§ 521.010 Attachment, when issued — parties to — causes for
§ 521.020 Attachments on demands not due — exceptions
§ 521.030 The affidavit
§ 521.040 Issuance on demands less than fifty dollars
§ 521.050 Suits by attachment — affidavit and bond — exceptions
§ 521.060 Form of affidavit, by whom made
§ 521.070 Bond, by whom executed — conditions
§ 521.080 Bond, by whom approved — attachment not to issue until
§ 521.090 New bond, when required — notice
§ 521.100 Suit dismissed for failure to give new bond
§ 521.110 Who may sue on bond — damages, how assessed
§ 521.120 Suit on bond, setoff pleaded by obligor — costs, how adjudged
§ 521.130 Attachment, how issued after suit is commenced
§ 521.140 Form of original writs, to whom directed — contents
§ 521.150 Original writs, how issued and returned
§ 521.160 Separate writs may issue to different counties, when
§ 521.170 Manner of serving writ
§ 521.180 Return of writ
§ 521.190 Officer liable for insufficient bond — motion for new bonds, when made
§ 521.200 Additional writs may issue, when
§ 521.210 Such writs, how entitled
§ 521.220 Form of writ
§ 521.230 How issued, served and returned
§ 521.240 Property subject to attachment
§ 521.250 Shares of stock subject to attachment
§ 521.260 Attached property retained by defendant before judgment or sale — bond, ..
§ 521.270 Sale of perishable property — when and by whom ordered, how made
§ 521.280 Order of sale, to whom delivered, return — disposition of proceeds
§ 521.290 Compensation of officer
§ 521.300 Receiver appointed, by whom — oath and bond required — who may sue on bond
§ 521.310 Receivers, duties of — notes not taken by delivery bond — may sue — ..
§ 521.320 Receiver to give notice to debtor, how — effect
§ 521.330 Receiver, report, money retained, how — compensation
§ 521.340 Sheriff to act as receiver, when — his rights, duties and liabilities
§ 521.350 Practice in civil cases to govern in absence of special rules
§ 521.360 Personal service or appearance, effect of — property of defendant, how ..
§ 521.370 Proceedings where defendant is personally served or appears
§ 521.380 Proceedings upon constructive service — judgment not to exceed amount sworn to
§ 521.390 Judgment upon constructive service, effect of
§ 521.400 Proceedings where property of one of several defendants is attached — not ..
§ 521.410 Issues raised by motion to dissolve
§ 521.420 Motion to dissolve attachment, evidence — burden of proof — appeal bond — ..
§ 521.430 Proceedings in case of defendant’s death
§ 521.440 Powers of the attorney under section 521.430
§ 521.450 No execution to issue on judgment, when — property sold, how
§ 521.460 Court or judge not to order sale of property after death of defendant — how ..
§ 521.470 Defendant may plead to merits, when
§ 521.480 Attachments, how dissolved — affidavit may be amended
§ 521.490 Effect of dissolution
§ 521.500 Controversies between plaintiffs, how and where adjudicated
§ 521.510 Attaching creditor may maintain action to set aside fraudulent conveyance
§ 521.520 Persons claiming attached property may interplead — affidavit — trial ..
§ 521.530 Costs adjudged as in other actions
§ 521.540 When creditors may defend
§ 521.550 Judgments on constructive service bind only property attached
§ 521.560 Executions, how awarded
§ 521.570 When execution returned unsatisfied, bonds to be assigned — judgment ..
§ 521.580 Notice to obligors in bond
§ 521.590 Proceedings to avoid judgments on constructive notice — when defendant has ..
§ 521.600 Proceedings to avoid debt
§ 521.610 If cause of action be denied under oath, plaintiff must prove
§ 521.620 If not verified or collateral avoidance pleaded, effect of — judgment
§ 521.630 When plaintiff shall answer
§ 521.640 Proceedings when setoff is pleaded
§ 521.650 Issues tried as in ordinary actions — costs adjudged, how
§ 521.660 Provisions relative to attachment to apply to proceedings before circuit ..
§ 521.740 Bond and affidavit filed before circuit clerk issues writ of attachment
§ 521.750 Bond may be exacted, when
§ 521.760 Form of bond
§ 521.770 Third-party claim to be in writing
§ 521.780 Action on bond
§ 521.790 Officer not liable, when
§ 521.800 Officer, when liable
§ 521.810 Objections to security, how made
§ 521.820 Effect of overruling objections
§ 521.830 Officer, when not protected
§ 521.840 Proceedings in case of more than one claimant
§ 521.850 Claim to state value of property
§ 521.860 Court may require bond, when
§ 521.870 Proceedings for the distribution of money
§ 521.880 Bond under claim for specific property
§ 521.890 Nature and extent of law
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 521 - Attachments

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes administrator where the subject matter applies to an administrator. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • In vacation: includes any adjournment of court for more than one day whenever any act is authorized to be done by or any power given to a court, or judge thereof in vacation, or whenever any act is authorized to be done by or any power given to a clerk of any court in vacation. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Place of residence: means the place where the family of any person permanently resides in this state, and the place where any person having no family generally lodges. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.