{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-515.515","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 515.515","heading":"General and limited receivers.","body":"A receiver shall be either a general receiver or a limited receiver. A receiver shall be a general receiver if the receiver is appointed to take possession and control of all or substantially all of a debtor's property and provided the power to liquidate such property. A receiver shall be a limited receiver if the receiver is appointed to take possession and control of only limited or specific property of a debtor, whether to preserve or to liquidate such property. A receiver appointed at the request of a person having a lien on or interest in specific property that constitutes all or substantially all of a debtor's property may be either a general receiver or a limited receiver. The court shall specify in the order appointing a receiver whether the receiver is appointed as a general receiver or as a limited receiver. The court by order, upon notice and a hearing, may convert either a general receiver into a limited receiver or a limited receiver into a general receiver for good cause shown. In the absence of a clear designation by the court of the type of receiver appointed, whether limited or general, the receiver shall be presumed to be a general receiver and shall have the rights, powers, and duties attendant thereto.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 515 - Referees and Receivers"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=515.515","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"65f56fb3c89588c159b0fbcc52f70dd8e4c2881a2c373270303e6c2a123c17c5","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-515.510","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-515.520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}