Mo. Rev. Stat. § 508.020
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
Suits commenced by attachment against the property of a person, or in replevin or claim and delivery of personal property, where the specific property is sought to be recovered, shall be brought in the county in which such property may be found; and in all cases where the defendant in actions in replevin or claim and delivery of personal property is a nonresident of the county in which the suit is brought, service shall be made on him as under like circumstances in suits by attachment.
§ 508.020, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 872