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Lien in full force in certain cases when conveyance is invalid.

140.570. 1. If any conveyance made by the county collector,pursuant to a sale made for the nonpayment of taxes, under thisor any former tax law, shall prove to be invalid and ineffectualto convey title for any other cause than such as are enumeratedin section 140.610 the lien which the state had on such land forstate, county, township, school and all lawful purposes, togetherwith all lawful charges, shall remain in full force, and shall betransferred by such deed to the grantee and vested in him, hisheirs and assigns, who shall be entitled to a lien upon suchlands, and the same shall be bound for the final payment thereof;and in case judgment be rendered against the person holding thetitle from the collector, as aforesaid, for the recovery of suchland, in an action of ejectment or other action, either at law orin equity, brought by the owners of such lands, heirs or assigns,the court shall ascertain the amount due to the party holdingsuch tax deed and from whom due for principal and interest andfor all improvements made by him on such lands includingsubsequent taxes paid with interest, and shall decree the paymentthereof within such reasonable time by the owner of such land; ifthere be an owner of any life estate or any other person firstliable for the payment of such taxes, such ownership andliability shall be ascertained by the court and entered of recordin such cause, and in default of such payment the court shalldecree that such life estate, the interest of such debtor in suchlands and the fee simple thereof, shall be sold therefor orsufficient thereof to pay the amount of such improvements,principal and interest as above set forth, due to the partyhaving the collector's deed, his heirs and assigns.

2. Such property shall be offered and such sales shall bemade in the order, and in the manner and form as provided insection 140.330; provided, that there shall be no right ofredemption of such property or of any such interest therein,after the date of sale, and the sheriff shall, upon receipt ofthe purchase money, execute to the purchaser a deed in fee simpleor a lease for the unexpired term of the part or interest sosold, as the case may be, and the purchaser shall have the rightof immediate possession of such land or lot and the improvementsthereon. At such sale if such land or any part or parcel thereofor any interest therein be sold for a sum in excess of the lienand cost, then such surplus shall be paid over to the person orpersons lawfully entitled thereto as such rights are determinedby the court in its decree in said cause.

(RSMo 1939 § 11170)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T10 > C140 > 140_570

Lien in full force in certain cases when conveyance is invalid.

140.570. 1. If any conveyance made by the county collector,pursuant to a sale made for the nonpayment of taxes, under thisor any former tax law, shall prove to be invalid and ineffectualto convey title for any other cause than such as are enumeratedin section 140.610 the lien which the state had on such land forstate, county, township, school and all lawful purposes, togetherwith all lawful charges, shall remain in full force, and shall betransferred by such deed to the grantee and vested in him, hisheirs and assigns, who shall be entitled to a lien upon suchlands, and the same shall be bound for the final payment thereof;and in case judgment be rendered against the person holding thetitle from the collector, as aforesaid, for the recovery of suchland, in an action of ejectment or other action, either at law orin equity, brought by the owners of such lands, heirs or assigns,the court shall ascertain the amount due to the party holdingsuch tax deed and from whom due for principal and interest andfor all improvements made by him on such lands includingsubsequent taxes paid with interest, and shall decree the paymentthereof within such reasonable time by the owner of such land; ifthere be an owner of any life estate or any other person firstliable for the payment of such taxes, such ownership andliability shall be ascertained by the court and entered of recordin such cause, and in default of such payment the court shalldecree that such life estate, the interest of such debtor in suchlands and the fee simple thereof, shall be sold therefor orsufficient thereof to pay the amount of such improvements,principal and interest as above set forth, due to the partyhaving the collector's deed, his heirs and assigns.

2. Such property shall be offered and such sales shall bemade in the order, and in the manner and form as provided insection 140.330; provided, that there shall be no right ofredemption of such property or of any such interest therein,after the date of sale, and the sheriff shall, upon receipt ofthe purchase money, execute to the purchaser a deed in fee simpleor a lease for the unexpired term of the part or interest sosold, as the case may be, and the purchaser shall have the rightof immediate possession of such land or lot and the improvementsthereon. At such sale if such land or any part or parcel thereofor any interest therein be sold for a sum in excess of the lienand cost, then such surplus shall be paid over to the person orpersons lawfully entitled thereto as such rights are determinedby the court in its decree in said cause.

(RSMo 1939 § 11170)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T10 > C140 > 140_570

Lien in full force in certain cases when conveyance is invalid.

140.570. 1. If any conveyance made by the county collector,pursuant to a sale made for the nonpayment of taxes, under thisor any former tax law, shall prove to be invalid and ineffectualto convey title for any other cause than such as are enumeratedin section 140.610 the lien which the state had on such land forstate, county, township, school and all lawful purposes, togetherwith all lawful charges, shall remain in full force, and shall betransferred by such deed to the grantee and vested in him, hisheirs and assigns, who shall be entitled to a lien upon suchlands, and the same shall be bound for the final payment thereof;and in case judgment be rendered against the person holding thetitle from the collector, as aforesaid, for the recovery of suchland, in an action of ejectment or other action, either at law orin equity, brought by the owners of such lands, heirs or assigns,the court shall ascertain the amount due to the party holdingsuch tax deed and from whom due for principal and interest andfor all improvements made by him on such lands includingsubsequent taxes paid with interest, and shall decree the paymentthereof within such reasonable time by the owner of such land; ifthere be an owner of any life estate or any other person firstliable for the payment of such taxes, such ownership andliability shall be ascertained by the court and entered of recordin such cause, and in default of such payment the court shalldecree that such life estate, the interest of such debtor in suchlands and the fee simple thereof, shall be sold therefor orsufficient thereof to pay the amount of such improvements,principal and interest as above set forth, due to the partyhaving the collector's deed, his heirs and assigns.

2. Such property shall be offered and such sales shall bemade in the order, and in the manner and form as provided insection 140.330; provided, that there shall be no right ofredemption of such property or of any such interest therein,after the date of sale, and the sheriff shall, upon receipt ofthe purchase money, execute to the purchaser a deed in fee simpleor a lease for the unexpired term of the part or interest sosold, as the case may be, and the purchaser shall have the rightof immediate possession of such land or lot and the improvementsthereon. At such sale if such land or any part or parcel thereofor any interest therein be sold for a sum in excess of the lienand cost, then such surplus shall be paid over to the person orpersons lawfully entitled thereto as such rights are determinedby the court in its decree in said cause.

(RSMo 1939 § 11170)