When an execution is issued from a court of record in one county and sent to the sheriff of any other county in this state, and the same is levied on real estate, and from any cause the circuit court of the last mentioned county shall not be held before the return day of the execution, the sheriff shall retain said execution, and the levy made by virtue thereof shall remain in full force until there shall be a session of the circuit court in said last mentioned county, at which said real estate may be sold.
§ 513.270, RSMo
Effective 1/2/1979