Section 29 Time for Review

• Library: Real Estate Fundamentals 2011

When there is substituted or constructive service, such as publication, the defendants so served have three years from the date of the decree in which to appear and assert any defense they may have by petition for review. Sections 511.170 and 511.190, RSMo 2000. A judgment determining title based on constructive service without personal appearance is not final until the expiration of three years after its rendition. Nowlin v.Columbia Sch. Dist.,401 S.W.2d 394, 399 (Mo. 1966). If the plaintiff, however...