Mo. Rev. Stat. § 533.040: Sheriff to take and deliver property to plaintiff unless bond given.

Upon such bond being executed as aforesaid, the sheriff shall receive the property, or, if the same be not delivered, shall take the property and deliver it to the plaintiff, unless, before such delivery to the plaintiff, the defendant shall, with two or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the sheriff, execute a bond to the plaintiff, to the effect that they are bound in double the value of the property as stated in the affidavit of the plaintiff, for the delivery of said property to the plaintiff, if such delivery be adjudged and, in default of such delivery, for the payment of the assessed value of such property, and for the payment of all damages for injuries to the property, and for the taking and detention or detention thereof, and all costs which may accrue in the action.