HOUSE BILL NO. 1278 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY.
2369H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal sections 92.835 and 140.420, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to liens on property for unpaid bills.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 92.835 and 140.420, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections 2 enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 92.835 and 140.420, to read as follows: 92.835. 1. The title to any real estate which shall vest in the land reutilization 2 authority under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 shall be held by the land 3 reutilization authority of the city in trust for the tax bill owners and taxing authorities having 4 an interest in any tax liens which were foreclosed, as their interests may appear in the 5 judgment of foreclosure. 6 2. The title to any real estate which shall vest in any purchaser, upon confirmation of 7 such sale by the court, shall be an absolute estate in fee simple, subject to rights-of-way 8 thereon of public utilities on which tax has been otherwise paid, and subject to any tax lien 9 thereon of the United States of America, if any, and all persons other than a political 10 subdivision created under Article VI, Section 30(a) of the Constitution of Missouri, 11 including the state of Missouri, any taxing authority or tax district as defined herein, judgment 12 creditors, lienholders, minors, incapacitated and disabled persons, and nonresidents who may 13 have had any right, title, interest, claim, or equity of redemption in or to, or lien upon, such 14 lands shall be barred and forever foreclosed of all such right, title, interest, claim, lien or 15 equity of redemption, and the court shall order immediate possession of such real estate be 16 given to such purchaser. If such parcel of real estate is sold to the land reutilization authority 17 the title thereto shall be free of any liens to the extent of the interest of any taxing authority in
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 1278 2
18 such real estate; provided further, that such title shall not be subject to the lien of special tax 19 bills. 140.420. If no person shall redeem the lands sold for taxes prior to the expiration of 2 the right to redeem, at the expiration thereof, and on production of the certificate of purchase 3 and upon proof satisfactory to the collector that a purchaser or the purchaser's heirs, 4 successors, or assigns are authorized to acquire the deed: 5 (1) The collector of the county in which the sale of such lands took place shall 6 execute to the purchaser or the purchaser's heirs or assigns, in the name of the state, a 7 conveyance of the real estate so sold, which shall vest in the grantee an absolute estate in fee 8 simple, subject, however, to all claims thereon for unpaid taxes except such unpaid taxes 9 existing at time of the purchase of said lands and the lien for which taxes was inferior to the 10 lien for taxes for which said tract or lot of land was sold; and 11 (2) The state of Missouri or any person, taxing authority, tax district, judgment 12 creditor, or lienholder other than a political subdivision created under Article VI, Section 13 30(a) of the Constitution of Missouri that had a right, title, interest, claim, or equity of 14 redemption on or to the lands or that had a lien upon the lands shall be barred and forever 15 foreclosed of such unclaimed right, title, interest, claim, or equity of redemption in or to the 16 lands and of any lien upon the lands. ✔
Statutes affected: