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MO Rev Stat § 527.188 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.188 - Petition for vacation of abandoned easement.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   527.188. Petition for vacation of abandoned easement. — A property owner of land burdened by an easement created after December 31, 2006, abandoned in whole for a period in excess of ten years, may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the rights previously transferred and vacation of the easement for monetary consideration equal to the original consideration obtained by the property owner in exchange for the easement. The holder of the easement shall be a party to such action. The holder of any such easement shall be allowed to maintain the easement upon a showing that the holder, in good faith, plans to make future use of the easement. The right to request that an easement be vacated may be waived by the property owner of record from whom the easement was originally acquired or by such property owner's successor in title to the burdened property either in the original instrument of conveyance or in a subsequent signed writing. ­­-------- (L. 2006 H.B. 1944 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 527.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.190 - Proceedings to establish title when records, deeds are lost or destroyed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.190. Proceedings to establish title when records, deeds are lost or destroyed. — 1. Any person or persons claiming an estate or interest in any lands or real estate in this state, and whose deeds, mortgages, or other written evidence of title or interest, or the record thereof, have been lost or destroyed, may apply by petition to the circuit court of the county in which the land or any part thereof lies, or the record was destroyed, setting forth in said petition a description of said lands, the nature and extent of his, her or their interest or estate therein, and a description of his or her or their deeds, mortgages or other evidence of title, and give the date and contents of said deeds, mortgages or other written evidence of title, and the name or names of the person or persons who executed the same, and the interest therein conveyed to the said claimant, as fully and particularly as said petitioner shall be able.  2. The said petitioner or petitioners shall also set forth in his, her or their petition the manner in which his, her or their deed or deeds, or other evidence of title in and to the lands described in said petition, were lost and destroyed, and praying the said court to hear and make a record of such evidence as the said petitioner or petitioners shall produce, touching or concerning his, her or their alleged estate or interest in and to said lands described in his, her or their petition; and upon hearing such testimony and proof of title as is produced by the said petitioner or petitioners, in support of his, her or their interest and estate in and to said lands described in the said petition, the estate or interest of the said petitioner shall be adjudged and determined by the said court, according to the evidence adduced by the said petitioner or petitioners in support of the estate or interest in which he, she or they may have in and to the said lands described in the said petition, which said petition shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner or petitioners, or by the affidavit of some person petitioning in his, her or their behalf. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1688)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1524; 1919 § 1974; 1909 § 2539
MO Rev Stat § 527.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.200 - Publication of notice — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.200. Publication of notice — proceedings. — On the filing of said petition with the clerk of said court, it shall be the duty of said clerk to cause a notice to be published in some public newspaper published in the county where the cause is pending, and if there be no newspaper published in said county, then in some public newspaper published nearest to the county seat of said county, addressed to all whom it may concern, and setting forth the filing of said petition, a description of the lands in said petition described, and the estate or interest claimed therein by said petitioner or petitioners, and that a decree will be entered in said cause at the next term of said court after the due publication of said notice, and the title or interest to or in said land adjudged to said petitioner or petitioners, according to the prayer of said petition; which said notice shall be published once a week for at least four weeks, the last insertion to be at least four weeks prior to the term of said court; and if any person or persons shall be in possession of said lands in the petition described, then a copy of the notice shall be duly served upon such person or persons, at least twenty days previous to said regular term of said court, subsequent to the publication of said notice, as herein provided; and at the next term of said court after the due publication of said notice, the petitioner or petitioners may produce and submit to the court such evidence and proof of title or interest to or in the said lands in the petition described, as he may be able, and also touching and concerning the loss or destruction of his said deed or other evidence of title in and to the lands; which evidence and proofs shall be taken, and proceedings had, after the form and practice and proceedings in civil cases in said court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1689)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1525; 1919 § 1975; 1909 § 2540
MO Rev Stat § 527.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.210 - Decree conclusive as to whom — prima facie as to whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.210. Decree conclusive as to whom — prima facie as to whom. — Any person who may claim an interest or estate in said lands adverse to that alleged in the said petition or petitions may appear and answer said petition, and resist the claims of said petitioner or petitioners in and to the said lands, and may also produce and submit such evidence and proof of his estate or interest in the said lands, as he, she or they, or any person acting in his, her or their behalf, may desire, conforming in all respects to the same rules of equity as herein provided for the government of petitioner or petitioners; and if, upon a final hearing of the petition, the court shall find the allegations of said petition to be substantially proved, it shall order a decree in said cause adjudging said petitioner or petitioners to be seized of an interest and estate in the said land, according to the allegations and prayer of the said petitioner or petitioners, which said decree shall be conclusive against all persons and parties who may appear and answer in said cause, or who shall have been personally served with notice, and shall be prima facie evidence against all other persons claiming said premises from the time of entering of the said decree. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1691)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1527; 1919 § 1977; 1909 § 2541
MO Rev Stat § 527.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.220 - Limitation — court may modify its decree, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   527.220. Limitation — court may modify its decree, when. — Any person claiming any estate or interest in such lands adverse to the terms of the decree, who has not been personally served with notice, as is provided in section 527.200, or who has not entered his appearance in the cause and answered the petition, as provided in section 527.210, may enter his appearance in the cause at any time within two years after the entry of the decree, and, on his motion, after giving twenty days' notice to the petitioner or petitioners, or any person claiming by, through or under him, her or them, such proceedings shall be opened for the purpose of hearing, upon proof duly taken, any claim of title or interest to or in the lands which may be produced by the person making such motion; and on hearing such motion, and evidence and proof thereupon submitted, the court shall adjudge the ownership and title of the lands according to the evidence adduced, modifying its former decree as the evidence and nature of the case shall in justice and equity require; and if no motion to open such proceedings shall be made within two years from the entering of such decree, the same shall be conclusive against all persons claiming an estate or interest in the lands adverse to the rights of its petitioner, as defined in the decree, except infants and mentally incapacitated persons, who shall be allowed respectively two years after their disability is removed to appear and enter their motion for opening of their proceedings, and make answer to such petition or petitions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1692, A. 1949 H.B. 2129, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1528; 1919 § 1978; 1909 § 2542
MO Rev Stat § 527.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.230 - Copy to be recorded, where — may be read in evidence.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.230. Copy to be recorded, where — may be read in evidence. — A certified copy of any decree entered in pursuance of sections 527.190 to 527.250 shall be recorded in the office of the recorder or register of deeds of the said county where the lands are situate, and a certified copy of said decree, or of the record thereof, may be read as evidence in all courts and judicial proceedings in this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1693)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1529; 1919 § 1979; 1909 § 2543
MO Rev Stat § 527.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.240 - Proceedings to conform to the rules in civil practice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.240. Proceedings to conform to the rules in civil practice. — All proceedings had under sections 527.190 to 527.250, inclusive, shall conform, when not otherwise expressly provided, as near as may be to the rules and practice in civil cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1694)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1530; 1919 § 1980; 1909 § 2544
MO Rev Stat § 527.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.250 - Form of publication notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.250. Form of publication notice. — In all actions instituted under any of the provisions of sections 527.150 to 527.250, where it is desired or shall be necessary to notify any defendant by publication of the commencement or pendency of such action, such order of publication, notwithstanding any provision in said sections to the contrary, shall be in substance in the following form, and when so made and given shall in all cases be deemed and held sufficient, to wit:   ORDER OF PUBLICATION.   ______, Plaintiff,    vs.    ______, Defendant.   The state of Missouri to the above named or described defendant, greetings:   You are hereby notified that an action had been commenced against you in the ______ court of the county (or city) of ______, in the state of Missouri, affecting the title to the following described lands and tenements, to wit: (here set out description of property), which said action is returnable on the first day of the next term of said court to be held at the courthouse in the city of ______ in the county and state aforesaid, on the ______ day of ______, 20______, when and where you may appear and answer or otherwise defend such action; otherwise plaintiff's petition will be taken as confessed and judgment rendered accordingly.   ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1690)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1526; 1919 § 1976
MO Rev Stat § 527.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.260 - Notice of lis pendens in equity action — recording.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.260. Notice of lis pendens in equity action — recording. — In any civil action, based on any equitable right, claim or lien, affecting or designed to affect real estate, the plaintiff shall file for record, with the recorder of deeds of the county in which any such real estate is situated, a written notice of the pendency of the suit, stating the names of the parties, the style of the action and the term of the court to which such suit is brought, and a description of the real estate liable to be affected thereby; and the pendency of such suit shall be constructive notice to purchasers or encumbrancers, only from the time of filing such notice. The recorder shall note the time of receiving such notice, and shall record and index the same in like manner as deeds of real estate are required to be recorded and indexed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3545)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 3155; 1919 § 7215; 1909 § 8211  (1969) In any civil action designed to affect real estate, where the plaintiff files for record a written notice of the pendency of the suit, and the notice of lis pendens has a reasonable relation to the action filed, absolute privilege attaches to its recordation. Houska v. Frederick (Mo.), 447 S.W.2d 514.
MO Rev Stat § 527.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.270 - Petition, where presented — contents — proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.270. Petition, where presented — contents — proceedings. — Hereafter every person desiring to change his or her name may present a petition to that effect, verified by affidavit, to the circuit court in the county of the petitioner's residence, which petition shall set forth the petitioner's full name, the new name desired, and a concise statement of the reason for such desired change; and it shall be the duty of the judge of such court to order such change to be made, and spread upon the records of the court, in proper form, if such judge is satisfied that the desired change would be proper and not detrimental to the interests of any other person. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1706)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1542; 1919 § 1992; 1909 § 2556
MO Rev Stat § 527.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.280 - Fees to be paid by petitioner.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   527.280. Fees to be paid by petitioner. — The fees for proceedings under sections 527.270 to 527.290 shall be the same as are now or may hereafter be allowed in similar cases in said court, to be paid by the petitioner. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1707)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1543; 1919 § 1993; 1909 § 2557
MO Rev Stat § 527.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name|Section 527.290 - Notice of change to be given, when and how — not required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories   527.290. Notice of change to be given, when and how — not required, when. — 1. Public notice of such a change of name shall be given at least three times in a newspaper published in the county where such person is residing, within twenty days after the order of court is made, and if no newspaper is published in the person's or any adjacent county, then such notice shall be given in a newspaper published in the City of St. Louis, or at the seat of government.  2. Public notice of such name change through publication as required in subsection 1 of this section shall not be required, and any system operated by the judiciary that is designed to provide public case information electronically shall not post the name change, if the petitioner is:  (1) The victim of a crime, the underlying factual basis of which is found by the court on the record to include an act of domestic violence, as defined in section 455.010;  (2) The victim of child abuse, as defined in section 210.110; or  (3) The victim of domestic violence by a family or household member, as defined in section 455.010. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1708, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211, A.L. 2011 S.B. 320, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1544; 1919 § 1994; 1909 § 2558
MO Rev Stat § 528.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.010 - Equity suit — who may bring.

Effective - 07 Jul 1997   528.010. Equity suit — who may bring. — Whenever under or through any deed, conveyance or will, heretofore or hereafter made, an estate for life, or a conditional or contingent or other estate of uncertain vesting or duration is created, or provided for in lands with remainder over or reversion, whether absolute, contingent or conditional, or an estate in lands is created, or provided for, to commence or to vest in the future, either absolute, contingent or conditional, any person or persons holding the estate or an interest in the estate, carrying the right of immediate use and enjoyment of such lands, may sue in equity for sale of such lands or any of the same upon the ground that the life or other estate of immediate enjoyment is burdensome and unprofitable or that the cost of paying the taxes and assessments thereon and holding, maintaining, caring for and preserving the lands from waste, or injury, and deterioration, exceeds the reasonable value of the rents and profits thereof, and that a greater income can probably be had from proceeds of a sale thereof invested in bonds of the United States or of Missouri or some municipality or school district thereof or first lien mortgage loans upon lands situate in this state; and if upon trial of such case the court finds the allegations of the petition in such suit to be true it shall order, adjudge and decree that sale of such lands in partition shall be made in the same manner as other sales of lands not susceptible of division in kind, are or may be by law provided to be made; and, the sale proceeds, after paying the costs and expenses of the suit and sale therefrom and the commuted value of any estate as may be commutable and so requested to be by the owner or owners thereof, as in other suits in partition, shall be invested and administered by the circuit clerk as directed by the court, in the court's discretion, as a trust fund for the parties in interest and persons who may become such and the income to accumulate or be distributed according to the respective estates of the parties interested or who may become interested therein. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1710, A.L. 1997 S.B. 387)  Prior revision: 1929 § 1546  Effective 7-07-97
MO Rev Stat § 528.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.020 - Parties to suit.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.020. Parties to suit. — 1. All persons in being who are vested, and all persons in being who might or would have become vested, with an estate in said lands in case the event, condition, contingency or lapse of time upon which the same may be limited to vest in such person had happened or occurred at or immediately prior to the commencement of such suit, shall be made parties plaintiff or defendant therein; and no such person not party thereof shall be bound thereby; but the rule of representation of persons not in being by the person or persons of the same class in estate or related in estate in respect to the lands shall apply and all persons not in being shall be bound in such cases by such rule and as to and against all such persons both those in being and those not in being such sale shall carry full title to said lands.  2. In any case provided in this chapter to be brought if the petition shall allege or it shall appear to the court at any time pending the suit that an interest or estate in the land constituting the subject matter of the suit might vest in a person or persons not in being and who may not be so representable by persons in being of the same class or related in estate, then the court shall appoint some disinterested attorney, member of its bar, to represent and protect as a friend of the court the interests of such possible persons, and all such shall be bound by the result of the suit. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1711)  Prior revision: 1929 § 1547
MO Rev Stat § 528.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.030 - Partition, suit for, by whom brought, how determined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.030. Partition, suit for, by whom brought, how determined. — In all cases where lands, tenements or hereditaments are held in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or coparcenary, including estates in fee, for life, or for years, tenancy by the curtesy and in dower, it shall be lawful for any one or more of the parties interested therein, whether adults or minors, to file a petition in the circuit court of the proper county, asking for the admeasurement and setting off of any dower interest therein, if any, and for the partition of the remainder, if the same can be done without great prejudice to the parties in interest; and if not, then for a sale of the premises, and a division of the proceeds thereof among all of the parties, according to their respective rights and interests. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1709)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1545; 1919 § 1995; 1909 § 2559  (1978) Joint tenants have an absolute right of partition and fact that title was in joint tenancy with right of survivorship was not in itself an implication of an agreement not to partition. Stout v. Stout (A.), 564 S.W.2d 89.
MO Rev Stat § 528.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.040 - Suit, where brought.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.040. Suit, where brought. — Such petition shall be filed in the circuit court of the county in which such lands, tenements or hereditaments lie; but if the same shall lie in two or more counties, whether in detached parcels or otherwise, said petition shall be filed in the circuit court of the county in which any portion of such premises is situate, and a majority of the parties entitled thereto reside; and in case a majority of said parties do not reside in any such county, or all of them are nonresidents of the state, the proceedings for partition shall be had in the circuit court of that county in which an equal or greater part of such premises may be. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1712)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1548; 1919 § 1996; 1909 § 2560  (1964) This provision does not authorize joinder of separate and distinct partition actions in one petition where all land involved in one action is located in one county and all land involved in the separate action is located in a different county and where the parties affected by the two partitions do not claim under the same document or documents in both actions and all the parties to the two actions are not the same. Buschmeyer v. Eikermann (Mo.), 378 S.W.2d 468.