Missouri Statutes
§ 533.240 — Replevin — who may hear.
Missouri § 533.240
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 533.240 (2026).
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Circuit judges may hear and determine all actions brought for the recovery of specific personal property. Associate circuit judges may hear and determine without special assignment or transfer all actions brought for the recovery of specific personal property when the value of the property sought to be recovered and the damages claimed for the taking or detention and for injuries thereto shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the monetary amount established by law for those civil cases which an associate circuit judge may hear and determine without special assignment or transfer. If specially assigned or transferred, associate circuit judges may hear and determine other cases for the recovery of specific personal property with the procedure to be as in cases triable before a circuit judge.
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Legislative History
(RSMo 1939 § 2934, A.L. 1945 p. 1083, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2548; 1919 § 3096; 1909 § 7758
Effective 1-02-79
Nearby Sections
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§ 533.020
Order of delivery.§ 533.030
Plaintiff to deliver bond before property can be taken — types of bonds authorized, requirements.§ 533.050
Qualifications of sureties.§ 533.110
Plaintiff — failure to prosecute his suit after obtaining property — value of property — assessment.§ 533.150
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Missouri § 533.240, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/533/533.240.