{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-537.500","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.500","heading":"Where waste committed pending suit, receiver may take possession.","body":"If the tenant in possession of any land shall, pending a suit to recover or charge said land, commit any waste thereon, the court in which the suit may be pending may order a receiver to take possession of the land.","path":["Title XXXVI - STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS","Chapter 537 - Torts and Actions for Damages"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=537.500","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"dd5a1405972548c0276fd11e6e4ddf2acbe1520b705ddc48833d87335646ce43","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-537.490","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-537.510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}