Terms Used In Missouri Laws 513.225

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • real estate: as used in this chapter shall be construed to include all estate and interest in lands, tenements and hereditaments, including a manufactured home as defined in section 700. See Missouri Laws 513.010
  • 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

When real estate, situated in a different county from that in which the defendant in the execution owning such real estate resides, is sought to be sold under an execution in favor of the plaintiff therein, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff to cause a notice, in writing, to be served on the defendant or defendants owning the real estate, if residing in the state, stating the fact of the issuing of the same, how or to what county directed, and to what term of the court said execution is returnable.