Q: How to handle eviction after paying full balance in MO?
I am facing an eviction even though I have paid the full balance due. A writ for possession of my property was filed on March 31, 2025, but I had already paid the balance owed when judgment was made back on October 4, 2024. I communicated this payment to my landlord via text, along with a photo of the payment, which the landlord acknowledged. Since then, I have not received any further notices or correspondence. How should I proceed in this situation?
A: Without reviewing the docket it wouldn’t be possible for an attorney to provide you with an informed assessment. If the judgment were a default judgment then perhaps a motion to set aside default judgment and quash the writ could be filed. It seems odd that the landlord would have waited many months to have a writ issued. There must be more to the situation than that you fully paid the judgment within 10 days of entry, continued living there five months and paying all rent due and now the landlord suddenly filed a writ.
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