Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law
Section 484.230 - Proceedings on failure to appear.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.230. Proceedings on failure to appear. — If the party served with such citation shall fail to appear according to the command thereof, obedience may be enforced by attachment or the court may proceed ex parte.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13332)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11711; 1919 § 685; 1909 § 955

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXII - Courts

Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law

Section 484.010 - Practice of the law and law business defined.

Section 484.020 - Who shall engage in the practice of law or do law business — penalty.

Section 484.025 - Residential loans, imposition of fee to complete documentation not deemed engaging in the unauthorized practice of law.

Section 484.040 - Power to admit to practice vested in supreme court.

Section 484.053 - Supreme court to furnish director with list of persons currently licensed to practice law in Missouri — tax delinquency, effect of.

Section 484.130 - Compensation of attorney governed by agreement — lien upon client's cause of action.

Section 484.140 - Attorney may contract for percentage of proceeds of claim — notice of lien to be given to defendant.

Section 484.150 - Division of fees forbidden, when — penalty.

Section 484.160 - Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when.

Section 484.170 - Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend.

Section 484.190 - Powers to suspend or remove.

Section 484.200 - Charges, where exhibited.

Section 484.210 - Day for hearing — citation, where served.

Section 484.220 - Citation and charges, how served.

Section 484.230 - Proceedings on failure to appear.

Section 484.240 - Removal or suspension without trial.

Section 484.250 - Trial by court or commissioner.

Section 484.260 - Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment.

Section 484.270 - Judgment operates as removal or suspension — reinstatement, how secured.

Section 484.350 - Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when.