Section 429.440 – Lien on railroad property for work, labor, materials.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.440. Lien on railroad property for work, labor, materials. — All persons who shall do any work or labor in constructing or improving the roadbed, rolling stock, station houses, depots, bridges or culverts of any railroad company, incorporated under the laws of this state, or owning or operating a railroad […]
Section 429.450 – Such lien to have precedence over other encumbrances.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.450. Such lien to have precedence over other encumbrances. — The lien aforesaid shall attach to the buildings, erections, improvements, roadbed and property mentioned from the date of the commencement of such work and labor, or from the time such materials were furnished or delivered, and shall be prior to […]
Section 429.460 – Account and claim of lien filed with circuit clerk, when — copy served.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.460. Account and claim of lien filed with circuit clerk, when — copy served. — It shall be the duty of all persons claiming the benefit of such lien, within ninety days next after the completion of the work, or after the materials are furnished, to file in the office […]
Section 429.470 – Lien abstracts, contents — duties of clerk.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 429.470. Lien abstracts, contents — duties of clerk. — It shall be the duty of the circuit clerk to endorse upon every account the date of its filing, and maintain an abstract thereof, containing the date of its filing, the name of the person seeking to enforce the lien, the […]
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 429.210 – The judgment.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 429.210. The judgment. — The court shall ascertain, by a fair trial in the usual way, the amount of the indebtedness for which the lien is prosecuted, and may render judgment therefor in any sum not exceeding the amount claimed in the demand filed with the lien, together with interest […]