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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 140.320 (2026)

Payment of taxes by purchaser

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  140.320.  Payment of taxes by purchaser — forfeiture. — Any purchaser at delinquent tax sale of any tract or lot of land, his heirs or assigns, who takes possession of any tract or lot of land within the redemption period shall be required to pay the taxes subsequently assessed on such tract or lot of land during the period of occupancy and within the redemption period, and upon failure so to do, or if he commit waste thereon, such purchaser, his heirs or assigns, shall forfeit all rights acquired by his certificate of purchase, so far as the tract or lot of land taken possession of is concerned.

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(RSMo 1939 § 11136)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: Ewing v. Lockhart, 641 S.W.2d 835 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982).
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Ewing v. Lockhart, 641 S.W.2d 835 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982). “On October 3, 1978, the redemption period of the two acre tract having expired, § 140.320, the collector of revenue issued purchaser a collector’s deed for taxes.”
Physicians Choice Wellness Dev., LLC v. Mark R. Devore, 707 S.W.3d 751 (Mo. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “” Section 140.320; see also section 140.410 (stating when property is sold for delinquent taxes and a certificate of purchase has issued, the purchaser has a “duty … to cause all subsequent taxes to be paid on the property purchased prior to the issuance of any collector’s deed…”
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