Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 525.050 (2026)

Notice of garnishment, how served on corporations

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  525.050.  Notice of garnishment, how served on corporations. — Notice of garnishment shall be served on a corporation, in writing, by delivering such notice, or a copy thereof, only to a person designated by the corporation in a registered letter filed with the sheriff or officer for collection in the corporation's county of primary business; provided, if such designated person is not available or if such designation is not filed with the sheriff or officer of collection, then such notice may be served upon the president, secretary, treasurer, cashier or other chief or managing officer of such corporation.  Notice of garnishment may be served on railroad corporations by delivering the same, or a copy thereof, to any station or freight agent of such corporation, and on insurance companies not incorporated by or organized under the laws of this state, by delivering the same, or a copy thereof, to the director of the department of commerce and insurance.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1564, A.L. 1945 p. 649, A.L. 1990 S.B. 834)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1400; 1919 § 1850; 1909 § 2417

(1971) Where sheriff's return reported service on the property claims manager at the North St. Louis County office of Allstate Insurance Company, a company organized under the laws of another state, it was fatally insufficient whether or not the claims manager was in charge of the office since he was neither the president, secretary, treasurer or cashier of Allstate, nor "other chief or managing officer of such corporation".  Smith v. Bennett (A.), 472 S.W.2d 623.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases, 1953–2003 · leading case: C. Rallo Contracting Co. v. Blong, 313 S.W.2d 734 (Mo. Ct. App. 1958).
C. Rallo Contracting Co. v. Blong, 313 S.W.2d 734 (Mo. Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 11× “The applicable statute, Section 525.050 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., provides, in part: “Notice of garnishment shall be served on a corporation, in writing, by delivering such notice, or a copy thereof, to the president, secretary, treasurer, cashier or other chief or managing officer…”
State ex rel. Associated Transp. Corp. v. Godfrey, 464 S.W.2d 776 (Mo. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 10× “Relator contends that the Circuit Court did not obtain jurisdiction over the res of the garnishment or over the person of the garnishee because of the failure to serve the notice of garnishment in compliance with Section 525.050. 1 Relator further contends that the court erred…”
Bryant v. Bryant, 590 S.W.2d 352 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 6× “01 heretofore paid into court by the *353 garnishee, alleging that (1) the trial court had no jurisdiction over the garnishee or the subject of the garnishment because notice of garnishment was not served upon a proper officer of the corporation contrary to Section 525.050,…”
Blackburn Motor Co. v. Benjamin Motor Co., 340 S.W.2d 155 (Mo. Ct. App. 1960). · cites it 5× “” The applicable part of Section 525.050 RSMo 1949, 35 V.A.M.S., pertinent to the questions before us reads as follows: “Notice of garnishment shall be served on a corporation, in writing, by delivering such notice, or a copy thereof, to the president, secretary, treasurer,…”
Grissum v. Soldi, 108 S.W.3d 805 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “13; see also §§ 525.050 and 525.060. Arguably these added deficiencies are grounds for finding the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the subject debt.”
Smith v. Bennett, 472 S.W.2d 623 (Mo. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 5× “906 (among the “Provisions Applicable To All Insurance Companies” in Chapter 375) or § 525.050 (in Chapter 525 dealing with “Garnishments”), now brought forward in Rule 90.”
Melissa Lancaster Tim Lancaster v. Am. & Foreign Ins. Co. Royal Ins. Co. of Am. Royal Surplus Line Ins. Co., 272 F.3d 1059 (8th Cir. 2001). “See Mo.Rev.Stat. § 525.050. Additionally, the two cases cited in Zink for the proposition that a section 379.”
State Ex Rel. Southland Corp. v. City of Woodson Terrace, 599 S.W.2d 529 (Mo. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “A “managing officer” of a corporation would normally be considered an executive officer whose authority and powers are such that he is regularly in control of the operations and business of the corporation.”
State Ex Rel. Blackburn Motor Co. v. Litzinger, 417 S.W.2d 126 (Mo. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 3× “Ford moved to quash the attachment on the ground that the service had not been made on an officer of the Company designated in Section 525.050, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., which motion the court sustained.”
Blanton v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 680 S.W.2d 206 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). “04 and § 525.050 R.S. Mo.1969. On October 5, 1978, the plaintiff filed a second direction to the Court Administrator.”
Meyer v. Meyer, 571 S.W.2d 477 (Mo. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 3× “Because we conclude the service requirements of § 525.050 RSMo. 1969 and Rule 90.04 V.A.M.”
Raiford v. House, 116 F. Supp. 918 (W.D. Mo. 1953). · cites it 3× “” Section 525.050 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. *919 1.”
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