506.260. Notification other than by mail. - Missouri Statutes

Notification other than by mail.

506.260. In lieu of mailing such notification to thedefendant in a foreign state, plaintiff may cause saidnotification to be personally served in the foreign state on thedefendant by an adult person not a party to the suit bydelivering said notification to the defendant or by offering tomake such delivery in case defendant refuses to accept same, orby having said notification served on defendant by an officerduly qualified to serve legal process in the state orjurisdiction where the defendant is found and the officer'sreturn showing such service to have been made filed in the caseon or before the return day of the process, or within suchfurther time as the court may allow. Upon such service a generaljudgment may be taken against defendant or defendants.

(L. 1941 p. 435 § 8)