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Section/Rule:
91.09
Subject:
Rule 91 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Relating to Special Actions - Habeas Corpus
Publication / Adopted Date:
June 24, 1982
Topic:
Answer - Time For - Contents - Attachments
Revised / Effective Date:
January 1, 1994
91.09. Answer - Time For - Contents - Attachments
(
a
)
Time.
The person served shall file an answer at the time designated in the writ or order.
(
b
)
Contents.
The answer shall be directed to the petition and shall also contain:
(1) A statement whether the person who is allegedly restrained is being restrained by respondent and, if so, the circumstances and authority for such restraint;
(2) If the person filing the answer shall have had the person under restraint at any time before service of the writ or order and has transferred the person to another, a statement to whom, at what time, for what cause, and by what authority such transfer took place.
(
c
)
Attachment to Answer.
If the person is restrained by virtue of any writ, order, warrant, or other written authority, a copy shall be attached to the answer.
(Adopted June 24, 1982, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Amended Sept. 28, 1993, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.)
Committee Note - 1983
The source of paragraph (a) is prior
Rule 91.14
.
The sources of paragraph (b) are prior
Rules 91.16
and
91.17
.
The source of paragraph (c) is prior
Rule 91.16
.
