2015 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE X TAXATION AND REVENUE (135-155)
Chapter 136 Collection of State Taxes
Section 136.190 Form of distress warrant.

136.190. The distress warrant may be in the following form:

State of Missouri, ss.

The state of Missouri to the . . . . of the county of . . . ., greeting: Whereas, . . . ., the collector of revenue of the county of . . . . . . . aforesaid, for the year of our Lord two thousand and . . . ., hath failed and neglected to pay to the director of revenue the full amount with which he stands charged on the books of the director of revenue of the state of Missouri, and which he ought to have paid to the director of revenue aforesaid, on or before the . . . . day of . . . ., in the year of our Lord two thousand and . . . .; and whereas, the director of revenue of the state of Missouri has ascertained the balance due the state of Missouri by said . . . . . . to be the sum of . . . . dollars and . . . . cents and the said director of revenue has, according to law, charged the said . . . . . . . . . ., as aforesaid, with the further sum of two and a half percent a month on said ascertained balance as aforesaid, to be computed on said balance from the said . . . . day of . . . . ., two thousand and ...., until the same shall be paid or collected: These are, therefore, to command you, in accordance with the provisions of chapter . . . . . . ., to levy and collect the sum of . . . . . dollars and . . . . cents, the balance as aforesaid, ascertained to be due, and the said two and a half percent a month from the . . . . . . day of . . . ., two thousand and . . . ., aforesaid, of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said . . . ., and for want of sufficient goods and chattels and real estate to satisfy the aforesaid balance, together with the said percent thereon, and the fees to the officer collecting the same, you are commanded to levy the same upon the goods and chattels and real estate of . . . ., the sureties of the said . . . .; you are also commanded, that after you have made such levy and collection, you pay the same to the director of revenue within thirty days after its collection, unless the first Monday of March next following the date of this warrant shall intervene, and, in that event, then on or before that day, and return this warrant to the office of the director of revenue, and certify thereon how you have executed the same. In testimony whereof, I, . . . ., director of revenue, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the department of revenue, in the City of Jefferson, this . . . . day of . . . ., in the year of our Lord two thousand and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Director of Revenue.

(L. 1945 p. 1428 § 28)