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MO Rev Stat § 514.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.230 - Deposit or tender made before suit, plaintiff not to recover costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   514.230. Deposit or tender made before suit, plaintiff not to recover costs. — In all actions where, before suit brought, tender shall be made and full payment offered, by discount or otherwise, in such specie and at such time and place as the party, by contract or agreement, ought to do, and the thing tendered, if in money, shall be deposited in court, or if not money, committed under an order of court to the sheriff or other officer of court, for the use of the plaintiff, before the trial of the cause shall commence, and the party to whom such tender shall be made doth refuse the same, and yet afterward will sue for the debt or property so tendered, the plaintiff shall not recover any costs in such suit, but the defendant shall recover costs, as if the judgment in the cause had gone in his favor upon the merits. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1423)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1259; 1919 § 1711; 1909 § 2280
MO Rev Stat § 514.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.240 - Tender without deposit stops interest or accumulation of damages.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   514.240. Tender without deposit stops interest or accumulation of damages. — Where tender and no deposit shall be made, as provided in section 514.230, the tender shall only have the effect, in law, to prevent the running of interest or accumulation of damages from and after the time such tender was made. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1424)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1260; 1919 § 1712; 1909 § 2281
MO Rev Stat § 514.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.250 - Tender in court after suit brought — when plaintiff shall pay all costs from the time of such tender.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   514.250. Tender in court after suit brought — when plaintiff shall pay all costs from the time of such tender. — If, in any suit pending, the defendant shall, at any time, deposit with the clerk, for the use of the plaintiff, the amount of the debt or damages he admits to be due, together with all costs that have then accrued, and the plaintiff shall refuse to accept the same in discharge of his suit, and shall not afterward recover a larger sum for his debt or damages due, and costs accrued up to the time of deposit, than the sum so deposited, he shall pay all costs that may accrue from and after the time such money was so deposited, as aforesaid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1425)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1261; 1919 § 1713; 1909 § 2282
MO Rev Stat § 514.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.260 - Duty of clerk in taxing bill of costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   514.260. Duty of clerk in taxing bill of costs. — The clerk shall tax and subscribe all bills of costs arising in any cause or proceedings instituted or adjudged in the court of which he is the clerk, agreeably to fees which shall, for the time being, be allowed by law, and shall in no case allow any item or charge, unless the service for which it was made was actually performed in the cause. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1427)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1263; 1919 § 1715; 1909 § 2284
MO Rev Stat § 514.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.270 - Retaxation of costs, when made — effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   514.270. Retaxation of costs, when made — effect. — Any person aggrieved by the taxation of a bill of costs may, upon application, have the same retaxed by the court in which the action or proceeding was had, and in such retaxation all errors shall be corrected by the court; and if the party aggrieved shall have paid any unlawful charge, by reason of the first taxation, the clerk shall pay the costs of retaxation, and also to the party aggrieved the amount which he may have paid by reason of the allowing of such unlawful charge. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1428)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1264; 1919 § 1716; 1909 § 2285
MO Rev Stat § 514.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.280 - Supreme court or appellate court to retax costs, when — order fees refunded.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   514.280. Supreme court or appellate court to retax costs, when — order fees refunded. — In all cases of appeal in the supreme court and the court of appeals, it shall be the duty of the court, whenever the transcript of a record shall contain any unnecessary matter had before the inferior court, to retax the bill of costs of the clerk of the inferior court, although no motion for that purpose is made by either party; and when the fees for such unnecessary matter contained in the transcript of the record shall have been paid to the clerk of the inferior court, the appellate court shall order the same to be refunded, which order may be enforced by attachment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1429, A. 1949 H.B. 2122, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1265; 1919 § 1717; 1909 § 2286
MO Rev Stat § 514.303 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.303 - Costs of enforcing judgment, how awarded — how certified.

Effective - 01 Jul 1997   514.303. Costs of enforcing judgment, how awarded — how certified. — All costs involved in the execution and sale of property pursuant to judgment, except attorney's fees, may be awarded as judgment in favor of the party incurring such costs, including moving expenses, insurance, storage charges, and any other expenses except for attorney's fees, reasonably incurred as a result of such execution and sale. Creditors shall certify such expenses as true and accurate in an affidavit filed with the court, and shall provide the court with copies of all receipts. The court may then award such costs as it deems reasonable and necessary. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al. § 3, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)  Effective 7-01-97
MO Rev Stat § 514.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.310 - Fee bill and writ of fieri facias to contain written or printed itemized statement of costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   514.310. Fee bill and writ of fieri facias to contain written or printed itemized statement of costs. — Every fee bill and every writ of fieri facias issuing out of any court of record in this state, shall have written or printed thereon a true statement of each and every item of all the taxable costs in the case, and over against each item so stated there shall be set the amount of money taxed thereunder; and when the same shall come to the hands of any officer authorized by law to enforce the collection thereof, he shall also itemize all the costs to be added thereto by him for his own services. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1435, A. 1949 H.B. 2122)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1271; 1919 § 1723; 1909 § 2292
MO Rev Stat § 514.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.330 - Court costs — collection.

Effective - 01 Jul 1997   514.330. Court costs — collection. — The clerks who are responsible by law or court rule for collecting court costs shall strictly examine the accounts of all court costs accruing during the progress of any civil suit pending in divisions for which they are responsible for collecting court costs, and shall correct the same if wrong in any manner, and shall thereupon enter the amount thereof upon their records; and if the person or persons and their sureties for costs properly chargeable with such court costs shall neglect or refuse to pay the amount thereof, and costs for issuing and serving the same, within thirty days after demand, the clerk shall take such action to collect such fees as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020*. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13398, A. 1949 H.B. 2122, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11776; 1919 § 10986; 1909 § 10690  Effective 7-01-97  *Words "section 514.015" appear in original rolls, which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.
MO Rev Stat § 514.335 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)|Section 514.335 - Guardian ad litem appointed for minors not party to action, compensation.

Effective - 01 Jul 1997   514.335. Guardian ad litem appointed for minors not party to action, compensation. — In any court case or proceeding in which a guardian ad litem is appointed by the court to safeguard the interests of a minor and in which the minor is not a party, the court may enter judgment in favor of the guardian ad litem allowing reasonable compensation for such guardian ad litem's services. ­­-------- (L. 1982 S.B. 722 § 1, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869)  Effective 7-01-97
MO Rev Stat § 515.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.010 - Cases referred by consent.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.010. Cases referred by consent. — All or any of the issues of fact in the action may be referred upon the written consent of the parties. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1141)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 975; 1919 § 1425; 1909 § 1995
MO Rev Stat § 515.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.020 - When referred by order of court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.020. When referred by order of court. — Where the parties do not so consent, the court may, upon the application of either, or of its own motion, direct a reference in the following cases:  (1) Where the trial of an issue of fact shall require the examination of a long account on either side, in which case the referees may be directed to hear and decide the whole issue, or to report upon any specific question of fact involved therein; or  (2) Where the taking of an account shall be necessary for the information of the court, before judgment, or for carrying a judgment or order into effect; or  (3) Where a question of fact other than upon the pleadings shall arise upon motion or otherwise, in any stage of the action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1142)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 976; 1919 § 1426; 1909 § 1996  CROSS REFERENCES:  Examination of judgment debtor, referee may conduct, 513.390  Insurance company, proceedings to wind up, referee appointed to hear, when, 375.610  Mechanic's and materialman's lien action, referee appointed, when, 429.320  (1956) The power of a court of equity to refer issues to a referee is expressly limited to situations provided for in chapter 515, RSMo, notwithstanding the rule at common law. Durwood v. Dubinsky (Mo.), 291 S.W.2d 909.
MO Rev Stat § 515.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.030 - Parties may agree upon referees or court shall appoint.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.030. Parties may agree upon referees or court shall appoint. — In all cases of reference, the parties, except when an infant may be a party, may agree upon a suitable person or persons, not exceeding three; and, upon filing such agreement, the reference shall be ordered accordingly. If the parties do not agree, the court shall appoint one or more referees, not exceeding three, who shall be free from all exception. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1143)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 977; 1919 § 1427; 1909 § 1997
MO Rev Stat § 515.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.040 - Referees to be disinterested parties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.040. Referees to be disinterested parties. — No person shall be appointed referee who is of kin to either party, or is interested in the event of the action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1145)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 979; 1919 § 1429; 1909 § 1999
MO Rev Stat § 515.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.050 - Oath of referees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.050. Oath of referees. — Before proceeding to hear any testimony in the cause, they shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer duly authorized to administer an oath, faithfully and fairly to hear and examine the cause, and to make a just, impartial and true report, according to the best of their understanding, which oath shall be filed and returned with the award. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1147)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 981; 1919 § 1431; 1909 § 2001
MO Rev Stat § 515.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.060 - Referees to hear and determine cause without delay.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.060. Referees to hear and determine cause without delay. — The referee or referees appointed in pursuance of any order of reference shall proceed with diligence to hear and determine the matter in controversy. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1144)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 978; 1919 § 1428; 1909 § 1998
MO Rev Stat § 515.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.070 - Appointment in case of death or removal of referee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.070. Appointment in case of death or removal of referee. — In case of the death or removal from the state of a referee, another shall, if necessary and proper, be appointed to fill the vacancy. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1146)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 980; 1919 § 1430; 1909 § 2000
MO Rev Stat § 515.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.080 - Referees must all meet and conduct hearing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.080. Referees must all meet and conduct hearing. — If more than one referee be appointed, all the referees must meet together and hear all the proofs and allegations of the parties; but a report made and every other act done by a majority of them, shall be valid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1151)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 985; 1919 § 1435; 1909 § 2005
MO Rev Stat § 515.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.090 - Hearing — notice — adjournments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.090. Hearing — notice — adjournments. — They shall appoint a time and place for the hearing, and give ten days' notice thereof, in writing, to all the parties, and if either party being notified shall fail to appear, they shall proceed ex parte, and shall adjourn the hearing, from time to time, as may be necessary; and for good cause they may postpone the hearing to any time, not extending beyond the next term of the court in which the suit is pending, or when a longer time is given by the order of the court within which to report, not extending beyond such time. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1148)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 982; 1919 § 1432; 1909 § 2002
MO Rev Stat § 515.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.100 - Service of notices, how and by whom made.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.100. Service of notices, how and by whom made. — All notices required to be given by the referees or others, in the progress of a cause, shall be served by reading the same or delivering a copy to the person to be notified, and may be served by the sheriff or other officer authorized to serve process, whose return shall be evidence of the facts therein stated. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1160)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 994; 1919 § 1445; 1909 § 2014
MO Rev Stat § 515.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.110 - Power to compel attendance of witnesses.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.110. Power to compel attendance of witnesses. — They shall have the same power that may be given by law to associate circuit judges, to issue subpoenas for witnesses, and to compel their attendance by attachment, to administer oaths, and punish contempts committed in their presence during the hearing of the cause, and commit to the jail of the county such witnesses as refuse to testify. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1149)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 983; 1919 § 1433; 1909 § 2003
MO Rev Stat § 515.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.120 - Service of notices and subpoenas.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.120. Service of notices and subpoenas. — Such notices and all subpoenas for witnesses in any cause may also be served by any person being a competent witness in the cause; and the affidavit of such person shall be received as evidence of the facts stated relating to the service. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1161)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 995; 1919 § 1446; 1909 § 2015
MO Rev Stat § 515.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.130 - May compel parties to testify and produce documents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.130. May compel parties to testify and produce documents. — They shall have power, as courts of record have, to examine the parties on oath, to be administered by the referees, or either of them, and to require the production of all books, papers and documents in the custody or under the control of either party. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1153)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 987; 1919 § 1437; 1909 § 2007
MO Rev Stat § 515.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.140 - Punishment of parties for contempt.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.140. Punishment of parties for contempt. — If any party shall neglect or refuse to account, pursuant to proper notice, or to produce any books, papers or documents required by the referees, the referees may proceed against the party for his disobedience and imprison him until he submits to account or produce such books, papers and documents, or the referees may receive a statement of the account from the adverse party, and the witnesses that he may produce on oath in relation thereto, and report such sum to be due as they on such examination find due. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1154)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 988; 1919 § 1438; 1909 § 2008
MO Rev Stat § 515.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.150 - Punishment for refusal to testify.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.150. Punishment for refusal to testify. — If either party shall refuse to be sworn, or when sworn shall refuse to answer any proper question, the referees may imprison him until he consents to be sworn or to answer such question. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1155)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 989; 1919 § 1439; 1909 § 2009
MO Rev Stat § 515.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.160 - Depositions may be taken and read.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.160. Depositions may be taken and read. — Depositions of witnesses or parties regularly taken in the cause may be read in evidence before the referees, as in cases of trials before the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1150)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 984; 1919 § 1434; 1909 § 2004
MO Rev Stat § 515.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.170 - Testimony to be written — exceptions to be stated in report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.170. Testimony to be written — exceptions to be stated in report. — All testimony taken before referees shall be reduced to writing, and if either party shall except to the competency of a witness or the admission or exclusion of evidence, or any other matter to which exceptions may be taken, the referees, if required, shall state the particulars of the exceptions in their report. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1156)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 990; 1919 § 1440; 1909 § 2010
MO Rev Stat § 515.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.180 - Court may compel referees to hear and report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.180. Court may compel referees to hear and report. — The referees may be compelled, by the order of the court in which the cause is pending, to proceed to the hearing and make a report. And the court may require them to report their decision, in admitting or rejecting any witness, or the depositions of any witness or other testimony, in allowing or overruling any question to any witness, or answer thereto; and all proceedings by them, together with the testimony before them, and their reasons for allowing or disallowing any claim of either party. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1152)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 986; 1919 § 1436; 1909 § 2006
MO Rev Stat § 515.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.190 - Report of referees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.190. Report of referees. — The referees shall, in all cases, report as speedily as possible, reciting the order of the court, and showing the notice to the parties, the time and place of stating the account or taking the testimony, and all other proceedings had, and return the same, together with the testimony taken, to the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1157)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 991; 1919 § 1441; 1909 § 2011
MO Rev Stat § 515.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.200 - Exceptions to report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.200. Exceptions to report. — All exceptions to the report of the referees shall be in writing, and filed within four days, in term, after the report is filed, and shall be argued without delay. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1158)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 992; 1919 § 1442; 1909 § 2012
MO Rev Stat § 515.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.210 - Proceedings on report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.210. Proceedings on report. — If exceptions are sustained the matter may again be referred, with instructions, if necessary, but if the report is confirmed by the court, judgment shall be rendered thereon in the same manner and with like effect as upon a special verdict. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1159)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 993; 1919 § 1443; 1909 § 2013
MO Rev Stat § 515.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers|Section 515.220 - Compensation of referees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   515.220. Compensation of referees. — Referees, in the absence of any special agreement, shall receive such compensation for their services as the court in which the case is pending may allow, not exceeding ten dollars per day. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1162)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 996; 1919 § 1447; 1909 § 2016