Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 521

Attachments

←521.890

Section 521.010.1

521.020→

August 28, 2015

Attachment, when issued--parties to--causes for.

521.010. In any court having competent jurisdiction, the plaintiff in any

civil action may have an attachment against the property of the defendant, or

that of any one or more of several defendants, in any one or more of the

following cases:



(1) Where the defendant is not a resident of this state;



(2) Where the defendant is a corporation, whose chief office or place of

business is out of this state;



(3) Where the defendant conceals himself, so that the ordinary process of

law cannot be served upon him;



(4) Where the defendant has absconded or absented himself from his usual

place of abode in this state, so that the ordinary process of law cannot be

served upon him;



(5) Where the defendant is about to remove his property or effects out of

this state, with the intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors;



(6) Where the defendant is about to remove out of this state, with the

intent to change his domicile;



(7) Where the defendant has fraudulently conveyed or assigned his

property or effects, so as to hinder or delay his creditors;



(8) Where the defendant has fraudulently concealed, removed or disposed

of his property or effects, so as to hinder or delay his creditors;



(9) Where the defendant is about fraudulently to convey or assign his

property or effects, so as to hinder or delay his creditors;



(10) Where the defendant is about fraudulently to conceal, remove or

dispose of his property or effects, so as to hinder or delay his creditors;



(11) Where the cause of action accrued out of this state, and the

defendant has absconded, or secretly removed his property or effects into

this state;



(12) Where the damages for which the action is brought are for injuries

arising from the commission of some felony or misdemeanor, or for the

seduction of any female;



(13) Where the debtor has failed to pay the price or value of any article

or thing delivered, which by contract, he was bound to pay upon the delivery;



(14) Where the debt sued for was fraudulently contracted on the part of

the debtor.



(RSMo 1939 § 1438)



Prior revisions: 1929 § 1274; 1919 § 1725; 1909 § 2294







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