Section 416.530 Personal service authorized, how served.

MO Rev Stat § 416.530 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 28 Aug 1959

416.530. Personal service authorized, how served. — In lieu of mailing the notification to the defendant in a foreign state, plaintiff may cause said notification to be personally served in the foreign state on the defendant by an adult person not a party to the suit by delivering said notification to the defendant or by offering to make the delivery in case defendant refuses to accept same, or by having said notification served on defendant by an officer duly qualified to serve legal process in the state or jurisdiction where the defendant is found and the officer's return showing the service to have been made, filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, or within such further time as the court may allow. Upon the service a general judgment may be taken against defendant or defendants.

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(L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 25)