When execution shall be issued against any person, as heir or devisee, the officer to whom the same shall be directed, shall be commanded only that of the goods and chattels which were of the ancestor or testator at the time of his death, he cause to be made the debt, damages and costs; and if sufficient goods and chattels cannot be found in his county, then that of the real estate which was of the ancestor or testator at the time of his death, he cause to be made the debt, damages and costs or sum of money in such execution specified.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.070
Execution against heir to be special
Known as the Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act
The act spans §§ 513–513 (120 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1949; (RSMo 1939 § 1318, A. 1949 H.B. 2121); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1154; 1919 § 1605; 1909 § 2174
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.