{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-531.040","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 531.040","heading":"When defendant shall appear — prosecutor to proceed, how.","body":"Such person, against whom an information in the nature of a quo warranto shall be prosecuted, shall appear and answer at the same term in which the same information shall be filed, unless the court shall give further time; and such person prosecuting such information shall proceed thereupon with the most convenient speed.","path":["Title XXXVI - STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS","Chapter 531 - Quo Warranto"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=531.040","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"3f6028197948f26d5f5c664e632e0a7d1c56a5a0216cebd778e2d3fce439b7b2","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-531.030","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-531.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}