515.240. Appointment of receiver. - Missouri Statutes

Appointment of receiver.

515.240. The court, or any judge thereof in vacation, shallhave power to appoint a receiver, whenever such appointment shallbe deemed necessary, whose duty it shall be to keep and preserveany money or other thing deposited in court, or that may besubject of a tender, and to keep and preserve all property andprotect any business or business interest entrusted to himpending any legal or equitable proceeding concerning the same,subject to the order of the court.

(RSMo 1939 § 1164)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 998; 1919 § 1449; 1909 § 2018

CROSS REFERENCES:

Organization of insurance company, receiver appointed pending action to enjoin, RSMo 375.176

Preferred claims against assets in hands of receiver, RSMo 430.330 to 430.350, 513.055 to 513.065

Receiver appointed to take possession of land pending litigation, to prevent waste, RSMo 537.500

Receiver for municipal undertaking under National Defense Cooperation Act, when appointed, RSMo 91.730

Receiver of corporation to comply with corporation registration laws, RSMo 351.140

Unclaimed funds in hands of receiver to escheat, RSMo 470.010 to 470.030