140.420. Deed to purchaser if unredeemed. — If no person shall redeem the lands sold for taxes prior to the expiration of the right to redeem, at the expiration thereof, and on production of the certificate of purchase and upon proof satisfactory to the collector that a purchaser or the purchaser's heirs, successors, or assigns are authorized to acquire the deed:
(1) The collector of the county in which the sale of such lands took place shall execute to the purchaser or the purchaser's heirs or assigns, in the name of the state, a conveyance of the real estate so sold, which shall vest in the grantee an absolute estate in fee simple, subject, however, to all claims thereon for unpaid taxes except such unpaid taxes existing at time of the purchase of said lands and the lien for which taxes was inferior to the lien for taxes for which said tract or lot of land was sold; and
(2) The state of Missouri or any person, taxing authority, tax district, judgment creditor, or lienholder that had a right, title, interest, claim, or equity of redemption on or to the lands or that had a lien upon the lands shall be barred and forever foreclosed of such unclaimed right, title, interest, claim, or equity of redemption in or to the lands and of any lien upon the lands.
Notes of Decisions
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4 in the last 5 years), 1952–2024 · leading case:
Keylien Corp. v. Johnson, 284 S.W.3d 606 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
Keylien Corp. v. Johnson, 284 S.W.3d 606 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 13× “Section 140.420 RSMo (Supp.2003). Third Offering Tax Sales The legislature has treated third offering tax sales differently from first and second offering tax sales.”
United Asset Mgmt. Trust Co. v. Clark, 332 S.W.3d 159 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011).
· cites it 14× “” § 140.420. Pursuant to § 140.410, the purchaser must cause the deed to be executed and placed of record within two years of the date of sale.”
Sneil, LLC v. Tybe Learning Ctr., Inc., 370 S.W.3d 562 (Mo. 2012).
· cites it 4× “440, RSMo; *568 (2) Tender the original of the certificate of purchase, § 140.420, RSMo; (3) Tender recording fees for the collector's deed under § 140.”
Harpagon Mo, LLC v. Bosch, 370 S.W.3d 579 (Mo. 2012).
· cites it 5× “If the owner does not take advantage of this right to redeem within this one-year period then “at the expiration thereof, and on production of certificate of purchase, the collector of the county in which the sale of such lands took place shall execute to the purchaser” a deed…”
M & P Enter., Inc. v. Transamerica Fin. Servs., 944 S.W.2d 154 (Mo. 1997).
· cites it 4× “— Any person purchasing property at a delinquent land tax auction shall not acquire the deed to the real estate, as provided for in section 140.420, until he meets with the following requirement or until he makes affidavit that a title search has revealed no publicly recorded…”
Brock v. Caldwell, 358 S.W.3d 542 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 6× “420, until the person meets with the following requirement or until such person makes affidavit that a title search has revealed no publicly recorded deed of trust, mortgage, lease, lien or claim on the real estate. At least ninety days prior to the date when a purchaser is…”
Glasgow Enter., Inc. v. Bowers, 196 S.W.3d 625 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 2× “Under section 140.420, plaintiff was authorized to acquire the deed after August 26, 2004, two years after the sale.”
Leuck v. Russell, 632 S.W.2d 40 (Mo. Ct. App. 1982).
· cites it 5× “530 RSMo, And The Collector’s Deed Failed To Convey The Real Estate So Sold Pursuant To Section 140.420 RSMo.” The deed from the Camden County Collector to defendants describes the property as: “Part of the north half of lot one of the southwest quarter, and part of the north…”
Cedarbridge, LLC v. Eason, 293 S.W.3d 462 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 2× “405 states, in pertinent part: Any person purchasing property at a delinquent land tax auction shall not acquire the deed to the real estate, as provided for in section 140.420, until the person meets with the following [notice] requirement .”
Russell-Polk v. Bradley (In Re Russell-Polk), 200 B.R. 218 (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 1996).
· cites it 2× “Rev.Stat. §§ 140.340-140.400 (1994). In the event redemption is not made, the purchaser may produce the certificate of purchase and may take deed to the land.”
York v. Horner, 564 S.W.3d 641 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “]" Section 140.420. The purchaser may then sue to quiet title to the land but must add as defendants "all parties who have, or claim to have, or appear of record .”
Drake Dev. & Constr., LLC v. Jacob Holdings, Inc., 306 S.W.3d 171 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 2× “405 provides in pertinent part: Any person purchasing property at a delinquent land tax auction shall not acquire the deed to the real estate, as provided for in section 140.420, until the person meets with the following requirement or until such person makes affidavit that a…”
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