513.510. Subject to execution upon certain causes of action. - Missouri Statutes

Subject to execution upon certain causes of action.

513.510. Such homestead shall be subject to attachment andlevy of execution upon all causes of action existing at the timeof the acquiring such homestead, except as otherwise provided insections 513.475 to 513.530; and for this purpose such time shallbe the date of the filing in the proper office for the records ofdeeds, the deed of such homestead, when the party holds titleunder a deed, but when he holds title by descent or devise, fromthe time he becomes invested with the title thereto;and in case of existing estates, such homestead shall not besubject to attachment or levy of execution upon any liabilityhereafter created.

(RSMo 1939 § 615)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 615; 1919 § 5860; 1909 § 6711

(1971) Householder vested with equitable title under an executory contract is not entitled to homestead exemption. To defeat levy of execution on property claimed as homestead, claimant must have acquired legal title and filed deed to property for record before creation of execution debt. Ferm v. Crenshaw (A.), 468 S.W.2d 706.