Mo. Rev. Stat. § 533.020
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
Upon filing such affidavit, the court, or judge or clerk in vacation, shall make an order requiring the defendant to deliver the property specified in the affidavit to the sheriff, and requiring the sheriff, if the same be not delivered to him, to take it from the defendant and deliver it to the plaintiff.
§ 533.020, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 1789