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Section 533.010 – Action to recover specific personal property, procedure.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.010. Action to recover specific personal property, procedure. — If the plaintiff claim in his petition the possession of specific personal property, he may, at the time of filing his petition, or at any other time afterward, before the rendition of judgment in the cause, file his affidavit, or the […]

Section 533.020 – Order of delivery.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.020. Order of delivery. — Upon filing such affidavit, the court, or judge or clerk in vacation, shall make an order requiring the defendant to deliver the property specified in the affidavit to the sheriff, and requiring the sheriff, if the same be not delivered to him, to take it […]

Section 533.050 – Qualifications of sureties.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.050. Qualifications of sureties. — Each of the sureties in such bonds must be a resident and householder or freeholder within the state; they must be worth the amount for which the bond is given, exclusive of property exempt from execution, and after paying all debts. ­­——– (RSMo 1939 § […]

Section 533.060 – Defendant not entitled to retain property, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.060. Defendant not entitled to retain property, when. — If the plaintiff shall state in the affidavit made by him, as provided by section 533.010, that the property was wrongfully taken, and that his right of action accrued within one year, the defendant shall not be entitled to retain such […]

Section 533.070 – Bonds taken by sheriff, filed with clerk, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.070. Bonds taken by sheriff, filed with clerk, when. — All bonds taken by the officer in virtue of the provisions of sections 533.010 to 533.230, relating to the claim and delivery of personal property, shall be filed with the clerk on or before the first day of the term […]

Section 533.120 – Judgment rendered against plaintiff and his sureties, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.120. Judgment rendered against plaintiff and his sureties, when. — In such case, the judgment shall be against the plaintiff and his sureties, that he return the property taken, or pay the value so assessed, at the election of the defendant, and, also, pay the damages assessed for the taking […]

Section 533.130 – If plaintiff has not property, assessment of damages.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.130. If plaintiff has not property, assessment of damages. — If the plaintiff has not the property in possession, damages shall be assessed as directed in section 533.110, for the taking or detention, or both, as the case may be, of the property; and judgment shall be rendered against the […]

Section 533.150 – Party to elect, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.150. Party to elect, when. — A party shall not be required to make such election until the property is delivered to the sheriff, on the proper process, and the party have notice thereof. ­­——– (RSMo 1939 § 1802) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1638; 1919 § 2086; 1909 § 2651

Section 533.160 – Duty of officer if property not delivered in ten days.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.160. Duty of officer if property not delivered in ten days. — If such property be not delivered to the officer within ten days after process issued, he shall levy and make the assessed value thereof, the damages and costs, of the property of the party against whom the process […]

Section 533.170 – Title of property vested, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.170. Title of property vested, when. — In such case, the party’s right to the property shall not be impaired by levying the assessed value thereof on the property of the other party and his sureties, or either of them; but if the property be delivered to the sheriff, and […]

Section 533.180 – Enforcement of orders.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.180. Enforcement of orders. — The court may enforce all orders for the delivery of property as other orders of court are enforced. ­­——– (RSMo 1939 § 1805) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1641; 1919 § 2089; 1909 § 2654

Section 533.190 – Suit on bond, how and by whom brought.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.190. Suit on bond, how and by whom brought. — If in any case it shall become necessary to sue upon any bond given in virtue of sections 533.010 to 533.230, the same may be done by civil action against the obligors, jointly or severally, in the name of the […]

Section 533.200 – Right of action against sheriff barred, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 533.200. Right of action against sheriff barred, when. — After the due execution of any bond taken in virtue hereof, the parties to the action shall be barred of any right of action against the sheriff, or other officer, for the seizure and delivery of such property. ­­——– (RSMo 1939 […]