When any cause shall be continued by the associate circuit judge, it shall be his duty forthwith to call before him all witnesses summoned in the cause, and verbally notify such as may attend to appear before him, to testify in the cause, on the day set for trial, which verbal notice shall be in all respects as valid as a summons; and the associate circuit judge shall enter in his record the fact of notice and the names of the witnesses notified. No summons shall thereafter issue to any witness notified as directed.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.360
Continuance of case — associate circuit judge to notify witnesses
Known as the Child Victim Witness Protection Law
The act spans §§ 491–491 (67 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1945; (RSMo 1939 § 2656, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 92); Prior revisions: 1929 § 2270; 1919 § 2820; 1909 § 7497
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.