{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-491.380","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.380","heading":"Competency of witnesses, how determined — oath of witnesses.","body":"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.\n2. 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.","path":["Title XXXIII - EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS","Chapter 491 - Witnesses"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=491.380","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"76169035a689f7c241bd3b55b76a1ec19be54e67b4003da106b1222a8213250b","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-491.370","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-491.400"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}