2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE X TAXATION AND REVENUE
Chapter 140 Collection of Delinquent Taxes Generally
Section 140.230. Foreclosure sale surplus--deposited in treasury--escheats, when.
Foreclosure sale surplus--deposited in treasury--escheats, when.
140.230. 1. When real estate has been sold for taxes or other debt by the sheriff or collector of any county within the state of Missouri, and the same sells for a greater amount than the debt or taxes and all costs in the case it shall be the duty of the sheriff or collector of the county, when such sale has been or may hereafter be made, to make a written statement describing each parcel or tract of land sold by him for a greater amount than the debt or taxes and all costs in the case together with the amount of surplus money in each case. The statement shall be subscribed and sworn to by the sheriff or collector making it before some officer competent to administer oaths within this state, and then presented to the county commission of the county where the sale has been or may be made; and on the approval of the statement by the commission, the sheriff or collector making the same shall pay the surplus money into the county treasury, take the receipt in duplicate of the treasurer for the surplus of money and retain one of the duplicate receipts himself and file the other with the county commission, and thereupon the commission shall charge the treasurer with the amount.
2. The treasurer shall place such moneys in the county treasury to be held for the use and benefit of the person entitled to such moneys or to the credit of the school fund of the county, to be held in trust for the term of three years for the publicly recorded owner or owners of the property sold at the delinquent land tax auction or their legal representatives. At the end of three years, if such fund shall not be called for, then it shall become a permanent school fund of the county.
3. County commissions shall compel owners or agents to make satisfactory proof of their claims before receiving their money; provided, that no county shall pay interest to the claimant of any such fund.
(RSMo 1939 11159, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1284, A.L. 2003 S.B. 295, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1316)Prior revisions: 1929 9959; 1919 12949; 1909 11502
Annotation Copyright Missouri Joint Committee on Legislative Research
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