Section 429.310 – Time suits deemed commenced.
Effective – 28 Aug 1959 429.310. Time suits deemed commenced. — Any answer, or other pleading, or motion, or entry of appearance followed by pleading in due course, filed or made in any such equitable action by any mechanic’s lien claimant, within six months after the preliminary statement for the lien of such claimant has […]
Section 429.320 – Appointment of referee by court, when — jury trials.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.320. Appointment of referee by court, when — jury trials. — At the instance of any party to said action the court may appoint a referee to hear and report the evidence and to make conclusions and findings of fact and law therein and to report the same to the […]
Section 429.330 – No equitable action in case of one lien.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.330. No equitable action in case of one lien. — This equitable action shall not apply to instances in which there is only one mechanic’s lien claimed against the property and any of it, but in any suit thereon the court shall determine the respective priorities as between such mechanic’s […]
Section 429.340 – Enforcement of decree ordering sale of property.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.340. Enforcement of decree ordering sale of property. — Upon sale and execution of deed for the property sold in such equitable action, either by special commissioner appointed to make said sale or by the sheriff or successor of such commissioner or sheriff, the court may order delivery of possession […]
Section 429.350 – Enforcement of mechanics’ liens by associate circuit judge.
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 429.350. Enforcement of mechanics’ liens by associate circuit judge. — Associate circuit judges may exercise jurisdiction without special assignment in all actions brought to enforce mechanics’ liens when the amount or balance claimed to be due does not exceed the monetary jurisdiction which associate circuit judges may exercise in ordinary […]
Section 429.360 – Suits for foreclosure, process, procedure — same as other civil suits.
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 429.360. Suits for foreclosure, process, procedure — same as other civil suits. — The process, practice and procedure, including applications for trial de novo, in suits to enforce mechanics’ liens which are heard by an associate circuit judge without special assignment shall be as nearly as practicable the same as […]
Section 429.250 – The execution.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.250. The execution. — The execution to be issued shall be a special fieri facias, and shall be in conformity with the judgment, and such writ shall be returnable as ordinary executions; and the advertisement, sale and conveyance of real or personal estate under the same shall be made as […]
Section 429.260 – Proceeds divided pro rata, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.260. Proceeds divided pro rata, when. — The liens for work and labor done or things furnished, as specified in sections 429.010 to 429.340, shall be upon an equal footing, without reference to the date of filing the account or lien; and in all cases where a sale shall be […]
Section 429.270 – Enforcement and adjudication of rights of several lienors in equitable action — procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.270. Enforcement and adjudication of rights of several lienors in equitable action — procedure. — Any and all liens in sections 429.010 to 429.340 provided for may be adjudicated and determined and the rights of all parties interested in the same and in the property and of any of the […]
Section 429.280 – Parties to equitable action.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.280. Parties to equitable action. — 1. All persons claiming any lien or encumbrance upon, and all persons having any rights in or against and all owners and lessees of said property to be affected and any of it, all as may be disclosed by the proper public records, shall […]