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.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 484.230
Proceedings on failure to appear
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 13332); Prior revisions: 1929 § 11711; 1919 § 685; 1909 § 955
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.