Missouri Statutes
§ 526.220 — Violation of injunction, how punished.
Missouri § 526.220
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 526.220 (2026).
Text
If any person disobey or violate an injunction after it is served on him, the circuit court to which it is returned shall issue an attachment against him for a contempt; and unless he shall disprove or purge the contempt, the judge may commit him to jail until the sitting of the court in which the injunction is pending, or take bail for his appearance in said court at a specified time, to answer for the contempt, and abide the order of the court, and in the meantime to observe and obey the injunction.
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Legislative History
(RSMo 1939 § 1677, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1513; 1919 § 1963; 1909 § 2528
Effective 1-02-79
Nearby Sections
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§ 526.050
Temporary injunction, when granted.§ 526.070
Injunction bond.§ 526.080
Bond, where filed.§ 526.100
Notice, to whom given.§ 526.110
Notice to be posted, when.§ 526.120
Form and service of notice.§ 526.130
Notice, when not necessary.§ 526.160
To operate as release of errors.§ 526.170
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Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 526.220, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/526.220.