Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.097
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
All the damages allowed shall, within six months from any final decree terminating the litigation, from which no appeal or writ of error is prosecuted, be paid out of the city treasury to the parties entitled thereto, and if the ownership of the property to which such damages are allowed is in controversy, the amount of the damages allowed said property shall, within the time aforesaid, be paid into the circuit court for the use of the successful claimant of the property.
§ 88.097, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 7378