Effective - 28 Aug 1939
527.260. Notice of lis pendens in equity action — recording. — In any civil action, based on any equitable right, claim or lien, affecting or designed to affect real estate, the plaintiff shall file for record, with the recorder of deeds of the county in which any such real estate is situated, a written notice of the pendency of the suit, stating the names of the parties, the style of the action and the term of the court to which such suit is brought, and a description of the real estate liable to be affected thereby; and the pendency of such suit shall be constructive notice to purchasers or encumbrancers, only from the time of filing such notice. The recorder shall note the time of receiving such notice, and shall record and index the same in like manner as deeds of real estate are required to be recorded and indexed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3545)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3155; 1919 § 7215; 1909 § 8211
(1969) In any civil action designed to affect real estate, where the plaintiff files for record a written notice of the pendency of the suit, and the notice of lis pendens has a reasonable relation to the action filed, absolute privilege attaches to its recordation. Houska v. Frederick (Mo.), 447 S.W.2d 514.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts
Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name
Section 527.020 - Power to construe.
Section 527.030 - Before breach.
Section 527.040 - Declaration of rights or legal relationships, right to obtain, when.
Section 527.050 - Enumeration not exclusive.
Section 527.060 - Discretionary.
Section 527.080 - Supplemental relief.
Section 527.120 - Construction.
Section 527.130 - "Person" defined.
Section 527.150 - Suits to determine interest and quiet title, how instituted — effect of judgment.
Section 527.160 - Practice to conform to code of civil procedure.
Section 527.170 - Costs in suits to determine interest and quiet title.
Section 527.180 - Suit to perfect title by limitation — proceedings.
Section 527.188 - Petition for vacation of abandoned easement.
Section 527.190 - Proceedings to establish title when records, deeds are lost or destroyed.
Section 527.200 - Publication of notice — proceedings.
Section 527.210 - Decree conclusive as to whom — prima facie as to whom.
Section 527.220 - Limitation — court may modify its decree, when.
Section 527.230 - Copy to be recorded, where — may be read in evidence.
Section 527.240 - Proceedings to conform to the rules in civil practice.
Section 527.250 - Form of publication notice.
Section 527.260 - Notice of lis pendens in equity action — recording.
Section 527.270 - Petition, where presented — contents — proceedings.
Section 527.280 - Fees to be paid by petitioner.
Section 527.290 - Notice of change to be given, when and how — not required, when.