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§ 509.380 — Place of hearing.

Missouri § 509.380
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XXXVCIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS
Ch. 509Pleadings

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.380 (2026).

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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.

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Legislative History

(L. 1943 p. 353 § 70)

Nearby Sections

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§ 509.010
Shall be petition and answer — reply if answer contains counterclaim.
§ 509.020
Caption of pleading — what set forth.
§ 509.030
Pleading attributed to, by whom — declaration.
§ 509.040
Technical forms not required in pleading.
§ 509.050
Pleading, setting forth claim for relief, contents — demand for dollar amount not permitted, exception — discovery used to determine total damages, use in trial prohibited.
§ 509.060
Joinder of claims.
§ 509.070
Two claims may be joined in a single action, when — court shall grant relief, when.
§ 509.080
Defenses — form of denials.
§ 509.090
Affirmative defenses.
§ 509.100
Failure to deny, effect.
§ 509.110
Pleading in alternative — consistency.
§ 509.120
Averments, how made.
§ 509.130
Adoption of statements by reference — exhibits.
§ 509.140
Averments as to capacity or authority of parties to sue or be sued.
§ 509.150
Partnership deemed confessed, unless denied.
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