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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.110

Acts constituting contempt of court

Known as the Judicial Privacy Act

The act spans §§ 476–476 (112 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State ex rel. Cunningham v. Leavitt (1954)

Most recently applied in D. Bart Rockett v. The Honorable Eric Eighmy (June 2023)

Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 2028); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1864; 1919 § 2359; 1909 § 3881

Every court of record shall have power to punish as for criminal contempt persons guilty of:

(1) Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior committed during its session, in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceeding or to impair the respect due to its authority;

(2) Any breach of the peace, noise or other disturbance directly tending to interrupt its proceedings;

(3) Willful disobedience of any process or order lawfully issued or made by it;

(4) Resistance willfully offered by any person to the lawful order or process of the court;

(5) The contumacious and unlawful refusal of any person to be sworn as a witness, or, when so sworn, to refuse to answer any legal and proper interrogatory.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.