Mo. Rev. Stat. § 470.100
470.100 Judgment rendered, when.
470.100. Judgment rendered, when. — If no person appear and plead, or, appearing, shall refuse to plead, within the time, then judgment shall be rendered for the state, and it shall be seized and possessed of the lands and tenements in such information described and claimed.
(RSMo 1939 § 629) Prior revisions: 1929 § 629; 1919 § 5318; 1909 § 6265