Effective - 28 Aug 1939
491.130. Fees to be tendered, when. — A witness shall not be compelled to attend, as such, in a civil suit, at a greater distance than forty miles from his place of residence, unless his legal fees for traveling, in going to and returning from the place of trial, and one day's attendance, are paid or tendered to him at the time of summoning such witness.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1899)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1735; 1919 § 5422; 1909 § 6366
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements
Section 491.016 - Otherwise inadmissible witness statement admissible in criminal proceeding, when.
Section 491.030 - Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases.
Section 491.040 - Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed.
Section 491.060 - Persons incompetent to testify — exceptions, children in certain cases.
Section 491.070 - Cross-examination of witnesses — scope.
Section 491.075 - Statement of child under fourteen or vulnerable person 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 491.110 - 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 491.240 - 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 491.675 - Citation of sections 491.675 to 491.705.
Section 491.678 - Child defined.
Section 491.685 - Defendant may be excluded from child victim deposition proceedings, when.
Section 491.687 - Court may order videotaped reexamination, when.
Section 491.693 - Testimony to be under oath.
Section 491.696 - Child defined — videotaped testimony for juvenile court hearings.
Section 491.705 - Court may order videotaped reexamination, when — testimony to be under oath.
Section 491.725 - Citation of law — definitions — applicability.