545.540. No order for the removal of a cause shall beeffectual in the case of any defendant not in confinement orcustody, unless a recognizance, taken as herein directed, beentered into in open court, or delivered with the order and filedwith the clerk of the court, nor unless such order be deliveredbefore any juror is sworn in the cause; and in no case shall asecond removal of any cause be allowed.
(RSMo 1939 § 4026)Prior revisions: 1929 § 3637; 1919 § 3980; 1909 § 5187