Effective - 28 Aug 1997
535.070. Purchaser of leased lands may recover possession. — If any person purchases lands or tenements occupied at the time of such purchase by any tenant, lessee or sublessee, who shall, at any time thereafter, fail to pay rent to such purchaser, the person purchasing such property shall have the right, upon such failure, to commence proceedings before an associate circuit judge to recover rent and possession, under the terms of the prior owner's lease, for unpaid rent accruing after the transfer of title. The right to commence proceedings pursuant to this section shall exist regardless of whether the transfer was by private foreclosure, tax or judicial sale, or by any other means. The provisions of chapter 441 and this chapter shall apply.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2999, A.L. 1945 p. 1107, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2612; 1919 § 6906; 1909 § 7909
CROSS REFERENCE:
Purchaser at tax sale may recover possession and rent, 140.310
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts
Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions
Section 535.010 - If rent be not paid as agreed, landlord may recover possession, how.
Section 535.030 - Service of summons — court date included in summons.
Section 535.050 - Process shall not issue until expiration of lease, when.
Section 535.060 - Demand of rent good, when.
Section 535.070 - Purchaser of leased lands may recover possession.
Section 535.090 - Complaint, contents — proof of trial.
Section 535.100 - Change of judge and venue same as under chapter 517.
Section 535.110 - Appeals, defendant to furnish bond to stay execution — additional conditions.
Section 535.120 - Action brought, when.
Section 535.130 - Summons in such action, how served.
Section 535.140 - Service shall stand instead of demand.
Section 535.150 - Judgment for recovery of demised premises.
Section 535.170 - Lessee barred from relief, when — appeal permitted, when.
Section 535.180 - Reservation in favor of mortgagee of lease in such case.