Mo. Rev. Stat. § 109.070
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109.070 Remedy of person aggrieved by issuance of such warrant.
Official statutory text
109.070. Remedy of person aggrieved by issuance of such warrant. — 1. Any person aggrieved by any such warrant may apply to a circuit judge, who upon affidavit of the applicant that injustice has been done or is about to be done by such warrant, shall issue a citation to all persons interested, commanding them to appear before said judge at a place and time named in the citation, which shall be served by the sheriff or coroner.
2. The circuit judge may enforce obedience to such citation by attachment, and shall proceed in a summary manner and determine the matter according to right and justice and may issue a warrant for the restoration of any record, book or paper found to have been improperly seized.
(RSMo 1939 §§ 3629, 3630, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 3239, 3240; 1919 §§ 10601, 10602; 1909 §§ 10412, 10413 Effective 1-02-79
2. The circuit judge may enforce obedience to such citation by attachment, and shall proceed in a summary manner and determine the matter according to right and justice and may issue a warrant for the restoration of any record, book or paper found to have been improperly seized.
(RSMo 1939 §§ 3629, 3630, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 3239, 3240; 1919 §§ 10601, 10602; 1909 §§ 10412, 10413 Effective 1-02-79
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