Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 525.290 (2026)

Garnishment of wages

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  525.290.  Garnishment of wages — personal service upon defendant required — exception — petition and summons to show cause of action. — No wages shall be garnished in aid of attachment before personal service is had or obtained upon the defendant, unless the suit be brought in the county where the defendant resides, or in the county where the debt is contracted and the cause of action arose or accrued, and in cities over one hundred thousand inhabitants in the city where the defendant resides or the debt is contracted and the cause of action accrued; provided, the petition or statement filed in the cause and writ of attachment shall affirmatively show the place where the defendant resides and the place where the debt is contracted and the cause of action arose.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1588, A.L. 1945 p. 652)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1424; 1919 § 1874

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1967–2003 · leading case: Farmers Exch. Bank v. Metro Contracting Servs., Inc., 107 S.W.3d 381 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003).
Farmers Exch. Bank v. Metro Contracting Servs., Inc., 107 S.W.3d 381 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “Specifically, he claims that: (1) the writ failed to recite, as required by § 525.290, where the underlying debt was contracted and where the cause of action arose; and (2) the supporting affidavit for the writ contained impermissible hearsay evidence as to the address of the…”
Patton v. Patton, 573 S.W.2d 71 (Mo. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “, 1 Home’s first point relied on is that the trial court erred in entering judgment against it because the court did not have jurisdiction of the subject matter as there was no service of the writ upon William and the writ “did not affirmatively show the place where [William]…”
Yost v. Household Fin. Corp., 422 S.W.2d 382 (Mo. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 3× “Plaintiff also pleaded the following provisions of Section 525.290, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., to-wit: “525.”
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