{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-506.520","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 506.520","heading":"Personal judgment authorized — default judgment, when.","body":"1. When jurisdiction over a person, firm, or corporation who is outside this state is acquired in accordance with the provisions of sections 506.500 and 506.510, the court shall have the power to render a personal judgment against such person, firm, or corporation.\n2. No default judgment shall be entered until the expiration of at least thirty days after service of process. A default judgment rendered on service of process provided by sections 506.500 to 506.520 may be set aside only on a showing which would be timely and sufficient to set aside a default judgment rendered on ordinary service of process within this state.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 506 - Commencement of Actions and General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=506.520","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"38ec1e1163a73b78becdb8817a7c6eda70ecdd2edb7a3874e08da815d0acd2ff","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-506.510","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-506.602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}