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MO Rev Stat § 528.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.050 - Petition shall set forth what facts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.050. Petition shall set forth what facts. — The petition shall particularly describe the premises sought to be divided or sold, and shall set forth the names, rights and title of all parties interested therein, so far as the same can be stated, including persons entitled to the reversion, remainder or inheritance, and of every person who, upon any contingency, may be or become entitled to any beneficial interest in the premises. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1713)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1549; 1919 § 1997; 1909 § 2561
MO Rev Stat § 528.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.060 - Who shall be made parties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.060. Who shall be made parties. — Every person having any interest in such premises, whether in possession or otherwise, shall be made a party to such petition. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1714)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1550; 1919 § 1998; 1909 § 2562
MO Rev Stat § 528.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.070 - When name or interest of a party is unknown, what necessary.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.070. When name or interest of a party is unknown, what necessary. — In case one or more of such parties, or the share or quantity of interest of any of the parties be unknown to the petitioner, or be uncertain or contingent, or the ownership of the inheritance shall depend upon an executory devise, or the remainder shall be contingent, so that such parties cannot be named, the same shall be so stated in the petition. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1715)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1551; 1919 § 1999; 1909 § 2563
MO Rev Stat § 528.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.080 - Those having an interest may appear and be made parties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.080. Those having an interest may appear and be made parties. — Any person having an interest in such premises, whether the same be present or future, vested or contingent, though not made a party in the petition, may appear and be made a party on application for that purpose, accompanied by an affidavit of such interest. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1716)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1552; 1919 § 2000; 1909 § 2564
MO Rev Stat § 528.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.090 - Proceedings, how governed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.090. Proceedings, how governed. — All pleadings and proceedings under this chapter shall be had as in ordinary civil actions. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1717)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1553; 1919 § 2001; 1909 § 2565
MO Rev Stat § 528.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.100 - Conservators may act for disabled persons.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   528.100. Conservators may act for disabled persons. — The conservators of the estates of minors and disabled persons, appointed according to law, are hereby authorized, in behalf of their respective protectees, to do and perform any matter or thing respecting the division of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, as herein directed, which shall be binding on such protectee, and deemed as valid to every purpose as if the same had been done by such protectee after his disabilities are removed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1718, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1554; 1919 § 2002; 1909 § 2566
MO Rev Stat § 528.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.130 - Partition not to be made contrary to will.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.130. Partition not to be made contrary to will. — No partition or sale of lands, tenements or hereditaments, devised by any last will, shall be made under the provisions of this chapter, contrary to the intention of the testator, expressed in any such will. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1721)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1557; 1919 § 2005; 1909 § 2569
MO Rev Stat § 528.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.140 - Partitioned lands subject to debts of estate.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.140. Partitioned lands subject to debts of estate. — Upon judgment of partition in proceedings commenced under this chapter, where the lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any portion thereof, sought to be divided as herein directed, shall have descended to any of the parties in interest, and the court shall not be satisfied either that the estate from which the same has descended has been finally settled, and all claims against the same fully discharged, or that the personal property, or other real property not already partitioned, belonging to such estate, is more than sufficient to pay all claims and demands against the same, the order of distribution shall not apply to nor take effect upon any of the lands, tenements or hereditaments allotted, or the share of the proceeds of any sale adjudged to the parties whose interest shall have so descended, until such estate shall have been finally settled and all claims against the same fully discharged; and until such final settlement, the interest of all parties in such lands, tenements or hereditaments, or in the proceeds of sale in cases where sale has been ordered, shall remain and be subject to the claims against the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1722)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1558; 1919 § 2006; 1909 § 2570
MO Rev Stat § 528.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.150 - Judgment by default shall be rendered, when — proof of title to be exhibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.150. Judgment by default shall be rendered, when — proof of title to be exhibited. — If any of the parties, duly notified according to law, shall not appear and answer within the time allowed for that purpose, the default shall be entered, but the petitioners shall, nevertheless, exhibit proofs of their title. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1723)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1559; 1919 § 2007; 1909 § 2571
MO Rev Stat § 528.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.160 - Rights of parties to be determined, how — judgment to be rendered.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.160. Rights of parties to be determined, how — judgment to be rendered. — The court shall ascertain from the evidence, in case of a default, or from the confession of the parties, if they appear, or from the verdict by which any issue of fact shall be determined, and shall declare the rights, titles and interests of the parties to such proceedings, petitioners as well as defendants, and determine such rights, and give judgment that partition be made between such of them as shall have any right therein accordingly. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1724)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1560; 1919 § 2008; 1909 § 2572  (1974) Counsel for plaintiff acts for all parties and his fees are to be paid by both plaintiffs and defendants in proportion to their interest. All persons having an interest must be made parties. Billinger v. Jost (A.), 510 S.W.2d 57.
MO Rev Stat § 528.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.170 - Several shares may be set off together.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.170. Several shares may be set off together. — It shall be lawful for the court, in rendering judgment of partition, to order and direct that any number of shares be set off together in one parcel, and that the residue be divided among the other parties, according to their several rights. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1725)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1561; 1919 § 2009; 1909 § 2573
MO Rev Stat § 528.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.180 - Parcels, set off to the parties, to be held and enjoyed by them, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.180. Parcels, set off to the parties, to be held and enjoyed by them, how. — If partition be made according to such judgment, and the report of the commissioners, as herein directed, be confirmed, the parcel so set off to several parties shall thereafter be held and enjoyed by them, in like portions and in the same estate as they before had in the whole. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1726)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1562; 1919 § 2010; 1909 § 2574
MO Rev Stat § 528.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.190 - When parties claim adversely, court shall proceed, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.190. When parties claim adversely, court shall proceed, how. — Whenever it shall appear in any proceeding in partition that there are parties claiming the same portion adversely to each other, the court may either decide upon such adverse claims, or, in its discretion, direct the share or shares so in controversy to be set off and allotted, subject to the claims of the parties in controversy against each other. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1727)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1563; 1919 § 2011; 1909 § 2575
MO Rev Stat § 528.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.200 - Court shall appoint commissioners, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.200. Court shall appoint commissioners, when. — Whenever any judgment of partition shall be rendered, the court shall appoint not less than three nor more than five competent persons as commissioners, residents of the county, or any of the counties in which the premises to be divided shall be situated, to admeasure and set off the dower, if any, and to make the partition so adjudged, according to the respective rights and interests of the parties, as the same were ascertained and determined by the court, and shall designate the part or share, if any, which shall remain undivided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1728)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1564; 1919 § 2012; 1909 § 2576
MO Rev Stat § 528.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.210 - Court, or judge, may appoint new commissioners, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.210. Court, or judge, may appoint new commissioners, when. — In case of the death, resignation, neglect or refusal to act, of any of the commissioners appointed by virtue of this chapter, before the duties, trust and services hereby required of them shall be completed, the court, or judge thereof in vacation, may appoint another commissioner or commissioners, who shall be vested with the like power and authority as if he or they had been originally appointed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1729)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1565; 1919 § 2013; 1909 § 2577
MO Rev Stat § 528.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.220 - Compensation of commissioners.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.220. Compensation of commissioners. — The commissioners appointed in pursuance of this chapter shall be entitled to receive for every day they shall be employed in effecting such division such sum or compensation as may be determined and fixed by the court; and the chainmen and markers, aiding in any survey authorized by this chapter, shall be entitled to receive for their services such sum or compensation as may be fixed by the court, which sum or compensation shall be reported by the commissioners and taxed and collected as other costs. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1730)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1566; 1919 § 2014; 1909 § 2578
MO Rev Stat § 528.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.230 - Commissioners to make affidavit and give notice to parties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   528.230. Commissioners to make affidavit and give notice to parties. — The commissioners, before proceeding to the execution of their duties, shall make affidavit, before some officer qualified to administer oaths, honestly and impartially to execute the trust reposed in them, which shall be returned and filed with their report, and shall give at least five days' notice to each party to the suit, or his conservator or attorney, of the time when they will proceed to the performance of their duties; and if any such party do not reside in any county in which any of the land is situate, and have no conservator or attorney therein, notice to such party may be served by posting same in the office of the clerk of the court wherein the suit is pending at least five days before such time. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1731, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1567; 1919 § 2015; 1909 § 2579
MO Rev Stat § 528.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.240 - Commissioners shall proceed, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.240. Commissioners shall proceed, how. — The commissioners shall, as soon as may be, proceed to perform their duties, according to the judgment of the court:  (1) Admeasuring and setting off the dower of any widow interested therein; and  (2) To divide and set off, by proper metes and bounds, each share of the several persons interested, according to their respective titles. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1732)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1568; 1919 § 2016; 1909 § 2580
MO Rev Stat § 528.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.250 - Land not susceptible of division, commissioners shall report, what.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.250. Land not susceptible of division, commissioners shall report, what. — If it shall appear to the commissioners, or a majority of them, that such assignment of dower, if any, and partition of the premises cannot be made without great prejudice to the owners, they shall make report of such facts to the court, in writing; or if the judgment of the court can be executed only as to a part of such premises, they shall make division of such part, and report the same to the court, together with the residue which, in their opinion, is not susceptible of division. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1733)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1569; 1919 § 2017; 1909 § 2581
MO Rev Stat § 528.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.260 - Lands shall be divided, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.260. Lands shall be divided, how. — In assigning dower and making partition under this chapter, the commissioners shall divide the lands and tenements, and allot the several portions and shares thereof to the respective parties, quantity and quality relatively considered by them; and where the lands are in detached parcels or otherwise, the dower estate, if any, shall be set apart in one body, as near as practicable. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1734)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1570; 1919 § 2018; 1909 § 2582
MO Rev Stat § 528.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.270 - May divide lands into lots, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.270. May divide lands into lots, when. — Whenever in the opinion of the commissioners, in any case of partition or order of sale, it will be to the interest of the parties to divide the lands into lots, and lay out streets, avenues, lanes and alleys, they may cause the same to be done, and in that case shall return with their report a plat of the land so laid out, which report shall be subject to the rejection or confirmation of the court, as in other cases. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1735)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1571; 1919 § 2019; 1909 § 2583
MO Rev Stat § 528.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.280 - Commissioners shall make report — contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.280. Commissioners shall make report — contents. — The commissioners shall make a full and ample report of their proceedings in writing, signed by them, or a majority of them, specifying therein the manner of executing their trust, and describing the lands divided and the shares allotted to each party, with the quantity of each share, the boundaries, courses and distances and the items of their charges. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1736)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1572; 1919 § 2020; 1909 § 2584
MO Rev Stat § 528.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.290 - Report to be proved or acknowledged — filed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.290. Report to be proved or acknowledged — filed. — The report shall be proved or acknowledged before some officer authorized to take the proof of deeds, in the same manner that deeds are required to be proved or acknowledged, to entitle them to be recorded, and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1737)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1573; 1919 § 2021; 1909 § 2585
MO Rev Stat § 528.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.300 - Report may be set aside and new commissioners appointed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.300. Report may be set aside and new commissioners appointed, when. — Upon good cause shown by any of the parties, the court may set aside the report, and appoint new commissioners as often as may be necessary, who shall proceed in like manner as heretofore directed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1738)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1574; 1919 § 2022; 1909 § 2586
MO Rev Stat § 528.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.310 - If report approved, judgment to be rendered thereon — force of judgment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.310. If report approved, judgment to be rendered thereon — force of judgment. — If no such cause be shown, the report shall be confirmed, and final judgment rendered thereon, which judgment shall be binding and conclusive upon all parties to the proceedings, and all persons claiming under them. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1739)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1575; 1919 § 2023; 1909 § 2587
MO Rev Stat § 528.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.320 - Copy of report and judgment to be recorded.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.320. Copy of report and judgment to be recorded. — The clerk of the court shall make out a certified copy of such report and of the judgment and confirmation and cause the same to be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which any of the estate thus divided is situated, the costs of such certified copy and recording to be taxed as other costs in the case. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1740)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1576; 1919 § 2024; 1909 § 2588
MO Rev Stat § 528.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.330 - When land laid out, map shall be returned, filed and recorded.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.330. When land laid out, map shall be returned, filed and recorded. — Where the commissioners have, in pursuance of the provisions of section 528.270, laid out the land into lots, streets, lanes or alleys, and have returned a plat of the land so divided, and their report is confirmed, a copy of the plat shall be filed in the office of the recorder of the county, in like manner and with like effect as in case of plats of towns or additions made and filed by the proprietor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1741)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1577; 1919 § 2025; 1909 § 2589
MO Rev Stat § 528.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.340 - Court may order sale of lands, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.340. Court may order sale of lands, when. — If the commissioners so appointed shall report to the court that the lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any lot, tract or portion thereof, are so situated that an assignment of dower, if any, and partition thereof, cannot be made without great prejudice to the owners, the court may, if satisfied that such report is just and correct, make an order that the sheriff sell the premises situate in his county, or any portion thereof, which is reported insusceptible of division, and including any dower interest therein, at public auction to the highest bidder. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1742)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1578; 1919 § 2026; 1909 § 2590
MO Rev Stat § 528.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.350 - Proceedings where part of shares has been set off.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.350. Proceedings where part of shares has been set off. — Whenever the commissioners report that they have set off a part only of the shares, according to the division ordered, and such report is confirmed, only that part of the land which is not set off to any party shall be sold and the proceeds apportioned among the parties to whom no land has been allotted; and the costs of the proceedings shall be paid by the parties in proportion to their respective shares in the land which is the subject of the proceedings. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1743)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1579; 1919 § 2027; 1909 § 2591
MO Rev Stat § 528.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.360 - Effect of confirmation of report on parties claiming adversely.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.360. Effect of confirmation of report on parties claiming adversely. — When, in any report of commissioners, setting off a parcel, the subject of the adverse claims of different parties shall be confirmed, it shall be a bar to the claims of such parties to the residue of the lands, or the moneys arising thereon, if sold, and shall vest the part allotted subject to the controversy, in the party who shall have title to the share or shares represented in the allotment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1744)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1580; 1919 § 2028; 1909 § 2592
MO Rev Stat § 528.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 528 - Partition Suits|Section 528.370 - Order of sale shall specify what — shall be certified to sheriff — duty of sheriff — sale, how conducted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   528.370. Order of sale shall specify what — shall be certified to sheriff — duty of sheriff — sale, how conducted. — The order of sale to be made in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter shall not specify the day of sale; and the clerk shall, without delay, deliver a duly certified copy thereof to the sheriff, who shall in due time proceed to advertise and sell; and the sale shall take place during some day of the term of the court, and be governed by the same regulations prescribed by law for sales of real estate under execution, notice thereof being given in the same manner by the sheriff as provided by law for such sales; provided, that where a tract or parcel of land is cut or divided by county lines, the sale of the whole thereof shall be made by the sheriff or commissioner in that county wherein the greater part of such land is situated; but in such cases he shall give notice of such sale in the other county by posting up at least five printed handbills in as many public places in such county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1745)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1581; 1919 § 2029; 1909 § 2593