Courts in Missouri
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- Supreme Court of Missouri
- Missouri Court of Appeals
- Missouri Circuit Courts
- There are 46 judicial circuits, each with various divisions, including associate circuit, small claims, municipal, family, probate, criminal, and juvenile.
- A judgment from a Circuit Court in Missouri automatically imposes a lien upon the judgment debtor’s real property located within the county in which the judgment was entered. 517.151, RSMo.
- A judgment from an Associate Circuit Court in Missouri imposes a lien upon real property within the county in which the judgment was entered if transcribed to the Circuit Court in that county. 517.141, RSMo.
- A judgment from a federal court or other state court may become a lien on real property if transcribed in the Circuit Court where the real property is located. 511.440, RSMo.
- A judgment obtained in a small claims court may not become a lien on real property. 517.151, RSMo.
