First Adopted: February 11, 1987
Most Recently Effective: July 01, 2016
Rule 76 | Rules of Civil Procedure | Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts | Executions
76.075 | Exemptions
(a) The requirements contained within Rule 76.075 are applicable exclusively to writs of execution. Within five days after an officer has levied an execution, the officer shall notify the person against whom the execution has issued that an execution has been levied, that certain property, if any, is exempt under sections 513.430 and 513.440, RSMo, and that the person has the right to hold the property as exempt from attachment and execution. The officer also shall generally state that there are certain exemptions under state and federal law that the judgment debtor may be able to claim with respect to the property levied upon and describe the procedure for claiming the property as exempt. The notice also shall inform the person against whom the execution issues of the manner in which the person may obtain a specific description of the property upon which the levy was made. The notice may be served in the same manner as a summons or by mailing the notice to the judgment debtor at the debtor's last known address by regular mail. Service by mail shall be complete upon mailing.
(b) The judgment debtor may claim any exemption by filing a verified request with the levying officer within 20 days after notice of the levy. Any exemption allowed by federal law may be claimed at any time prior to the sale of property or disbursement of funds. Upon receipt of a verified request, the levying officer shall notify the party requesting the execution forthwith that a claim of exemption has been filed. The party requesting the execution may object to any claim for exemption within ten days of the filing of the verified request by filing a request for court review.
(c) If a request for court review is not timely filed, the levying officer shall release from execution the items claimed as exempt by the judgment debtor. If a request for court review is timely filed, the exemption claim shall first be reviewed and determined by the court before the levying officer shall release the items claimed as exempt. Any hearing required by the court shall be expedited, shall be held not later than 30 days after the filing of the request for court review, and shall be held upon not less than five days notice of the hearing to all parties in interest.
(Adopted February 11, 1987, effective January 1, 1988. Amended June 1, 1993, effective January 1, 1994; amended September 28, 1993, effective January 1, 1994; amended December 23, 2015, effective July 1, 2016.)