If someone wants to use a sworn written statement (affidavit) as evidence in court, they have to turn it in ahead of time. In a county commission, probate court, or before an associate circuit judge, it must be filed at least 5 days before the trial. In any other part of the circuit court, it must be filed at least 10 days before the trial.
490.550. to be filed in court before trial. — Such affidavits shall not be in the , or or before associate judges, unless the same shall be filed in the five days before the trial, nor in any other of the , unless the same shall be filed in the cause ten days before the trial.
(RSMo 1939 § 1861, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1697; 1919 § 5384; 1909 § 6328
Effective 1-02-79
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