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Statutes > Missouri > T35 > C513 > 513_520Homestead set out from other real estate--proceedings--duty ofcommissioners.
513.520. Whenever, in any case not in sections 513.475 to513.530 otherwise provided for, it shall become necessary, in anyproceeding at law or in equity, to sever or set out any homesteadfrom other real estate, the court in which such proceedings shallbe pending may appoint three commissioners to appraise and setout such homestead, which commissioners, after being sworn to thefaithful discharge of their duties, shall appraise and set outsuch homestead in the same manner as is provided in sections513.475 to 513.530 for setting out homesteads in case of the levyof execution, and make report of their doings to such court,which report shall be confirmed by such court, unless good causebe shown to the contrary; and a record thereof shall be made inthe records of lands, where a deed of such homestead would by lawbe required to be recorded, which shall operate as a severance ofsuch homestead from such other real estate.
(RSMo 1939 § 617)Prior revisions: 1929 § 617; 1919 § 5862; 1909 § 6713
