Title XXVII — DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONS

430.010. Definition of vehicle. — The word "vehicle", as used in sections 430.010 to 430.070, means vehicles drawn by horses and other animals, motor vehicles, and boats or craft used or capable of being used as a means of transport on water. Any machinery used as the principal s…

430.020. Liens for storage, materials and labor on vehicles or aircraft — nonpossessory liens on aircraft for labor and material, procedure — failure to file with aircraft registry, purchaser prevails. — Every person who shall keep or store any vehicle or part or equipment thereo…

430.030. Lien, for labor or material furnished, on horse, mule or other animal. — 1. Every person who furnishes labor or material on any horse, mule or other animal, who shall obtain a written memorandum of the work or material furnished, or to be furnished, signed by the owner o…

430.040. Vehicle or aircraft, part or equipment — horse, mule or other animal to remain in custody of person having lien. — 1. No person shall have the right to take any vehicle or aircraft, or part or equipment thereof, or any horse, mule or other animal out of the custody of th…

430.050. Lien, how enforced. — The lien provided for in section 430.040 shall be enforced in the same manner and be governed by the same procedure as is provided in section 430.160, applicable to the enforcement of the lien for keeping or training horses and other animals. ­­----…

430.060. Proceedings governed by laws concerning replevin where not specifically provided. — All proceedings under sections 430.010 to 430.070, where not herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be governed by the general laws of the state concerning replevin. ­­-------- (RS…

430.080. Lien on chattels for labor and materials. — Every person expending labor, services, skill or material upon any chattel at the request of its owner, authorized agent of the owner, or lawful possessor thereof, in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less, shall have a lien…

430.082. Motor vehicles, trailers, vessels, outboard motors, aircraft liens for labor, material or storage, when — nonpossessory lien on aircraft, procedure — lien title obtained, when, procedure — sale of chattel, when — distribution of proceeds. — 1. Every person expending labo…

430.090. Sale of unredeemed chattels. — Unless the chattel is redeemed within three months of the completion of the expenditure of such labor, services, skill, or material, or within three months of the date agreed upon for redemption, the lien may be enforced by a sale as herein…

430.100. Sale — notice — liens combined. — 1. Such sale shall be held only after giving not less than twenty days' notice, first, by mailing a copy of notice, by registered mail, if the address is known, addressed to the owner for whom such expenditure of labor, material, skill o…

430.110. Sale of articles — disposition of proceeds — excess to general revenue subject to reclamation by owner. — 1. If the chattel or chattels are not redeemed prior to the date of sale* provided in the notice required by section 430.100, the lienor may sell such articles on th…

430.120. Failure to deliver excess proceeds — penalty. — Any lienor failing or refusing to deliver to said treasurer the excess proceeds of sale together with a sworn statement as required in section 430.110 within thirty days after such sale, shall be liable for double the exces…

430.130. Actions against lienors barred. — Conformity to the requirements of sections 430.080 to 430.140 shall be a perpetual bar to any action against such lienor by any person for the recovery of such chattels or the value thereof, or of any damages growing out of the failure o…

430.135. Chattels worth less than one hundred dollars deemed abandoned after year. — Chattels of a value not exceeding one hundred dollars, which are not redeemed within one year of the date agreed upon for redemption, shall be deemed abandoned to the lienor and thereafter the ow…

430.140. Member of armed services — exemption. — No provision in sections 430.080 to 430.140 shall apply to any member of the armed services of the United States of America until six months after his discharge from said service. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1141 § 7)

430.150. Lien for keeping or training horses and other animals. — Every person who shall keep, board or train any horse, mule or other animal, shall, for the amount due therefor, have a lien on such animal, and on any vehicle, harness or equipment coming into his possession there…

430.160. Enforcement of liens. — The lien provided for in section 430.150 shall be enforced as follows: The person claiming the lien shall file in circuit court, before a circuit or associate circuit judge, in the county in which he resides, a statement duly verified by himself, …

430.165. Lien for the care of animals lawfully impounded, who entitled to. — 1. Any animal lawfully impounded under the laws of this state or ordinances of any of its political subdivisions may be placed by the impounding officer in the care of any incorporated humane society or …

430.170. Owner to advertise terms — publication imparts notice. — The owner or keeper of any stallion, jack or bull may advertise the terms upon which he will let any such animal to service, by publication thereof in some newspaper of the county where such animal is kept, for six…

430.180. Publication or posting terms of service sufficient notice of lien on offspring. — When the terms of the service by the animal, published or posted as provided in section 430.170, provides that the foal or other product of the service will be held for the money due for th…

430.200. Giving false pedigree forfeits claim. — If any keeper of such stallion, jack or bull shall offer and advertise to let the service of any such animal, and shall give a false or fictitious pedigree, knowing the same to be false, or shall falsely represent said animal to be…

430.210. Lienor may proceed by replevin. — For the purpose of enforcing such lien upon default in the payment of the sum secured, the lienor may proceed by replevin in any court of competent jurisdiction and possess himself of the encumbered property, and hold the same subject to…

430.220. Judgment, amount, how enforced. — Upon the rendition of judgment, if for the lienor, it shall be for the sum found to be due, with costs of suit, and that the lien be enforced against the property by execution and sale as in ordinary sales under execution, but if such fi…

430.225. Definitions — distribution of insurance proceeds — limitation on liability. — 1. As used in sections 430.225 to 430.250, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Claim", a claim of a patient for: (a) Damages from a tort-feasor; or (b) Benefits from an insurance carrier; (2) …

430.230. Hospitals to have liens — when, against whom. — Every public hospital or clinic, and every privately maintained hospital, clinic or other institution for the care of the sick, which is supported in whole or in part by charity, located within the state of Missouri, or any…

430.235. Hospital liens to be valid against medical benefits paid to public assistance recipients. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 430.230, every public hospital or clinic, and every privately maintained hospital, clinic or other institution for the care of the sick, …

430.240. Notice to be given. — No such lien shall be effective, however, unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporatio…

430.250. Liability for failure to pay hospital. — Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, including an insurance carrier, making any payment to such patient or to his attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the injury sustained, …

430.330. State's claim paramount — exceptions. — Whenever any person indebted to the state of Missouri is insolvent, or whenever the estate of any deceased debtor in the hands of the executors or administrators is insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debts…

430.340. Liability of executors and administrators. — Every executor, administrator, assignee or other person who pays any debt due by the person or estate for whom or for which he acts before he satisfies and pays the debts due to the state of Missouri from such person or estate…

430.350. Rights of sureties who pay bonds of insolvent or deceased principals. — Whenever the principal in any bond given to the state of Missouri is insolvent, or whenever such principal being deceased, his estate and effects which come to the hands of his executor, administrato…

430.360. Wages — payable when — priority of claim for. — 1. All corporations shall make payment to their employees and other operatives, of wages due for all labor and services performed by them, within three months next preceding a demand made therefor, not exceeding one hundred…

430.400. Definitions. — As used in sections 430.400 to 430.407, the following terms mean: (1) "Customer", any individual or entity who causes a plastic fabricator to fabricate, cast or otherwise make a die, mold, form, or pattern; or who causes a plastic fabricator to use a die, …

430.403. Plastic fabricator's lien on die, mold, form, pattern — fabricator to retain possession, when — priority of lien. — Every plastic fabricator shall have a lien dependent on possession on any die, mold, form or pattern in his possession belonging to the customer for the am…

430.405. Suit to enforce lien, customer's alternatives — counterclaim, effect. — In any suit to enforce a lien under sections 430.400 to 430.407, the customer may be allowed to pay into court the amount claimed by the lienor, and such additional amount, to cover interest and cost…

430.407. Sale proceeds — excess — insufficiency — violation of patent or copyright prohibited — release of mold, when. — 1. If the sale is for a sum greater than the amount of the lien, any excess shall be paid to the customer and any prior lienholder. In the event that the proce…