OP – Every state provides for some form of asset or debtor exam. With the utmost respect to members that allude to them, exams are statistically useless. Explore other ways to recover before exploring exams. When you get your judgment, ask to be paid. A good rule of thumb is to assume that, if the debtor is not going to pay voluntarily, the debtor is not going to voluntarily participate in an exam to enable you to get paid.
Creditors’ rights professionals – attorneys, debt collectors – think of exams as a last recourse, not a first. Contact your (MO) court and ask what happens if the debtor ignores the order to appear and/or produce documents. In the vast majority of instances, a contempt warrant or something equivalent will issue and you get the right to pay to do the whole thing again. Authorities seldom have resources – time, money, manpower – to enforce civil contempt.
Learn your other options. For example, MO authorizes a till tap. A till tap authorizes the Sheriff to go into a place of business and take the money in the cash register(s). And you can do it every day – for every register. And you can add the costs of enforcement to the amount to be collected. If you’re the store owner, how long would you allow that to continue before offering payment?
If you go to Vegas or Atlantic City expecting to hit the jackpot, you’ll like asset exams. If you want to get paid, learn more about collections.