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2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 527
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1690)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1526; 1919 § 1976
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 527
• 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.
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(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.
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 527
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1706)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1542; 1919 § 1992; 1909 § 2556
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 527
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1707)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1543; 1919 § 1993; 1909 § 2557
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 527
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 3 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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.010 - Equity suit — who may bring.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 07 Jul 1997, see footnote
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1710, A.L. 1997 S.B. 387)
Prior revision: 1929 § 1546
Effective 7-07-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.020 - Parties to suit.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1711)
Prior revision: 1929 § 1547
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.030 - Partition, suit for, by whom brought, how determined.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.040 - Suit, where brought.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.050 - Petition shall set forth what facts.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1713)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1549; 1919 § 1997; 1909 § 2561
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.060 - Who shall be made parties.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1714)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1550; 1919 § 1998; 1909 § 2562
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1715)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1551; 1919 § 1999; 1909 § 2563
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1716)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1552; 1919 § 2000; 1909 § 2564
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.090 - Proceedings, how governed.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.090. Proceedings, how governed. —
All pleadings and proceedings under this chapter shall be had as in ordinary civil actions.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1717)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1553; 1919 § 2001; 1909 § 2565
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.100 - Conservators may act for disabled persons.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1718, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1554; 1919 § 2002; 1909 § 2566
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.130 - Partition not to be made contrary to will.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1721)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1557; 1919 § 2005; 1909 § 2569
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.140 - Partitioned lands subject to debts of estate.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1722)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1558; 1919 § 2006; 1909 § 2570
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1723)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1559; 1919 § 2007; 1909 § 2571
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.170 - Several shares may be set off together.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1725)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1561; 1919 § 2009; 1909 § 2573
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1726)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1562; 1919 § 2010; 1909 § 2574
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.190 - When parties claim adversely, court shall proceed, how.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1727)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1563; 1919 § 2011; 1909 § 2575
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.200 - Court shall appoint commissioners, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1728)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1564; 1919 § 2012; 1909 § 2576
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.210 - Court, or judge, may appoint new commissioners, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1729)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1565; 1919 § 2013; 1909 § 2577
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.220 - Compensation of commissioners.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1730)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1566; 1919 § 2014; 1909 § 2578
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1731, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1567; 1919 § 2015; 1909 § 2579
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.240 - Commissioners shall proceed, how.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1732)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1568; 1919 § 2016; 1909 § 2580
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1733)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1569; 1919 § 2017; 1909 § 2581
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.260 - Lands shall be divided, how.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1734)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1570; 1919 § 2018; 1909 § 2582
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.270 - May divide lands into lots, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1735)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1571; 1919 § 2019; 1909 § 2583
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.280 - Commissioners shall make report — contents.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1736)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1572; 1919 § 2020; 1909 § 2584
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.290 - Report to be proved or acknowledged — filed.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1737)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1573; 1919 § 2021; 1909 § 2585
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1738)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1574; 1919 § 2022; 1909 § 2586
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1739)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1575; 1919 § 2023; 1909 § 2587
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.320 - Copy of report and judgment to be recorded.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1740)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1576; 1919 § 2024; 1909 § 2588
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1741)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1577; 1919 § 2025; 1909 § 2589
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.340 - Court may order sale of lands, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1742)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1578; 1919 § 2026; 1909 § 2590
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1743)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1579; 1919 § 2027; 1909 § 2591
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1744)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1580; 1919 § 2028; 1909 § 2592
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1745)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1581; 1919 § 2029; 1909 § 2593
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.380 - Order of sale shall be renewed, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.380. Order of sale shall be renewed, when. —
Where any such order of sale has been made, and the sale has failed to take place by reason of the failure of the term of court, or other cause, the court, or clerk thereof in vacation, shall renew such order of sale generally, without specifying any time for sale; and the clerk shall, without delay, deliver a certified copy of such order to the sheriff, who shall then proceed to advertise to sell in conformity with section 528.370.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1746)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1582; 1919 § 2030; 1909 § 2594
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.390 - Lands may be sold in parcels, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.390. Lands may be sold in parcels, when. —
If the premises consist of distinct buildings, farms, tracts or lots of land, they shall be sold separately; or when any tract of land or lot can be divided for the purpose of sale, with advantage to the parties interested, it may be so divided and sold in parcels.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1747)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1583; 1919 § 2031; 1909 § 2595
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.410 - Defective sheriff's deed to be corrected, when and how.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.410. Defective sheriff's deed to be corrected, when and how. —
Whenever it shall be shown to the circuit court by motion in writing, verified by affidavit, that any sheriff has executed and delivered to the purchaser a defective deed in partition, or one which failed to correctly describe the land actually sold, and that since such defective conveyance no other person has obtained adverse and intervening rights which would be prejudiced, then the court shall order the sheriff who made such defective conveyance, or his successor in office, to execute, acknowledge and deliver a supplemental deed for said land to the original purchaser, his grantee, or to the person or persons claiming by, through or under him, which supplemental deed shall recite the facts upon which it is based, shall be evidence thereof, and shall have the same force and effect in law and equity as if executed and acknowledged on the date of such defective deed. This provision shall apply to defects and mistakes in all such conveyances, whether made prior or subsequent to this enactment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1749)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1585; 1919 § 2033; 1909 § 2597
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.420 - Sale to be a bar against dower, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.420. Sale to be a bar against dower, when. —
Every sale made by virtue of this chapter shall be a firm and effectual bar to any widow who may be a party to the proceedings, against any dower or right of dower which she might have had in and to the premises sold.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1750)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1586; 1919 § 2034; 1909 § 2598
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.430 - Sheriff and sureties responsible on his bond, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.430. Sheriff and sureties responsible on his bond, when. —
The sheriff and his sureties shall be responsible on his official bond for his acts in all cases under this chapter, and for the notes, bonds or money collected or received by him, and he may be compelled to account for and pay over the same, in the same manner as in cases of money collected on execution.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1751)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1587; 1919 § 2035; 1909 § 2599
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.440 - Outgoing sheriff to complete sale — exception.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.440. Outgoing sheriff to complete sale — exception. —
If any sale be made by any sheriff before he goes out of office, and the business be not completed when he ceases to be sheriff, he may do all subsequent acts, collect and pay over the money, and make the deed, in the same manner as if he continued to be sheriff, unless the court shall by order direct the business to be transferred to the next sheriff; in which case all acts remaining to be done by the sheriff, at the date of such order, shall be done by the sheriff then in office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1752)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1588; 1919 § 2036; 1909 § 2600
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.450 - Sheriff to report to court — report shall contain what.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.450. Sheriff to report to court — report shall contain what. —
After completing the sales, the sheriff shall report his proceedings to the court, with a description to the different parcels of the land sold, the name of the purchaser and the price bid, which report shall be filed in the court; he shall also file in the clerk's office an accurate statement of all moneys received, and all costs and expenses paid or incurred in the transaction of the business including the costs for extending or compiling an abstract or abstracts of title to such land or lands, and the court shall allow such as are legal and reasonable.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1753)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1589; 1919 § 2037; 1909 § 2601
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.460 - Proceeds of sale, how divided.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
528.460. Proceeds of sale, how divided. —
The court shall direct the payment by the sheriff of all the costs and expenses of the proceedings, together with the present value of any dower interest, to the parties entitled thereto, and the remainder to the parties in interest, their conservators or legal representatives, according to their respective rights, as ascertained by the judgment of the court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1754, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1590; 1919 § 2038; 1909 § 2602
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.470 - Adverse claim to share, how disposed of.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.470. Adverse claim to share, how disposed of. —
In all cases of adverse claims to any one or more shares, the money arising from sales which belongs to the owner of such share or shares shall be retained by the sheriff of the county, and by him held subject to the future order of the court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1755)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1591; 1919 § 2039; 1909 § 2603
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.480 - Party claiming proceeds of sale may proceed, how.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.480. Party claiming proceeds of sale may proceed, how. —
Any party to the proceeding in partition claiming such moneys as owner of the premises sold may file his petition in the office of the clerk of the court, setting forth the nature of his claim in all its particulars, and the name and residence, if known, of the other party claiming as aforesaid, and praying an order for the payment of the money to him; which petition shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner or some credible person.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1756)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1592; 1919 § 2040; 1909 § 2604
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.490 - Summons may be directed to whom — how served.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.490. Summons may be directed to whom — how served. —
Upon the filing of such petition, the clerk shall issue a summons, directed to the sheriff of each county in this state in which any defendant resides, with a copy of the petition, which shall be served as in ordinary civil cases.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1757)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1593; 1919 § 2041; 1909 § 2605
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.500 - Answer shall contain what — issue shall be tried, how.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.500. Answer shall contain what — issue shall be tried, how. —
The answer shall state the nature of the defendant's claim, in all its particulars, shall be verified by the affidavit of the defendant, or some other credible person, and may be filed in vacation; and the court shall cause all questions of fact presented by the petition and answer to be tried as other questions of fact.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1758)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1594; 1919 § 2042; 1909 § 2606
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 528 - Partition Suits › Section 528.510 - Judgment by default rendered, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 528
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
528.510. Judgment by default rendered, when. —
A judgment by default may be rendered against any defendant who does not appear and answer to the command of the summons or publication, and payment of the money ordered accordingly.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1759)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1595; 1919 § 2043; 1909 § 2607