The plaintiff or his legal representative may, at any time within ten years, sue out a scire facias to revive a judgment and lien; but after the expiration of ten years from the rendition of the judgment, no scire facias shall issue.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.370
Scire facias to revive, may issue, when
Known as the Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act
The act spans §§ 511–511 (82 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Eschenhagen v. Zika (1985)
Most recently applied in Robert L. v. Danzig (In Re Howard J.) (April 1999)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1271); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1106; 1919 § 1557; 1909 § 2126
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Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.