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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.440 (2026)

Transcript of judgment a lien in another county, when

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  511.440.  Transcript of judgment a lien in another county, when — procedure. — 1.  Judgments and decrees obtained in the supreme court or any district of the court of appeals or any United States court or any court of record in this state shall, upon the filing of a transcript thereof in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of any other county and indexing of such transcript as provided in subsection 2 of this section, be a lien upon the real estate of the person against whom such judgment or decree is rendered, situate in the county in which such transcript is filed.

  2.  Such judgment or decree as provided in subsection 1 of this section shall be entered in the record kept by the clerk of the circuit court having jurisdiction of civil causes within a county or a city not within a county, for judgments and decrees of the circuit court of such county as provided in section 511.500, except that the record of entry of such judgment or decree shall also include the name and location of the court that rendered such judgment or decree.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1306, A. 1949 H.B. 2119, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1994 S.B. 424, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1142; 1919 § 1593; 1909 § 2162

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1965–2026 · leading case: City of Belton v. Cmty. Bank, N.A., 863 S.W.2d 345 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993).
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City of Belton v. Cmty. Bank, N.A., 863 S.W.2d 345 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 9× “On May 28, 1991, Community Bank filed an authenticated transcript of the judgment and the acknowledgement of partial satisfaction in the office of the Circuit Clerk of Cass County, Missouri, in accordance with section 511.440, RSMo 1986. 1 Orville James Bowers and Ruth Ann…”
CRP Holdings, A-1, LLC v. O'Sullivan (In Re O'Sullivan), 561 B.R. 786 (8th Cir. 2016). “See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.440 . *788 A few months later O’Sullivan filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition which his wife did not join.”
Costley v. Costley, 717 S.W.2d 540 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “1984; § 511.440, RSMo 1978; § 452.080, RSMo 1978; Thomas v.”
CRP Holdings A-1, LLC v. O'Sullivan (In Re O'Sullivan), 914 F.3d 1162 (8th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.440 . On April 3, 2015, O'Sullivan filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, which his wife did not join.”
Food Servs. Corp. v. Rheam, 145 S.W.3d 484 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Second, § 511.440, RSMo 2000, provides: Judgments and decrees obtained in the supreme court or any district of the court of appeals or any United States court or any court of record in this state shall, upon the filing of a transcript thereof in the office of the clerk of the…”
CRP Holdings, A-1, LLC v. O'Sullivan (In re O'Sullivan), 544 B.R. 407 (8th Cir. BAP 2016). “Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.440 ; Mo. Sup. Ct. R.”
Bollinger v. Polk (In re Polk), 183 B.R. 1020 (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 1995). · cites it 2× “…is located creates a lien in that county on the real property of the person against whom judgment was rendered. Mo.Rev.Stat. § 511.440.”
CRP Holdings A-1, LLC v. Casey D. O'Sullivan (8th Cir. BAP 2016). “Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.440 ; Mo. Sup. Ct. R.”
Karen Coburn v. Kramer & Frank, P.C. (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). “As noted, shortly after obtaining the Default Judgment, Kramer & Frank, on behalf of MSD, filed a transcript of the judgment in connection with the Collection Case, which became a lien on Coburn’s property pursuant to § 511.440 and Rule 74.13. See City of Belton v.”
Robert Keith Monroe (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 2026). “§ 511.440(1); In re O’Sullivan, 914 F.3d 1162, 1166 (8th Cir.”
Dolan v. Comm'r, 44 T.C. 420 (1965). “Stat. secs. 511.350 , 511.360 , 511.440 , 511.”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.440(1) — 1 case
Robert Keith Monroe (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 2026). “§ 511.440(1); In re O’Sullivan, 914 F.3d 1162, 1166 (8th Cir.”
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