Section 140.590 – Suits against purchaser of tax lands to be brought within three years.
Effective – 28 Aug 1983 140.590. Suits against purchaser of tax lands to be brought within three years. — Any suit or proceeding against the tax purchaser, his heirs or assigns, for the recovery of lands sold for taxes, or to defeat or avoid a sale or conveyance of lands for taxes, except in cases […]
Section 140.600 – Suit to set aside tax deeds — actual tender not necessary.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.600. Suit to set aside tax deeds — actual tender not necessary. — 1. No suit or action in any of the courts of this state, either at law or in equity, shall hereafter be maintained by any person or corporation, against any other person or corporation, for the determination […]
Section 140.610 – Proof by claimant of invalidity of sale.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.610. Proof by claimant of invalidity of sale. — In all suits and controversies involving the title of land claimed and held by virtue of the deed executed by the county collector for nonpayment of taxes thereon, under this tax law, the person claiming by adverse title to such deed […]
Section 140.620 – County records, prima facie evidence — moneys paid to successor.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.620. County records, prima facie evidence — moneys paid to successor. — 1. The books and records belonging to the office of county clerk and collector certified by said officers respectively, shall be deemed prima facie evidence to prove the issuance of any certificate, the sale of any land or […]
Section 140.480 – Record of land sold kept by collector.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.480. Record of land sold kept by collector. — A record shall be kept by the county collector in his office containing a brief description of the lands by him conveyed on sales for taxes, the name of the person charged therewith, the date of the sale, the name of […]
Section 140.490 – Action by damaged party against collector.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.490. Action by damaged party against collector. — Whenever the owner of any tract, lot, parcel or piece of land is deprived of his title thereto, or to some portion thereof, or by reason of any suit in relation thereto is put to expense, damages, costs or charges, by reason […]
Section 140.500 – Mistake in name not to invalidate sale.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.500. Mistake in name not to invalidate sale. — The sale of lands for taxes shall not be invalid on account of such lands having been listed or charged on the tax book in any other name than that of the rightful owner. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 11160)
Section 140.510 – Form not to affect validity — presumption of validity.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.510. Form not to affect validity — presumption of validity. — 1. No tax authorized by the laws of this state, and which shall be assessed on any property within this state by any officer authorized to make assessments shall be held to be illegal or invalid for want of […]
Section 140.520 – Irregularity and omissions not to invalidate proceedings.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.520. Irregularity and omissions not to invalidate proceedings. — No irregularity in the assessment roll, no omission from the same, nor mere irregularity of any kind in any of the proceedings, shall invalidate any such proceeding, or the title conveyed by the tax deed; nor shall any failure of any […]
Section 140.530 – Invalidity of sale, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 140.530. Invalidity of sale, when. — No sale or conveyance of land for taxes shall be valid if at the time of being listed such land shall not have been liable to taxation, or, if liable, the taxes thereon shall have been paid before sale, or if the description is […]