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MO Rev Stat § 524.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.240 - If plaintiff gives notice, in writing, compensation shall not be recovered.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.240. If plaintiff gives notice, in writing, compensation shall not be recovered. — If the plaintiff shall give the occupying claimant notice, in writing, of his claim, and of the nature thereof, such notice shall bar the occupying claimant, and all persons claiming from or through him, of compensation for improvements made after such notice. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1556)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1392; 1919 § 1842; 1909 § 2409
MO Rev Stat § 524.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.250 - Compensation shall only be made once.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.250. Compensation shall only be made once. — No occupying claimant shall recover compensation twice for his improvements; and in all cases where the occupying claimant shall be paid for his improvements by any person other than the proprietor of the better title, such person shall be invested with the same rights, and have the same remedy for the recovery thereof, as is given by this chapter to such occupying claimant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1557)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1393; 1919 § 1843; 1909 § 2410
MO Rev Stat § 524.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.260 - Writ of possession and execution may issue, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.260. Writ of possession and execution may issue, when. — When the judgment for the plaintiff is both for the recovery of the possession and of damages, the plaintiff may have a writ of possession, which shall command the officer to whom directed to deliver to the plaintiff possession of the premises, and shall also command him to levy and collect the damages and costs, as in executions on judgments in other civil actions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1545)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1381; 1919 § 1831; 1909 § 2398
MO Rev Stat § 524.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.270 - Ordinary execution to issue, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.270. Ordinary execution to issue, when. — When the judgment for the plaintiff is only for damages and costs, execution may be had thereon, as on judgments in other civil actions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1546)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1382; 1919 § 1832; 1909 § 2399
MO Rev Stat § 524.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.280 - Executions, to whom issued and how governed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.280. Executions, to whom issued and how governed. — Executions and writs for the delivery of possession of real property shall issue to the sheriff of the county where the same, or some part thereof, is situate, and shall be governed, in all respects, by the rules governing executions in ordinary cases, so far as the same may be applicable. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1559)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1395; 1919 § 1845; 1909 § 2412
MO Rev Stat § 524.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 524 - Ejectment|Section 524.290 - Action for damages may be maintained, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   524.290. Action for damages may be maintained, when. — An action for damages may be maintained in all the cases enumerated in section 524.020. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1558)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1394; 1919 § 1844; 1909 § 2411
MO Rev Stat § 525.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.010 - Who may be summoned as garnishees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.010. Who may be summoned as garnishees. — All persons shall be subject to garnishment, on attachment or execution, who are named as garnishees in the writ, or have in their possession goods, moneys or effects of the defendant not actually seized by the officer, and all debtors of the defendant, and such others as the plaintiff or his attorney shall direct to be summoned as garnishees. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1560)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1396; 1919 § 1846; 1909 § 2413  CROSS REFERENCES:  Director of the department of commerce and insurance not subject to garnishment in respect to deposits of securities, 375.460  Indemnity insurance on account of bodily injury or death, reached by creditors, how, 379.200  (1955) When execution is quashed, garnishment writ or summons issued in aid thereof ceases to be a live and subsisting process. Flynn v. Janssen (Mo.), 284 S.W.2d 421. (1959) Garnishment proceeding in aid of execution under federal statute is a civil action under federal statutes providing for removal of civil actions to the federal court. Randolph v. Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. of Wis., 260 F.2d 461.  (1959) Where Kansas judgment was filed with "petition on foreign judgment" after the death of the judgment debtor, it would not support a garnishment on a bank in this state because the judgment would not sustain an execution in Kansas. Barnes v. Hilton (A.), 323 S.W.2d 831.
MO Rev Stat § 525.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.020 - Garnishees summoned, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.020. Garnishees summoned, how. — When a fieri facias shall be issued and placed in the hands of an officer for collection, it shall be the duty of the officer, when directed by the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, to summon garnishees, and with like effect as in case of an original attachment. The service of garnishment in such case, and the subsequent proceedings against and in behalf of the garnishee, shall be the same as in the case of garnishment under an attachment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1561)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1397; 1919 § 1847; 1909 § 2414  CROSS REFERENCES:  Attachment writ to direct the summons of garnishees, 521.140  Garnishees, how summoned on attachment writ, 521.170
MO Rev Stat § 525.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.040 - Effect of notice of garnishment — priority based on date of service.

Effective - 15 Jan 2015   525.040. Effect of notice of garnishment — priority based on date of service. — 1. Notice of garnishment, served as provided in sections 525.010 to 525.480* shall have the effect of attaching all personal property, money, rights, credits, bonds, bills, notes, drafts, checks or other choses in action of the defendant in the garnishee's possession or charge, or under his or her control at the time of the service of the garnishment, or which may come into his or her possession or charge, or under his or her control, or be owing by him or her, between that time and the time of filing his or her answer, or in the case of a continuous wage garnishment, until the judgment is paid in full or until the employment relationship is terminated, whichever occurs first; but he or she shall not be liable to a judgment in money on account of such bonds, bills, notes, drafts, checks or other choses in action, unless the same shall have been converted into money since the garnishment, or he or she fails, in such time as the court may prescribe, to deliver them into court, or to the sheriff or other person designated by the court.  2. Writs of garnishment which would otherwise have equal priority shall have priority according to the date of service on the garnishee. If the employee's wages have been attached by more than one writ of garnishment, the employer shall inform the inferior garnisher of the existence and case number of all senior garnishments. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1563, A.L. 1971 H.B. 295, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621 merged with S.B. 672)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1399; 1919 § 1849; 1909 § 2416  Effective 1-15-15  *Section 525.480 was repealed by H.B. 1634, 1978.  (1971) This section applies only to circuit court garnishments. Saneo Finance Co. v. Agnew (A.), 462 S.W.2d 833. (1974) Held a Missouri corporation could be sued in Missouri for wages owed regardless of where they were payable and even if wages were payable in Texas which prohibits garnishment this would not prohibit garnishment action in this state. Tumulty v. Tumulty (A.), 516 S.W.2d 530.
MO Rev Stat § 525.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.050 - Notice of garnishment, how served on corporations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   525.050. Notice of garnishment, how served on corporations. — Notice of garnishment shall be served on a corporation, in writing, by delivering such notice, or a copy thereof, only to a person designated by the corporation in a registered letter filed with the sheriff or officer for collection in the corporation's county of primary business; provided, if such designated person is not available or if such designation is not filed with the sheriff or officer of collection, then such notice may be served upon the president, secretary, treasurer, cashier or other chief or managing officer of such corporation. Notice of garnishment may be served on railroad corporations by delivering the same, or a copy thereof, to any station or freight agent of such corporation, and on insurance companies not incorporated by or organized under the laws of this state, by delivering the same, or a copy thereof, to the director of the department of commerce and insurance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1564, A.L. 1945 p. 649, A.L. 1990 S.B. 834)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1400; 1919 § 1850; 1909 § 2417  (1971) Where sheriff's return reported service on the property claims manager at the North St. Louis County office of Allstate Insurance Company, a company organized under the laws of another state, it was fatally insufficient whether or not the claims manager was in charge of the office since he was neither the president, secretary, treasurer or cashier of Allstate, nor "other chief or managing officer of such corporation". Smith v. Bennett (A.), 472 S.W.2d 623.
MO Rev Stat § 525.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.060 - Return of writ, how made.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.060. Return of writ, how made. — The officer serving a writ of attachment shall return all bonds taken by him into court, with the writ, and a statement of the names of all garnishees, together with the day and hour and the places when and where they were respectively summoned. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1565)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1401; 1919 § 1851; 1909 § 2418
MO Rev Stat § 525.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.070 - Garnishee may discharge himself, how.

Effective - 15 Jan 2015   525.070. Garnishee may discharge himself, how. — Whenever any property, effects, money or debts, belonging or owing to the defendant, shall be confessed, or found by the court or jury, to be in the hands of the garnishee, the garnishee may, at any time before final judgment, discharge himself or herself, by paying or delivering the same, or so much thereof as the court shall order, to the sheriff, to the court, or if applicable, to the attorney for the party on whose behalf the order of garnishment was issued, from all further liability on account of the property, money or debts so paid or delivered. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1566, A.L. 2002 S.B. 895, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621 merged with S.B. 672)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1402; 1919 § 1852; 1909 § 2419  Effective 1-15-15
MO Rev Stat § 525.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.080 - Garnishee to deliver property, or pay debts, or may give bond therefor.

Effective - 15 Jan 2015   525.080. Garnishee to deliver property, or pay debts, or may give bond therefor. — 1. If it appear that a garnishee, at or after his or her garnishment, was possessed of any property of the defendant, or was indebted to him or her, the court, or judge in vacation, may order the delivery of such property, or the payment of the amount owing by the garnishee, to the sheriff, into court, or to the attorney for the party on whose behalf the order of garnishment was issued, at such time as the court may direct; or may permit the garnishee to retain the same, upon his or her executing a bond to the plaintiff, with security, approved by the court, to the effect that the property shall be forthcoming, or the amount paid, as the court may direct. Upon a breach of the obligation of such bond, the plaintiff may proceed against the obligors therein, in the manner prescribed in the case of a delivery bond given to the sheriff.  2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, when property is protected from garnishment by state or federal law including but not limited to federal restrictions on the garnishment of earnings in Title 15, U.S.C. Sections 1671 to 1677 and Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits as provided in Title 42, U.S.C. Section 407, such property need not be delivered to the court, or to any other person, by the garnishee to the extent such protection or preemption is applicable. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1567, A.L. 2000 S.B. 896, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621 merged with S.B. 672)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1403; 1919 § 1853; 1909 § 2420  Effective 1-15-15
MO Rev Stat § 525.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.090 - Claimants may interplead.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.090. Claimants may interplead. — Any person claiming property, money, effects or credits attached in the hands of a garnishee, may interplead in the cause, as provided by law in attachment cases; but no judgment shall be rendered against the garnishee in whose hands the same may be, until the interplea shall be determined. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1568)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1404; 1919 § 1854; 1909 § 2421
MO Rev Stat § 525.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.100 - Adjudication of costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.100. Adjudication of costs. — In all cases of interplea, costs may be adjudged for or against either party, as in ordinary actions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1569)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1405; 1919 § 1855; 1909 § 2422
MO Rev Stat § 525.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.110 - Execution same as on general judgment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.110. Execution same as on general judgment. — When judgment is rendered against any garnishee, the execution shall be such as is allowed by law on general judgment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1570)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1406; 1919 § 1856; 1909 § 2423
MO Rev Stat § 525.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.120 - Courts may prescribe rules.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.120. Courts may prescribe rules. — The court having jurisdiction may prescribe, by rule, the time and manner of excepting to and denying the answer of garnishees, of interpleading, exhibiting or filing papers, or taking any needful step in garnishment cases where the same are not prescribed by law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1571)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1407; 1919 § 1857; 1909 § 2424
MO Rev Stat § 525.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.130 - Plaintiff may exhibit interrogatories against garnishees — interrogatories, when filed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.130. Plaintiff may exhibit interrogatories against garnishees — interrogatories, when filed. — The plaintiff may exhibit in the cause written interrogatories touching the property, effects and credits attached in the hands of any garnishee, and require such garnishee to make full, direct and true answers to the same, upon oath; which interrogatories shall be filed at the return term of the writ, and within the first three days thereof, if the term shall so long continue, and if not, then before the end of the term, and not afterward, unless for good cause shown the court shall order otherwise. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1572)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1408; 1919 § 1858; 1909 § 2425
MO Rev Stat § 525.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.140 - Garnishee shall file answer — failing, judgment by default.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.140. Garnishee shall file answer — failing, judgment by default. — Upon the filing of the interrogatories aforesaid, the garnishee shall exhibit and file his answer thereto, on oath, within six days thereafter, if the term shall so long continue, if not, during such term, unless for good cause shown the court shall order otherwise. In default of such answer, the plaintiff may take judgment by default against him, or the court may, upon motion, compel him to answer by attachment of his body; provided, in all cases where the garnishee is a corporation and fails to answer as above provided, the court may, upon motion, compel said corporation to answer by attaching the body of the president, secretary, treasurer, auditor, paymaster or deputy paymaster of such corporation, in which case the said corporation shall be liable for all the costs accruing by reason of such attachment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1573)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1409; 1919 § 1859; 1909 § 2426
MO Rev Stat § 525.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.150 - Garnishment for wages, issued against railroad, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.150. Garnishment for wages, issued against railroad, when. — Except as herein provided, no garnishment shall be issued by any court in any cause where the sum demanded is two hundred dollars or less, and where the property sought to be reached is wages due the defendant by any railroad corporation, until after judgment shall have been recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant in the action; provided, this section shall not apply when the debt or claim sued for was contracted or accrued in this state; provided further, in such cases the petition or statement filed in the cause and the writ or summons of garnishment shall affirmatively show that the debt or claim sued for was contracted or accrued in this state and is owing to a bona fide citizen or resident of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1574)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1410; 1919 § 1860; 1909 § 2427
MO Rev Stat § 525.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.160 - Railroad to answer garnishment for wages, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.160. Railroad to answer garnishment for wages, when. — Except as herein provided, no railroad corporation shall be required to make answer to any interrogatories propounded to it, in any action against any person to whom it may be indebted on account of wages due for personal services, nor shall any default or other liabilities attach because of its failure to so answer in such cases, where a writ of garnishment was issued or served in advance of the recovery by the plaintiff against the defendant, in any action for two hundred dollars or less; and any judgment rendered against any railroad corporation for its said failure or refusal to make answer to any garnishment so issued or served before the recovery of final judgment in the action between the plaintiff and defendant in the cases mentioned in section 525.150 shall be void, and any officer entering said judgment or who may execute the same shall be taken and considered a trespasser and in addition thereto may be enjoined by any court having jurisdiction; provided, this section shall not apply when the debt or claim sued for was contracted or accrued in this state; provided further, in such cases the petition or statement filed in the cause and the writ or summons of garnishment shall affirmatively show that the debt or claim sued for was contracted or accrued in this state and is owing to a bona fide citizen or resident of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1575)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1411; 1919 § 1861; 1909 § 2428
MO Rev Stat § 525.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.170 - Judgment by default, how rendered final — extent and effect of against garnishee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.170. Judgment by default, how rendered final — extent and effect of against garnishee. — Such judgment by default may be proceeded on to final judgment, in like manner as in case of defendants in other civil actions; but no final judgment shall be rendered against the garnishee until there shall be final judgment against the defendant, and in no case for a greater amount than the amount sworn to by the plaintiff, with interest and costs, or for a greater amount than the garnishee shall appear to be liable for to the defendant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1576)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1412; 1919 § 1862; 1909 § 2429
MO Rev Stat § 525.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.180 - Answer of garnishee excepted to, adjudged insufficient — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.180. Answer of garnishee excepted to, adjudged insufficient — proceedings. — The plaintiff may except to the answer of the garnishee for insufficiency, and if the same shall be adjudged insufficient, the court may allow the garnishee to amend his answer in such time and on such terms as shall be just, or the plaintiff may take judgment by default, or move the court to attach the body of the garnishee, to compel a sufficient answer. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1577)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1413; 1919 § 1863; 1909 § 2430
MO Rev Stat § 525.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 525 - Garnishments|Section 525.190 - Denial of garnishee to answer, how — replication — issues tried, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   525.190. Denial of garnishee to answer, how — replication — issues tried, how. — The plaintiff may deny the answer of the garnishee, in whole or in part, without oath. In all cases where the answer of the garnishee is denied, the denial shall contain, specially, the grounds upon which a recovery is sought against the garnishee; and the garnishee shall be entitled to a reply, and the issue or issues made up on the denial and reply shall be the sole issue or issues tried, and the issue or issues shall be tried as ordinary issues between plaintiff and defendant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1578)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1414; 1919 § 1864; 1909 § 2431