454.515. Order for child support, lien on real estate, when, procedure--duration, priority, revival, release, when. - Missouri Statutes

Order for child support, lien on real estate, when,procedure--duration, priority, revival, release, when.

454.515. 1. A judgment or order for child support or maintenancepayable in periodic installments shall not be a lien on the real estate ofthe person against whom the judgment or order is rendered until the personentitled to receive payments pursuant to the judgment or order, thedivision or IV-D agency files a lien and the lien is recorded in the officeof the circuit clerk of any county in this state in which such real estateis situated in the manner provided for by the supreme court and chapter511, RSMo. Thereafter, the judgment shall become a lien on all realproperty of the obligor in such county, owned by the obligor at the time,or which the obligor may acquire afterwards and before the lien expires.

2. Liens pursuant to this section shall commence on the day filed andshall continue for a period of three years. A judgment creditor, thedivision or IV-D agency may revive a lien by filing another lien on orbefore each three-year anniversary of the original judgment. At the timeeach lien is revived, all unpaid installments shall remain a lien for thesubsequent three-year period.

3. The lien shall state the name, last known address of the obligor,the obligor's Social Security number, the obligor's date of birth, ifknown, and the amount of support or maintenance due and unpaid.

4. A copy of the lien shall be mailed by the person entitled toreceive payments under the judgment or order, the division or IV-D agencyto the last known address of the obligor.

5. The person entitled to receive payments pursuant to the judgmentor order, the division or IV-D agency may execute a partial or totalrelease of the liens created by this section, either generally or as tospecific property.

(L. 1982 S.B. 468 § 24, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1275, A.L. 1997 S.B. 361)

Effective 7-1-97