Rule 76.01.Application for Execution.

Once a court enters a money judgment, the winning party still has to collect it. Rule 76.01 opens the door to that collection process. It says an execution — the court order that lets a sheriff seize a debtor's property — can issue on nothing more than a written application signed by the party or the party's attorney. The application has to state the address of whoever is asking for the execution, so the sheriff and court know where to send notices and returns.

What stands out here is how little the rule demands. There is no motion, no separate hearing, no advance notice to the debtor. The judgment itself already established the debt; the application for execution activates the machinery to enforce it. That keeps the process quick and inexpensive for judgment creditors, who often need to move before a debtor can move or hide assets.

This rule works as the entry point for the rest of Rule 76. Everything downstream — how the execution is directed, how long it runs, how property gets levied and sold — depends on an execution having first been issued under this rule. Think of it as the ignition switch for the whole enforcement machine.