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MO Rev Stat § 429.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.120 - Satisfaction to be filed, when.

Effective - 01 Jul 1997   429.120. Satisfaction to be filed, when. — Whenever any debt, which is a lien upon any building or other improvement, shall be paid or satisfied, the creditor, if required, shall file an acknowledgment of such satisfaction with the clerk of the circuit court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3563, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3173; 1919 § 7233; 1909 § 8229  Effective 7-01-97
MO Rev Stat § 429.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.130 - Penalty for refusing to satisfy.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.130. Penalty for refusing to satisfy. — If any creditor refuse to enter satisfaction within ten days after payment and request, as aforesaid, he shall be liable to any person injured, to the amount of such injury and cost of suit. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3564)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3174; 1919 § 7234; 1909 § 8230
MO Rev Stat § 429.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.140 - Duty of contractor when others file lien.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.140. Duty of contractor when others file lien. — In all cases where a lien shall be filed under the provisions of sections 429.010 to 429.340 by any person other than a contractor, it shall be the duty of the contractor to defend any action brought thereupon, at his own expense; and, during the pendency of such action, the owner may withhold from the contractor the amount of money for which such lien shall be filed; and in case of judgment against the owner or his property upon the lien, he shall be entitled to deduct from any amount due by him to the contractor the amount of such judgment and costs, and, if he shall have settled with the contractor in full, shall be entitled to recover back from the contractor any amount so paid by the owner for which the contractor was originally the party liable. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3567)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3177; 1919 § 7237; 1909 § 8233
MO Rev Stat § 429.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.150 - Who construed as owner or proprietor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.150. Who construed as owner or proprietor. — Every person, including all cestui que trust, for whose immediate use, enjoyment or benefit any building, erection or improvement shall be made, shall be included by the words "owner or proprietor" thereof under sections 429.010 to 429.340, not excepting such as may be minors over the age of eighteen years, or married women. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3568)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3178; 1919 § 7238; 1909 § 8234  (1974) Held that a trustee in a deed of trust is not an "owner" under this section and is not entitled to notice. The H.B. Deal, Nelle Plumbing and Boyer cases not to be followed. R. L. Sweet Lumber Co., v. E.L. Lane Inc. (Mo.), 513 S.W.2d 365.
MO Rev Stat § 429.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.160 - Assignment of mechanics' liens — rights of assignee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   429.160. Assignment of mechanics' liens — rights of assignee. — Any two or more persons having filed in the clerk's office mechanics' liens may assign to each other or to any other person all their right, title and interest in and to such mechanics' liens, and the assignee thereof may bring suit in his name and enforce all such assigned liens as fully as if the same had not been assigned. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3615, A. 1949 S.B. 1120)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3225; 1919 § 7285; 1909 § 8266
MO Rev Stat § 429.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.170 - Actions commenced in six months.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   429.170. Actions commenced in six months. — All actions under sections 429.010 to 429.340 shall be commenced within six months after filing the lien, and prosecuted without unnecessary delay to final judgment; and no lien shall continue to exist by virtue of the provisions of said sections, for more than six months after the lien shall be filed, unless within that time an action shall be instituted thereon, as herein prescribed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3562, A.L. 1959 S.B. 257 & 295)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3172; 1919 § 7232; 1909 § 8228  (1953) Where lien appears of record, the timely filing of a suit to enforce same may be treated as a cross bill to a previously filed equitable lien action and should be consolidated with such action on application or on court's own motion. E. C. Robinson Lumber Co. v. Baugher (A.), 258 S.W.2d 259. (1954) Where contract for machines to be attached to realty was made with one corporation which was later dissolved and machines thereunder were delivered to and accepted by another corporation having same name, suit for mechanic's lien timely filed against first corporation which was not then in existence held timely. Drew's Hdw. & App. Co. v. Willis Housing Projects (A.), 268 S.W.2d 596.  (1956) Where ninetieth day for filing mechanic's lien occurred on Decoration Day, May 30, which was Sunday, the time for filing under § 506.060 was extended until Tuesday, June 1, because Monday became the holiday under § 9.010. Hermann v. Dixon (A.), 285 S.W.2d 716. (1963) Where both the property owner and subcontractor were made parties defendant in action to establish and enforce materialman's lien and petition was filed and process issued within six months' period, suit was timely although service was not had on subcontractor within six months' period. Continental Electric Co. v. Ebco (A.), 365 S.W.2d 746. (1964) In suit in equity to enforce mechanic's lien where another lien claimant filed application asking for order joining claimant as party defendant and filed no further pleading, application was not timely commencement of action as required by sections 429.170 and 429.310 to preserve claimant's lien. Truog v. Elbel Construction Co. (A.), 374 S.W.2d 612. (1964) Although action to enforce lien was commenced within statutory period, materialman's unexcused neglect for a period in excess of the period of limitation after first summons was issued against necessary party and returned unserved to request issuance of alias summons was fatal to the action. Continental Electric Co. v. Ebco, Inc. (Mo.), 375 S.W.2d 134.
MO Rev Stat § 429.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.180 - Pleadings as in other civil cases.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.180. Pleadings as in other civil cases. — The pleadings, practice, process and other proceedings in cases arising under sections 429.010 to 429.340 shall be the same as in ordinary civil actions and proceedings in circuit courts, except as herein otherwise provided. The petition, among other things, shall allege the facts necessary for securing a lien under said sections, and shall contain a description of the property charged therewith. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3554)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3164; 1919 § 7224; 1909 § 8220  (1956) While inaccurate, loose or general descriptions of property against which a lien is claimed have been declared sufficient, the judgment must accurately describe the land subject to the lien. Hertel Electric Co. v. Gabriel (A.), 292 S.W.2d 95.
MO Rev Stat § 429.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.190 - Who may be made parties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.190. Who may be made parties. — In all suits under sections 429.010 to 429.340 the parties to the contract shall, and all other persons interested in the matter in controversy or in the property charged with the lien may be made parties, but such as are not made parties shall not be bound by any such proceedings. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3555)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3165; 1919 § 7225; 1909 § 8221  (1959) Where straw party holding legal title to realty was party but real owner who contracted for repair of boiler was not a party to action under mechanic's lien law, court did not acquire jurisdiction of subject matter of action. Simon Devine Welding Co. v. Kuhn (A.), 329 S.W.2d 249. (1962) In action against corporation to have real estate impressed with mechanic's lien for balance due for work performed under contract made with corporation's vendor where evidence showed the corporation ratified and adopted the contract, the corporation's vendors were not necessary parties to the action. Vasquez v. Village Center, Inc. (Mo.), 362 S.W.2d 588.
MO Rev Stat § 429.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.200 - Personal representative made party, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   429.200. Personal representative made party, when. — In case of the death of any of the parties specified in section 429.190, whether before or after suit brought, the personal representative of such deceased party shall be made plaintiff or defendant, as the case may require, and it shall not be necessary to make the heirs or devisees of such deceased persons parties to the suit; but if there is no personal representative of such deceased person, then his heirs or devisees may be made parties, and if any of the heirs or devisees are minors under the age of eighteen years, their guardians or conservators of their estates shall be made parties with them; but if such minors shall have no guardians or conservators of their estates, the court in which the suit is pending shall appoint guardians ad litem for them in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as guardians ad litem are appointed in proceedings for partition of real estate, and the judgment and proceedings of such court in any such suits shall be as binding on such minors as if they were over the age of eighteen years. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3556, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3166; 1919 § 7226; 1909 § 8222
MO Rev Stat § 429.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.210 - The judgment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.210. The judgment. — The court shall ascertain, by a fair trial in the usual way, the amount of the indebtedness for which the lien is prosecuted, and may render judgment therefor in any sum not exceeding the amount claimed in the demand filed with the lien, together with interest and costs, although the creditor may have unintentionally failed to enter in his account filed the full amount of credits to which the debtor may be entitled. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3557)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3167; 1919 § 7227; 1909 § 8223  (1967) Interest is includable in any mechanic's lien judgment, including those situations where the owner is not in privity with the contractor. Mid-West Engineering and Construction Co. v. Campagna (Mo.), 421 S.W.2d 229.
MO Rev Stat § 429.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.220 - Judgment by default.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.220. Judgment by default. — Judgment by default shall be rendered against every defendant who, after being summoned or notified according to law, shall not appear and plead within the time allowed in ordinary civil actions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3558)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3168; 1919 § 7228; 1909 § 8224
MO Rev Stat § 429.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.230 - Judgment on constructive notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.230. Judgment on constructive notice. — When the debtor has not been served with summons according to law, and has not appeared, but has been lawfully notified by publication, the judgment, if for the plaintiff, shall be that he recover the amount of the indebtedness found to be due, and costs of suit, to be levied of the property charged with the lien therefor, which said property shall be correctly described in said judgment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3559)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3169; 1919 § 7229; 1909 § 8225
MO Rev Stat § 429.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.240 - Judgment on personal service.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.240. Judgment on personal service. — When the debtor has been served with summons according to law, or appears to the action without service, the judgment, if for the plaintiff, shall be against such debtor as in ordinary cases, with the addition that if no sufficient property of the debtor can be found to satisfy such judgment and costs of suit, then the residue thereof be levied as provided in section 429.230. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3560)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3170; 1919 § 7230; 1909 § 8226
MO Rev Stat § 429.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.250 - The execution.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.250. The execution. — The execution to be issued shall be a special fieri facias, and shall be in conformity with the judgment, and such writ shall be returnable as ordinary executions; and the advertisement, sale and conveyance of real or personal estate under the same shall be made as under ordinary executions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3561)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3171; 1919 § 7231; 1909 § 8227
MO Rev Stat § 429.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.260 - Proceeds divided pro rata, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.260. Proceeds divided pro rata, when. — The liens for work and labor done or things furnished, as specified in sections 429.010 to 429.340, shall be upon an equal footing, without reference to the date of filing the account or lien; and in all cases where a sale shall be ordered and the property sold, which may be described in any account or lien, the proceeds arising from such sale, when not sufficient to discharge in full all the liens against the same without reference to the date of filing the account or lien, shall be paid pro rata on the respective liens; provided, such account or liens shall have been filed and suit brought as provided by said sections. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3569)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3179; 1919 § 7239; 1909 § 8235
MO Rev Stat § 429.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.270 - Enforcement and adjudication of rights of several lienors in equitable action — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.270. Enforcement and adjudication of rights of several lienors in equitable action — procedure. — Any and all liens in sections 429.010 to 429.340 provided for may be adjudicated and determined and the rights of all parties interested in the same and in the property and of any of the property against which the same is claimed may be adjudicated, determined and enforced in one action which may be brought by any such lien claimant after the statement for such lien is filed in the office of the clerk of court, as herein provided, or such action may be brought by any owner or lessee of the property or any of it to be affected, or mortgagee or holder of any other encumbrance thereon. Such action shall be an equitable action for the purpose of determining the various rights, interest and liens of the various mechanics' lien claimants and claimants of other liens and owner of any interest in or leasehold upon said property and for enforcing the rights of any and all such persons in, to or against the property, being the lands and buildings and either of the same and for sale of such property, land and buildings or either of the same and for marshalling and distribution of the proceeds thereof among the parties according to their respective legal and equitable rights therein. Such action shall be an equitable action for the purpose of determining, establishing and enforcing the various and respective rights of the parties thereto and for the purpose of marshaling, applying and distributing the proceeds of the sale of such property that may be ordered and decreed in said action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3570)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3180; 1919 § 7240  (1967) Architects not entitled to mechanic's lien on building for preparation of plans and specifications. Henges Co. v. Doctor's North-Roads Building, Inc., 409 S.W.2d 489.
MO Rev Stat § 429.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.280 - Parties to equitable action.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.280. Parties to equitable action. — 1. All persons claiming any lien or encumbrance upon, and all persons having any rights in or against and all owners and lessees of said property to be affected and any of it, all as may be disclosed by the proper public records, shall be made parties to said action and parties whose interests are divers may join as plaintiffs therein, but if they do not join as plaintiffs, then they shall be made defendants.  2. Any person, lien claimant or other having any rights in, to, against or upon said property and any of it whose rights are not disclosed at the time of bringing said action by the proper record, shall be bound by the proceedings, orders and judgments in said actions, but any such person shall be entitled upon application to the court to be made a party to said action at any time before final disposition by the final judgment of the court therein of the proceeds of said property and shall be entitled according to their respective rights to participate in the proceeds of the sale of such property and any of it, as the same may be thereafter received or then remain under the jurisdiction of the court.  3. If at the commencement of said action any person whose rights are disclosed by the record is omitted as a party, he may thereafter be made party to said action either upon his own application or upon the application of any other party to said action or by the court of its own motion.  4. If any party to said action shall die or cease to exist during the pendency of said action before the judgment or order of sale therein of said property, then the proper representatives, either administrator or other proper successor in right, shall be substituted by order of the court upon motion and notice of motion without formal revivor of said action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3571)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3181; 1919 § 7241
MO Rev Stat § 429.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.290 - Equitable action exclusive of other remedies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.290. Equitable action exclusive of other remedies. — After any such equitable action is commenced, the same shall be exclusive of other remedies for the enforcement of mechanics' liens, but until such action is brought, the other remedies provided for in sections 429.010 to 429.340 shall remain and exist. And the procedure in any such equitable action, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be governed by the law and rules of procedure in civil actions generally. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3576)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3186; 1919 § 7246   (1953) Where lien appears of record, the timely filing of a suit to enforce same may be treated as a cross bill to a previously filed equitable lien action and should be consolidated with such action on application or on court's own motion. E. C. Robinson Lumber Co. v. Baugher (A.), 258 S.W.2d 259.
MO Rev Stat § 429.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.300 - Other actions stayed when equitable action brought.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   429.300. Other actions stayed when equitable action brought. — The equitable action above provided for shall be brought in the proper court of record regardless of the amount claimed by the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such action, and all other suits that may have been brought on any mechanic's lien claim or demand shall be stayed and no further prosecuted, and the parties in any such other suit shall be made parties to such equitable action as in the foregoing sections provided, and any costs rightfully accrued in behalf of any lien claimant in any such other action shall be and become a part of the lien claim of such party. After the institution of such equitable action no separate suit shall be brought upon any mechanic's lien or claim against said property, or any of it, but the rights of all persons shall be adjusted, adjudicated and enforced in such equitable suit. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3573)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3183; 1919 § 7243  (1952) Where supplier of steel for housing project filed suit for equitable mechanic's lien in Jackson county, subsequent equity action filed by party to such mechanic's lien suit against plaintiff therein which involved same transactions should be dismissed. State ex rel. G. Lakes Steel Corp. v. Sartorius (Mo.), 249 S.W.2d 853.
MO Rev Stat § 429.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Debtor-Creditor Relations|Chapter 429 - Statutory Liens Against Real Estate|Section 429.310 - Time suits deemed commenced.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   429.310. Time suits deemed commenced. — Any answer, or other pleading, or motion, or entry of appearance followed by pleading in due course, filed or made in any such equitable action by any mechanic's lien claimant, within six months after the preliminary statement for the lien of such claimant has been filed in the proper office therefor, as required by law, or, when filed, or made, at the time required by law on a summons in such equitable action, issued before or within such six-months' period within which suits on mechanics' liens including this equitable action are required to be commenced, provided such equitable action is still pending, shall be deemed a commencement of an action by such mechanic's lien claimant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3577, A.L. 1959 S.B. 257 & 295)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3187; 1919 § 7247  (1956) Where subcontractor, after filing notice of lien and statement and obtaining judgment against property owners, filed his answer and cross petition in equitable action brought against general contractor and others, all within 90 days after notice filed, he was entitled to lien although his amended answer was not filed within 90 days. Dierks & Sons Lbr. Co. v. McSorley (A.), 289 S.W.2d 164. (1964) In suit in equity to enforce mechanic's lien where another lien claimant filed application asking for order joining claimant as party defendant and filed no further pleading, application was not timely commencement of action as required by sections 429.170 and 429.310 to preserve claimant's lien. Truog v. Elbel Construction Co. (A.), 374 S.W.2d 612.