. Shall not be received in evidence until.
- 490.450. Error in name.
- 490.460. Copies of public contracts.
- 490.470. Copies of official bonds.
- 490.480. Copies of bonds of administrators and others.
- 490.490. When original shall be produced.
- 490.500. Record copy of lost instrument.
- 490.510. Proof of endorsement of notes.
- 490.520. Proof of partnership.
- 490.525. Affidavit stating amount charged was reasonable and necessary, effect--restrictions--service--counteraffidavit, requirements--notice.
- 490.530. Affidavit taken in another state before notary public or associate circuit judge.
- 490.540. Affidavit taken in another state before clerk or judge.
- 490.550. Affidavit to be filed in court before trial.
- 490.560. Notary's certificate of protest.
- 490.570. Letters of attorney, how acknowledged and proved--read in evidence, when.
- 490.580. Marriage records, evidence when.
- 490.590. Marriage contracts.
- 490.600. Certified copy, evidence when.
- 490.610. Copy of enrollment of steamboat.
- 490.620. Person, when presumed to be dead.
- 490.630. Evidence, when translated into English, may be read.
- 490.640. Comparison of disputed with genuine writings.
- 490.650. Account book, when produced.
- 490.660. Short title.
- 490.670. Business defined.
- 490.680. Records, competent evidence, when.
- 490.690. Interpretation and construction.
- 490.692. Business records or copies admissible as evidence on affidavit of custodian, when--filing procedure--notice and copies of records to be served on all parties, when--form of affidavit.
- 490.700. Courts to take judicial notice of population.
- 490.710. Advance payment predicated on possible tort liability not admissible in evidence--payment a credit, when--limitation on action starts when.
- 490.715. Damages paid by defendant prior to trial may be introduced but is waiver of credit against judgment--evidence of medical treatment rendered permitted, when (collateral source rule modified).
- 490.717. Photographs of personal property to be evidence in prosecution for wrongful taking--wrongful taking, defined--requirements--property returned to owner, when--notarized affidavit as evidence.
- 490.720. Definitions, admissibility of TDD, TTY, or TT communications.
- 490.722. Admissibility of communication through TDD, TTY, or TT.
- 490.733. Hazardous materials, defined, admission of samples into evidence, when--photos, videotapes or lab reports deemed competent evidence.
- 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,
- 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.
- 491.725. Citation of law--definitions--applicability.
- Chapter 492 Oaths and Affirmations, Depositions and Perpetuation of Testimony
- 492.010. Officers and notary public authorized to administer oaths.
- 492.020. Oaths required to be taken before particular officer may be taken before others, when.
- 492.030. Parties may affirm, when.
- 492.040. Officer shall adopt mode most binding on conscience, when.
- 492.050. Parties to be sworn according to the ceremonies of their religion.
- 492.060. Persons deemed to have been lawfully sworn, when.
- 492.070. Oaths, affirmations, depositions of persons in military service, who may take--form--validation of those previously taken.
- 492.080. Depositions may be obtained conditionally.
- 492.090. Officers authorized to take depositions.
- 492.100. Commissioners of foreign courts may compel attendance of witnesses.
- 492.110. Witness residing out of this state, commission to issue.
- 492.120. Commission, how issued, to whom directed.
- 492.130. Power and duty of the officer under the commission.
- 492.140. What officers out of this state may take depositions without commission.
- 492.150. Special commissioner appointed when, qualifications--time and place of depositions--enforcement of subpoenas issued by other officer.
- 492.155. Powers of special commissioner--rulings on evidence, review.
- 492.160. Notice to be given if the party or his attorney resides in this state, how.
- 492.170. If they do not reside in this state, how.
- 492.180. Notice, how served on party or attorney.
- 492.190. By whom served.
- 492.200. When notice shall be served.
- 492.210. Time may be shortened by court or judge in vacation.
- 492.220. Commission to examine witnesses on interrogatories when awarded.
- 492.230. To whom directed.
- 492.240. Interrogatories to be annexed.
- 492.250. Command of the commission.
- 492.260. Officer to propound interrogatories.
- 492.270. Officer may compel attendance of witness--contempt--if witness imprisoned, on what terms discharged.
- 492.280. Production of documentary evidence on taking of deposition, when.
- 492.290. Witnesses to be examined on oath.
- 492.292. Venue for deposition of employee of a publicly funded crime laboratory.
- 492.300. Adverse party may take depositions by giving notice, when.
- 492.303. Essential witness, defined--deposition may be taken by prosecutor, procedure--costs--videotape authorized, used when.
- 492.304. Visual and aural recordings of child under fourteen admissible, when.
- 492.310. Depositions taken in foreign countries to be taken in language of the witness--must be translated.
- 492.320. Residence of witness certified by officer.
- 492.330. Objections to competency or relevancy, how taken.
- 492.340. Deposition shall be submitted to witness for examination--signing of deposition.
- 492.350. Certificate of officer taking depositions.
- 492.360. Exhibits to be enclosed with depositions and directed to clerk.
- 492.370. What constitutes sufficient evidence of the authentication of depositions.
- 492.380. Official character of officer in the United States, how attested.
- 492.390. Official character of officer in foreign country, how attested.
- 492.400. When depositions may be read.
- 492.410. Evidence preserved in bill of exceptions may be used, how.
- 492.420. Depositions may be taken to perpetuate testimony, when.
- 492.430. Petition for commission to take depositions.
- 492.440. By whom and how issued--to whom directed.
- 492.450. Notice of time and place of taking depositions.
- 492.460. If person is minor, notice to be served upon whom.
- 492.470. Publication of notice to nonresidents.
- 492.480. General notice given, how and when.
- 492.490. Subpoenas to witnesses.
- 492.500. Duty of officer.
- 492.510. Questions put to witnesses to be reduced to writing.
- 492.520. Answers to be reduced to writing.
- 492.530. Power of adjournment.
- 492.540. Depositions, how certified and to whom delivered.
- 492.550. May be sent by mail or otherwise, when.
- 492.560. Duty of recorder on receiving deposition.
- 492.570. Depositions, legally taken, may be read, when.
- 492.580. Legal exceptions may be taken.
- 492.590. Costs and expenses of taking depositions, how awarded and collected--limitations.
- Chapter 493 Legal Publications, Notice and Advertisements
- 493.010. Cost of advertisements in judicial proceedings, payment by whom.
- 493.020. Payment of costs by county, when.
- 493.025. Rates generally allowable for public advertisements or legal notices.
- 493.027. Qualification of newspapers for public notices--rates, review and approval (counties of first classification and City of St. Louis).
- 493.040. Officers to procure best rates.
- 493.045. Daily newspaper defined.
- 493.050. Public advertisements and orders of publication published only in certain newspapers.
- 493.060. Affidavit of printer, editor or publisher--evidence.
- 493.070. Advertisements published in specified newspapers (cities of 100,000 or more).
- 493.075. Publication of notice in lieu of posting, limits.
- 493.080. Notice of meeting to select official publication--petitions of newspapers.
- 493.090. Public notice or advertisement valid, when.
- 493.100. Notice of sale of certain real estate published in certain newspapers (cities of 600,000 or more).
- 493.110. Board to meet and select newspapers, when, how.
- 493.120. Notice published in other newspapers not valid.
- 493.130. Unlawful for officer or person holding property in trust to make profit in contract with any newspaper.
- 493.140. Punishment for accepting rebates.