{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-40.153","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 40.153","heading":"Witness, willful failure to appear or to produce evidence, penalty — prosecutor shall prosecute.","body":"1. Any person not subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 is guilty of a class C misdemeanor who:\n(1) Has been duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness or to produce books and records before a military court or before any military or civil officer designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such a court;\n(2) Has been duly paid or tendered the fees and mileage of a witness at the rates allowed to witnesses attending the circuit courts of this state; and\n(3) Willfully neglects or refuses to appear, or refuses to qualify as a witness or to testify or to produce any evidence which that person may have been legally subpoenaed to produce.\n2. Upon the certification of the facts under subsection 1 of this section by the military judge or summary court officer to the prosecuting attorney of the county where the offense occurred, the prosecuting attorney shall prosecute.","path":["Title V - MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE","Chapter 40 - Military Justice"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=40.153","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"449e5944673966afed6434e813206626f7129df8892a075af769c925322dd0d4","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-40.150","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-40.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}