Chapter 491 - Witnesses
- Section 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.
- Section 491.015 Prosecuting witness in certain cases not to be interrogated as to prior sexual conduct.
- Section 491.030 Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases.
- Section 491.040 Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed.
- Section 491.050 Convicts competent witnesses — convictions and certain pleas may be proved to affect credibility.
- Section 491.060 Persons incompetent to testify — exceptions, children in certain cases.
- Section 491.070 Cross-examination of witnesses — scope.
- Section 491.074 Prior inconsistent statement may be admissible in criminal cases as substantive evidence.
- Section 491.075 Statement of child under fourteen or vulnerable person admissible, when.
- Section 491.078 Juvenile court adjudication, use to affect credibility — sexual offense adjudication, affect on credibility — multiple adjudications, admissible, when.
- Section 491.080 Testimony of witness not to be used to convict him of fraud.
- Section 491.090 Summons of witnesses — procedure — consequences of failure to appear.
- Section 491.100 Summons, form — how issued — subpoena for property, court's authority to quash, when exercised.
- Section 491.110 Subpoenas, by whom served.
- Section 491.120 Subpoenas, how served and returned.
- Section 491.130 Fees to be tendered, when.
- Section 491.140 Witness liable to action, when.
- Section 491.150 Attendance, how enforced.
- Section 491.160 Attachment may issue, when.
- Section 491.170 Witness attached, may be discharged on bail.
- Section 491.180 Penalty where party refuses to attend and testify.
- Section 491.190 Fine for nonattendance.
- Section 491.200 Penalty for refusing to testify.
- Section 491.205 Court may compel testimony, witness immunity, exception, when, penalty.
- Section 491.210 Witness not excused from testifying, when.
- Section 491.220 Witness, when free from arrest.
- Section 491.230 Power to issue writ of habeas corpus — persons detained in correctional facility shall not attend civil proceeding — exceptions — conditions.
- Section 491.240 Writ to obtain witness from county jail.
- Section 491.250 Application for writ.
- Section 491.260 Application of prosecuting officers.
- Section 491.270 Prisoner to be remanded after testifying.
- Section 491.280 Fees of witnesses.
- Section 491.290 Fees, how paid.
- Section 491.310 Associate circuit judge to issue subpoenas.
- Section 491.320 Validity of subpoena.
- Section 491.330 Associate circuit judge may order witness attached, when.
- Section 491.340 Attachment to be executed as in criminal cases — cost.
- Section 491.350 Penalty for failure to obey subpoena without excuse.
- Section 491.360 Continuance of case — associate circuit judge to notify witnesses.
- Section 491.370 Cost of surplus witnesses paid by whom.
- Section 491.380 Competency of witnesses, how determined — oath of witnesses.
- Section 491.400 Definitions.
- Section 491.410 Summoning witness in this state to testify in another state.
- Section 491.420 Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state.
- Section 491.430 Exemption from arrest and service of process.
- Section 491.440 Uniformity of interpretation.
- Section 491.450 Short title.
- Section 491.600 Courts with criminal jurisdiction may issue orders to protect witness or victim.
- Section 491.610 Violation of protective orders, penalties.
- Section 491.620 Pretrial releases of defendant conditional — notice of prohibited witness tampering activities required.
- Section 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.
- Section 491.675 Citation of sections 491.675 to 491.705.
- Section 491.678 Child defined.
- Section 491.680 Court may order video recording of alleged child victim, when — procedure — transcript — exclusion of defendant from proceedings, opportunity to review — cross-examination.
- Section 491.685 Defendant may be excluded from child victim deposition proceedings, when.
- Section 491.687 Court may order videotaped reexamination, when.
- Section 491.690 Provisions of sections 491.675 to 491.693 not to apply where defendant has waived right to counsel — exceptions.
- Section 491.693 Testimony to be under oath.
- Section 491.696 Child defined — videotaped testimony for juvenile court hearings.
- Section 491.699 Juvenile court hearings — court may order video recording of alleged child victim, when — procedure — cross-examination — counsel appointed for perpetrator, when.
- Section 491.702 Perpetrator may be excluded from child victim deposition proceeding, when — sequestration of victim — review of tapes required, when.
- Section 491.705 Court may order videotaped reexamination, when — testimony to be under oath.
- Section 491.710 Hearings involving child witnesses given docket priority — delays or continuances granted, when.
- Section 491.725 Citation of law — definitions — applicability.
