{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.380","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.380","heading":"Place of hearing.","body":"All motions may be heard and other acts or proceedings, except trials upon the merits, may be done or conducted by a judge in chambers, without the attendance of the clerk or other court officials and at any place either within or without the county; but no hearing, other than one ex parte, shall be conducted outside the county without the consent of all parties affected thereby.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.380","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"55e9d40cd29254b80e6e5cdd9fbcab7ecee2e348545c75f0d7327c72100cc2ff","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.370","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.390"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}