Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 491 – Witnesses | Midpage491.010Witness's interest does not disqualify — exception — statements of deceased persons and incompetents and other parties to the transaction — abrogation of deadman statute491.015Victim or witness in certain cases not to be interrogated as to prior sexual conduct491.016Otherwise inadmissible witness statement admissible in criminal proceeding, when491.030Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases491.040Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed491.050Convicts competent witnesses — convictions and certain pleas may be proved to affect credibility491.060Persons incompetent to testify — exceptions, children in certain cases491.065Informants, disclosure requirements491.070Cross-examination of witnesses — scope491.074Prior inconsistent statement may be admissible in criminal cases as substantive evidence491.078Juvenile court adjudication, use to affect credibility — sexual offense adjudication, affect on credibility — multiple adjudications, admissible, when491.080Testimony of witness not to be used to convict him of fraud491.090Summons of witnesses — procedure — consequences of failure to appear491.100Summons, form — how issued — subpoena for property, court's authority to quash, when exercised491.110Subpoenas, by whom served491.120Subpoenas, how served and returned491.130Fees to be tendered, when491.140Witness liable to action, when491.150Attendance, how enforced491.160Attachment may issue, when491.170Witness attached, may be discharged on bail491.180Penalty where party refuses to attend and testify491.190Fine for nonattendance491.200Penalty for refusing to testify491.205Court may compel testimony, witness immunity, exception, when, penalty491.210Witness not excused from testifying, when491.220Witness, when free from arrest491.230Power to issue writ of habeas corpus — persons detained in correctional facility shall not attend civil proceeding — exceptions — conditions491.240Writ to obtain witness from county jail491.250Application for writ491.260Application of prosecuting officers491.270Prisoner to be remanded after testifying491.280Fees of witnesses491.290Fees, how paid491.310Associate circuit judge to issue subpoenas491.320Validity of subpoena491.330Associate circuit judge may order witness attached, when491.340Attachment to be executed as in criminal cases — cost491.350Penalty for failure to obey subpoena without excuse491.360Continuance of case — associate circuit judge to notify witnesses491.370Cost of surplus witnesses paid by whom491.380Competency of witnesses, how determined — oath of witnesses491.400Definitions491.410Summoning witness in this state to testify in another state491.420Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state491.430Exemption from arrest and service of process491.440Uniformity of interpretation491.450Short title491.600Courts with criminal jurisdiction may issue orders to protect witness or victim491.610Violation of protective orders, penalties491.620Pretrial releases of defendant conditional — notice of prohibited witness tampering activities required491.640Prosecutors coordinators training council may provide for security of witnesses and families, when — powers — request by law enforcement agencies, content — delegation of program administration, to whom491.641Pretrial witness protection services fund created — use of moneys — application, contents, closed record491.675Citation of sections 491.675 to 491.705491.678Child defined491.680Court may order video recording of alleged child victim, when — procedure — transcript — exclusion of defendant from proceedings, opportunity to review — cross-examination491.685Defendant may be excluded from child victim deposition proceedings, when491.687Court may order videotaped reexamination, when491.690Provisions of sections 491.675 to 491.693 not to apply where defendant has waived right to counsel — exceptions491.693Testimony to be under oath491.696Child defined — videotaped testimony for juvenile court hearings491.699Juvenile court hearings — court may order video recording of alleged child victim, when — procedure — cross-examination — counsel appointed for perpetrator, when491.702Perpetrator may be excluded from child victim deposition proceeding, when — sequestration of victim — review of tapes required, when491.705Court may order videotaped reexamination, when — testimony to be under oath491.710Hearings involving child witnesses given docket priority — delays or continuances granted, when491.725Citation of law — definitions — applicability