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MO Rev Stat § 92.740 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.740 - Petition, form, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.740. Petition, form, contents. — 1. A suit for the foreclosure of the tax liens herein provided for shall be instituted by filing in the appropriate office of the circuit clerk and with the land reutilization authority a petition, which petition shall contain a caption, a copy of the list prepared by the collector, and a prayer. Such petition without further allegation shall be deemed to be sufficient.  2. The caption shall be in the following form:    In the Circuit Court of ______ Missouri,   In the Matter of   Foreclosure of Liens for Delinquent Land Taxes    By Action in Rem.   Collector of Revenue of ______, Missouri, Plaintiff    -vs-   Parcels of Land Encumbered with Delinquent Tax Liens, Defendants    3. The petition shall conclude with a prayer that all tax liens upon such real estate be foreclosed; that the court determine the amounts and priorities of all tax bills, together with interest, penalties, costs, and attorney's fees; that the court order such real estate to be sold by the sheriff at public sale as provided by sections 92.700 to 92.920 and that thereafter a report of such sale be made by the sheriff to the court for further proceedings under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920.  4. The petition when so filed shall have the same force and effect with respect to each parcel of real estate therein described as a separate suit instituted to foreclose the tax lien or liens against any one of said parcels of real estate. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 92.745 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.745 - Action in rem, pleadings, failure to answer, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.745. Action in rem, pleadings, failure to answer, effect of. — 1. The foregoing proceeding or suit shall constitute an action in rem, and the pleadings therein shall consist of a petition and an answer or answers.  2. An answer may be filed by any person or taxing authority owning or claiming any right, title or interest in or to any tax bill constituting a tax lien on the real estate described in the petition, or by any person owning or claiming any right, title, or interest in or to, or lien upon, such real estate. An answer shall include the nature and amount of the interest and any defense or objection to the foreclosure of the tax liens listed in the petition, and may include the allegations usually incorporated in pleadings entitled cross-petitions, cross-complaints, interpleas, or intervening petition.  3. All pleadings must be brief, clear and concise, and shall be liberally construed by the court. Any such answer shall contain the caption and number of the case, and the serial number or numbers of the parcels of real estate concerned. Such answer must be filed with the circuit clerk and a copy thereof served on the collector not later than sixty calendar days after the date of the first publication of the notice of foreclosure, and if such sixtieth day falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, then such answer may be filed on the day after such Sunday or legal holiday.  4. In the event of failure to answer within the time herein fixed, a default judgment may be taken as to all tax bills affecting parcels of real estate as to which no answer has been filed. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 92.750 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.750 - Redemption by interested party, certificate — foreclosure sale, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.750. Redemption by interested party, certificate — foreclosure sale, effect of. — 1. Any person having any right, title or interest in, or lien upon, any parcel of real estate described in such petition may redeem such parcel of real estate by paying to the collector all of the sums mentioned therein, including principal, interest, penalties, attorney's fees and costs then due, at any time prior to the time of the foreclosure sale of such real estate by the sheriff.  2. In the event of failure to redeem prior to the time of the foreclosure sale by the sheriff, such person shall be barred and forever foreclosed of all his right, title and interest in and to the parcels of real estate described in such petition.  3. Upon redemption, as permitted by this section, the person redeeming shall be entitled to a certificate of redemption from the collector describing the property in the same manner as it is described in such petition, and the collector shall thereupon note on his records the word "redeemed" and the date of such payment opposite the description of such parcel of real estate. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 92.765 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.765 - Records of actions taken, where filed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.765. Records of actions taken, where filed. — Affidavits of publication of notice of foreclosure, and of posting, mailing, or other acts required by the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk prior to the trial, and when so filed shall constitute part of the evidentiary documents in the foreclosure suit. Such affidavits shall be prima facie evidence of the performance of acts therein described, and may be so used in the trial of the suit, unless challenged by verified answer duly filed in the suit. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 92.770 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.770 - Attorneys, employment authorized, compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.770. Attorneys, employment authorized, compensation. — 1. The collector may employ such attorneys as he deems necessary to collect such taxes and to prosecute suits for taxes.  2. Such attorneys shall receive as total compensation a sum, not to exceed six percent of the amount of taxes actually collected and paid into the treasury, and an additional sum not to exceed two dollars for each suit filed when publication is not necessary and not to exceed five dollars where publication is necessary, as may be agreed upon in writing and approved by the collector, before such services are rendered.  3. The attorney fees shall be taxed as costs in the suit and collected as other costs. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 92.800 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.800 - Equity rules of procedure required, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.800. Equity rules of procedure required, exception. — Except as herein provided, the rules of civil procedure in equity cases, in force at the time when any proceeding is had in the suit, shall be followed in all suits brought pursuant to the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 92.805 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.805 - Judgment, findings, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.805. Judgment, findings, effect. — After the trial of the issues, the court shall, as promptly as circumstances permit, render judgment. If the court finds that no tax bill upon the land collectible by the collector or the relator was delinquent when the suit was instituted or tried, then the judgment of the court shall be that the cause be dismissed as to the parcels of real estate described in the tax bill; or, if the evidence warrants, the judgment may be for the principal amount of the delinquent tax bill upon the real estate upon which suit was brought, together with interest, penalties, attorney's and appraiser's fees and costs computed as of the date of the judgment. It may decree that the lien upon the parcels of real estate described in the tax bill be foreclosed and such real estate sold by the sheriff, and the cause shall be continued for further proceedings, as herein provided. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 19)
MO Rev Stat § 92.815 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.815 - Redemption contracts, installment payments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   92.815. Redemption contracts, installment payments. — 1. During such waiting period and at any time prior to the time of foreclosure sale by the sheriff, any interested party may redeem any parcel of real estate as provided by sections 92.700 to 92.920; except that during such time and at any time prior to the time of foreclosure sale by the sheriff, the collector shall enter into a written redemption contract with the owner of any real estate occupied as a homestead and who has not previously defaulted upon any such written redemption contract, provided that in no instance shall such installments exceed twelve in number or extend more than twenty-four months next after any agreement for such installment payments shall have been entered into; provided further, that upon good cause being shown by the owner of any parcel of real estate occupied as a homestead, or in the case of improved real estate with a total assessed valuation of not more than five thousand dollars, owned by an individual, the income from such property being a major factor in the total income of such individual, or by anyone on his behalf, the court may, in its discretion, fix the time and terms of payment in such contract to permit all of such installments to be paid within not longer than forty-eight months after any order or agreement as to installment payments shall have been made.  2. So long as such installments be paid according to the terms of the contract, the six months' waiting period shall be extended, but if any installment be not paid when due, the extension of the waiting period shall be ended and the real estate shall immediately be advertised for sale or included in the next notice of sheriff's foreclosure sale. Notice shall also be sent to the redemption contract payor as specified in subsection 3 of section 92.810. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 20, A.L. 1989 H.B. 342)
MO Rev Stat § 92.825 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.825 - Sale, how conducted — interest conveyed — costs, how advanced — purchase price, payable when, amount.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   92.825. Sale, how conducted — interest conveyed — costs, how advanced — purchase price, payable when, amount. — 1. The sale shall be conducted, the sheriff's return thereof made, and the sheriff's deed pursuant to the sale executed, all as provided in the case of sales of real estate taken under execution except as otherwise provided in sections 92.700 to 92.920, and provided that such sale need not occur during the term of court or while the court is in session.  2. Such sale shall convey the whole interest of every person having or claiming any right, title or interest in or lien upon such real estate, whether such person has answered or not, subject to rights-of-way thereon of public utilities upon which tax has been otherwise paid, and subject only to the tax lien thereon, if any, of the United States of America.  3. The collector shall advance from current tax collections the sums necessary to pay for the publication of all advertisements required by the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 and shall be allowed credit therefor in his accounts with the taxing authorities on a pro rata basis. He shall give credit in such accounts for all such advances recovered by him. Such expenses of publication shall be apportioned pro rata among and taxed as costs against the respective parcels of real estate described in the judgment; provided, however, that none of the costs herein enumerated, including the costs of publication, shall constitute any lien upon the real estate after such sale.  4. The purchaser at a sale conducted by the sheriff shall pay cash immediately at the end of bidding of each parcel on the day of the sale in an amount including all taxes due and owing and other costs as otherwise provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 23, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1500)
MO Rev Stat § 92.830 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.830 - Sale, insufficient bid, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   92.830. Sale, insufficient bid, effect. — 1. In the event no bid equal to the full amount of all tax bills included in the judgment, interest, penalties, attorney's fees and costs then due thereon shall be received at the sale, the land reutilization authority shall be deemed to have bid the full amount of all tax bills included in the judgment, interest, penalties, attorney's fees and costs then due, and if no other bid be then received by the sheriff in excess of the bid of the land reutilization authority and the sheriff shall so announce at the sale, then the bid of the land reutilization authority shall be announced as accepted. The sheriff shall report any such bid or bids so made by the land reutilization authority in the same way as his report of other bids is made.  2. Upon confirmation by the court of such bid at such sale by such land reutilization authority, and upon notification by the sheriff, the collector shall mark the tax bills so bid by the land reutilization authority as "cancelled by sale to the land reutilization authority" and shall take credit for the full amount of such tax bills, including principal amount, interest, penalties, attorney's fees, and costs, on his books and his statements with any other taxing authorities. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 24, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1500)
MO Rev Stat § 92.835 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.835 - Title, how held by reutilization authority — title, how taken by others.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   92.835. Title, how held by reutilization authority — title, how taken by others. — 1. The title to any real estate which shall vest in the land reutilization authority under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 shall be held by the land reutilization authority of the city in trust for the tax bill owners and taxing authorities having an interest in any tax liens which were foreclosed, as their interests may appear in the judgment of foreclosure.  2. The title to any real estate which shall vest in any purchaser, upon confirmation of such sale by the court, shall be an absolute estate in fee simple, subject to rights-of-way thereon of public utilities on which tax has been otherwise paid, and subject to any tax lien thereon of the United States of America, if any, and all persons, including the state of Missouri, minors, incapacitated and disabled persons, and nonresidents who may have had any right, title, interest, claim, or equity of redemption in or to, or lien upon, such lands shall be barred and forever foreclosed of all such right, title, interest, claim, lien or equity of redemption, and the court shall order immediate possession of such real estate be given to such purchaser; provided, however, that such title shall also be subject to the liens of any tax bills which may have attached to such parcel of real estate prior to the time of the filing of the petition affecting such parcel of real estate not then delinquent, or which may have attached after the filing of the petition and prior to sheriff's sale and not included in any answer to such petition, but if such parcel of real estate is sold to the land reutilization authority the title thereto shall be free of any such liens to the extent of the interest of any taxing authority in such real estate; provided further, that such title shall not be subject to the lien of special tax bills which has attached to the parcel of real estate prior to January 1, 1972, but the lien of such special tax bills shall attach to the proceeds of the sheriff's sale or to the proceeds of the ultimate sale of such parcel by the land reutilization authority. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 25, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1500)
MO Rev Stat § 92.845 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.845 - Appeals.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   92.845. Appeals. — The collector or any interested person or anyone on behalf of any disabled person as defined in chapter 475 may appeal from the judgment confirming or disapproving the sheriff's sale and the distribution made thereafter; provided, however, no question can be raised upon such appeal that could have been raised upon an appeal from the judgment of foreclosure. Such appeals must be taken within twenty days after the date of such judgment. The necessity for giving bond and the provisions thereof shall be the same as in cases of appeal from a judgment of foreclosure. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 27, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
MO Rev Stat § 92.850 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.850 - Deputy sheriff, authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.850. Deputy sheriff, authority. — Any lawfully appointed deputy sheriff may perform all acts and things herein required to be done by the sheriff, including the conduct of any sales, reports of such sales and the issuance of deeds according to the order of the court, in the name of and with like effect as the sheriff himself might do. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 28)
MO Rev Stat § 92.852 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.852 - Recording fee, sheriff's deed given pursuant to municipal land reutilization law, assessed when — recorded, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   92.852. Recording fee, sheriff's deed given pursuant to municipal land reutilization law, assessed when — recorded, when. — Any sheriff's deed given pursuant to the municipal land reutilization law shall be subject to a recording fee for the costs of recording the deed that shall be assessed and collected from the purchaser of the property at the same time the proceeds from the sale are collected. All such deeds shall be recorded at the office of the recorder of deeds within two months after the sheriff's deed is given. ­­-------- (L. 2002 H.B. 2064)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Recorder of deeds, Chap. 59
MO Rev Stat § 92.855 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.855 - Sheriff's deed, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.855. Sheriff's deed, effect of. — Each sheriff's deed given pursuant to the provisions of the municipal land reutilization law shall be presumptive evidence that the suit and all proceedings therein and all proceedings prior thereto from and including assessment of the lands affected thereby and all notices required by law were regular and in accordance with all provisions of the law relating thereto. After two years from the date of the recording of such sheriff's deed, the presumption shall be conclusive, unless at the time that this section takes effect the two-year period since the recording of such sheriff's deed has expired, or less than six months of such period of two years remains unexpired, in which latter case the presumption shall become conclusive six months after September 28, 1971. No suit to set aside or to attack the validity of any such sheriff's deed shall be commenced or maintained unless the suit is filed prior to the time that the presumption becomes conclusive, as aforesaid. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 29)
MO Rev Stat § 92.860 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.860 - Fees allowable.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.860. Fees allowable. — 1. Fees shall be allowed for services rendered under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920, as follows:  (1) To the collector, two percent on all sums collected and twenty-five cents per tract for making the back tax books;  (2) To the circuit clerk, sheriff and printer, such fees as are allowed by law for like services in civil cases.  2. Such fees shall be taxed as costs and collected from the person redeeming such tract or from the proceeds of sale. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 30)
MO Rev Stat § 92.863 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.863 - Costs, how apportioned — collector's fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.863. Costs, how apportioned — collector's fees. — 1. All costs, including costs of publishing any notices, and any court costs, shall be apportioned among the respective taxing authorities on a pro rata basis.  2. If any party redeems any parcel of real estate from the lien of any tax bill, such party shall, in addition to all other amounts then due, including principal, interest, attorney's fees and costs, also pay costs to the collector as follows:  (1) Fifty cents per parcel of real estate for issuance of certificate of redemption;  (2) One dollar per parcel of real estate, if notice of publication has been commenced;  (3) An additional one dollar per parcel of real estate if notice of sheriff's foreclosure sale has been commenced. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 31)
MO Rev Stat § 92.865 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.865 - Amended petition, when allowed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.865. Amended petition, when allowed. — At the option of the taxing authority or tax bill owner, all claims for land taxes against any parcel of real estate, which has been included in any petition filed under sections 92.700 to 92.920, where such taxes have become due and payable after any tax list or petition thereon has been filed, may be asserted by amended petition or by answer filed before judgment, and, if allowed by the court, shall be included in the judgment against such parcel of real estate. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 32)
MO Rev Stat § 92.870 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 92 - Taxation in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Certain Other Cities|Section 92.870 - Applicable provisions of general law to apply.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   92.870. Applicable provisions of general law to apply. — The general law relating to taxation and the collection of delinquent taxes as now existing and the provisions found in sections 92.700 to 92.920 shall apply to cities not within any county and which now have or may hereafter have a population in excess of five hundred thousand, insofar as not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 33)