Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.380

Competency of witnesses, how determined — oath of witnesses

Known as the Child Victim Witness Protection Law

The act spans §§ 491–491 (67 sections).

Effective: 28 Aug 1945; (RSMo 1939 § 2658, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 94); Prior revisions: 1929 § 2272; 1919 § 2822; 1909 § 7499

1. If a witness, on being produced, shall be objected to as incompetent, such objection shall be tried and determined by the associate circuit judge.

2. Every person offered as a witness, before any testimony shall be given by him, shall be duly sworn, or affirmed, that the evidence he shall give relating to the matter in issue between ______, plaintiff, and ______, defendant, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

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