Rule 85.07.Service of Writ and Notice.

Attachment reaches property before the underlying claim has been decided, so notice to the people affected is central to fairness. Rule 85.07 requires two separate service packages. The owner — the person against whose property the attachment runs — must be served with the writ itself along with a written notice. A nonowner who happens to be in possession of the property when it is levied on must be served with a written notice and a copy of the writ, even though that person is not the party being sued.

The content of the notice is not left to guesswork. It must tell both the owner and the nonowner that they have the right to file a bond — the owner under Rule 85.09, to retain or regain possession by posting security tied to the value of the property or the claim, and the nonowner under Rule 85.10, on similar terms. The notice must also tell the owner specifically about the right to request a hearing on whether the writ was properly issued, the hearing procedure set out in Rule 85.13.

Rule 85.07 closes by tying service of the writ and notice to the general service rule, Rule 54, instead of creating a separate service mechanism just for attachment. That keeps attachment practice consistent with how process is served throughout Missouri civil procedure, while layering on the extra notice content this rule demands.