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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.250 (2026)

No court to sit on Sunday

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  476.250.  No court to sit on Sunday. — No court shall be open or transact business on Sunday, unless it be for the purpose of receiving a verdict or discharging a jury; and every adjournment of a court on Saturday shall always be to some other day than Sunday, except such adjournment as may be made after a cause has been committed to a jury; but this section shall not prevent the exercise of the jurisdiction of any judge, when it shall be necessary in criminal cases, to preserve the peace or arrest the offender, nor shall it prevent the issuing and service of any attachment in a case where a debtor is about fraudulently to secrete or remove his effects, nor shall it prevent the issuing and service of such orders as exigencies may require.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2027, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1863; 1919 § 2358; 1909 § 3880

Effective 1-02-79

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1972–2007 · leading case: State v. Seuferling, 238 S.W.3d 217 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007).
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State v. Seuferling, 238 S.W.3d 217 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 8× “In Point I, the State contends that the trial court did not have authority to enter the judgment on a Sunday, relying on § 476.250, and that the judgment was invalid because it was filed after the judge’s term of office had expired.”
State v. Lee, 486 S.W.2d 412 (Mo. 1972). · cites it 2× “Other errors occurring during the trial which should be avoided on retrial include the following: (1) Trying the case on Sunday, in violation of § 476.250, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. which provides that no courts shall be open or transact business on Sunday, except to receive a verdict…”
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