Mo. Rev. Stat. § 533.230: Issuance of execution — to whom directed.

An execution may issue for the delivery of personal property to the sheriff of the county where the property is situate, and shall require him to deliver possession of the same, sufficiently describing it, to the party entitled thereto; and shall, in all respects, be governed by the rules governing executions in ordinary cases, so far as the same may be applicable.