MO Rev Stat § 141.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title X - Taxation and Revenue|Chapter 141 - Delinquent Taxes — Certain Subdivisions|Section 141.560 - Daily adjournment of sale by sheriff — sale to trustees.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   141.560. Daily adjournment of sale by sheriff — sale to trustees. — 1. If, when the sheriff offers the respective parcels of real estate for sale, there be no bidders for any parcel, or there be insufficient time or opportunity to sell all of the parcels of real estate so advertised, the sheriff shall adjourn such sale from day to day at the same place and commencing at the same hour as when first offered and shall announce that such real estate will be offered or reoffered for sale at such time and place.  2. With respect to any parcel of real estate not located wholly within a municipality that is an appointing authority under section 141.981, 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 such sale after any parcel of real estate has been offered for sale on three different days, which need not be successive, the land trustees 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 trustees, and the sheriff shall so announce at the sale, then the bid of the trustees shall be announced as accepted. The sheriff shall report any such bid or bids so made by the land trustees in the same way as his report of other bids is made. The land trust shall pay any penalties, attorney's fees or costs included in the judgment of foreclosure of such parcel of real estate, when such parcel is sold or otherwise disposed of by the land trust. Upon confirmation by the court of such bid at such sale by such land trustees, the collector shall mark the tax bills so bid by the land trustees as "cancelled by sale to the land trust" 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 in his statements with any other taxing authorities.  3. With respect to any parcel of real estate located wholly within a municipality that is an appointing authority under section 141.981, 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 such sale after such parcel of real estate has been offered for sale on three different days, which need not be successive, the land bank agency for which said municipality is an appointing 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 the sheriff shall so announce at the sale, then the bid of the land bank agency shall be announced as accepted. The sheriff shall report any such bid or bids so made by such land bank agency in the same way as his report of other bids is made. Upon confirmation by the court of such bid at such sale by such land bank agency, the collector shall mark the tax bills so bid by such land bank agency as "cancelled by sale to the land bank" 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 in his statements with any other taxing authorities. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 1029 § 27, A.L. 1945 p. 1761, A.L. 1949 p. 602, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1659 & 1116)