MISSOURI CIRCUIT COURT
TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

(City of St. Louis)
In re: 
COVID-19 ORDER 31
COVID-19 
Modi?cation of ORDER 30 relating to Division No. 1
Evictions 
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER

 

WHEREAS, directives from various levels of government and from the Joint Board of Health
and Hospitals have declared that evictions during the pandemic create a public health
crises, as it is not in the interest of public health to displace persons from their homes during this
COVID-19 emergency; and

WHEREAS, the implementation of the following precautionary measures is necessary to
combat the spread of the disease and for the protection of the public from the risks associated
with the pandemic disease;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, effective immediately, that:

All evictions in the 22nd Judicial Circuit are hereby suspended up to and including October 2,
2020, except for:

1. EXPEDITED EVICTIONS UNDER CHAP 441.710 et seq.
Writs of evictions shall be allowed for possession of premises on behalf of Plaintiffs
who have received judgments for possession when the grounds for eviction was
established for drug or other activity as provided in Sections 441.710 through 441.880
of the Missouri Revised Statutes.

2. EXECUTIONS AS TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Writs of evictions shall be allowed on behalf of Plaintiffs who have received
judgments for possession of commercial premises.

This Order will remain in effect up to and including October 2, 2020, or as amended or extended by
further order of this Court.

0 RDERED: 
Date: August 31, 2020

 

Rex M. Burlison
Presiding Judge
Division 1