{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-491.180","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.180","heading":"Penalty where party refuses to attend and testify.","body":"If a party, on being duly summoned, refuse to attend and testify, either in court or before any person authorized to take his deposition, besides being punished himself as for a contempt, his petition, answer or reply may be rejected, or a motion, if made by himself, overruled, or, if made by the adverse party, sustained.","path":["Title XXXIII - EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS","Chapter 491 - Witnesses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=491.180","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"7b11b1439a06235f7cd02f5814e727a41d86088cdc87cdc2e600f5e6431bc94e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-491.170","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-491.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}