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§ 521.470 — Defendant may plead to merits, when.

Missouri § 521.470
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XXXVISTATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Ch. 521Attachments

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 521.470 (2026).

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Every defendant not served with a summons may, at any time before final judgment against him, appear and plead to the merits of the action on such terms as the court may direct.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 1484) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1320; 1919 § 1771; 1909 § 2340

Nearby Sections

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§ 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.
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