Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Missouri

If the defendant's authorized agent was served, the defendant was effectively served, or the defendnat appears at the answer docket, a judgmetn can be had, even though the defendnat wa snto actually handed a copy of the Petition and Summons. Effective servcie, in some cases, can be by posting, mailing or publication in a legal periodical, as substitutre for the aforementioned documents being placed in the defendant's hands.

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