Terms Used In Missouri Laws 491.170

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

When a writ of attachment, authorized by section 491.160, shall be executed, the sheriff or other officer shall discharge such witness, on his entering into a recognizance to the state of Missouri, with sufficient security, in the sum of one hundred dollars, which the officer executing the writ is authorized to take, conditioned for the appearance and due attendance of such witness according to the exigency of such writ.