88.020. Condemnation of property--summons, how served. - Missouri Statutes

Condemnation of property--summons, how served.

88.020. Upon the filing of the petition a summons shall beissued giving such defendants named therein at least ten days'notice of the time when the petition will be heard, which summonsshall be served in the same manner as writs are or may berequired to be served by the code of civil procedure. If thename or residence of any owners be unknown, or if the owners orany of them do not reside within the state, or if service uponthem cannot be had for any reason specified in section 506.160,RSMo, then service of notice of the time of hearing of thepetition by mail or publication shall be made in the time andmanner prescribed by said section 506.160, RSMo. Notice of theproceedings shall be given to the owners of the propertybenefited, as well as other parties interested, by publication asin this section provided for nonresidents except that such noticeneed not be addressed to them by name, but shall contain ageneral description of the property appropriated and of thebenefit district by boundaries as defined by the legislativebody. The notice to owners of property benefited herein requiredmay, in the discretion of the court or judge thereof, beincorporated in the notice by publication to unknown or absentdefendants.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6387, 6755, 7000, 7231, 7485, 7486, A. 1949 H.B. 2036)

Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6265, 6628, 6854, 7081, 7332, 7333; 1919 §§ 7767, 7768, 8116, 8336, 8531, 8746, 8747; 1909 §§ 8681, 8682, 9034, 9263