Title XXXV CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS Chapter 513 Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote 513.375. Any person owing defendant may pay officer, how. — After the issuing of an execution, any person indebted to the defendant therein may pay to the sheriff or other officer charged with the collection thereof, the amount of the debt owing by such person to such defendant, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy the execution and costs, and the officer's receipts shall be a sufficient discharge for the amount paid. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 1390, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1226; 1919 § 1678; 1909 § 2247 Effective 1-02-79
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