When an executor or administrator needs to sell real estate at a public sale, they must publish a notice in a local newspaper once a week for four weeks before the sale. The notice must describe the property, give its location, and state when, where, and how the sale will happen. The estate's name must appear in all capital letters. If the notice gets the street address or location description wrong, the notice is still valid.
473.507. Notice of public sale of . — In all public sales of real estate made under this law, the or shall cause a notice containing a particular description of the real estate to be sold and the street address or approximate direction and distance from any city or town, and popular name thereof, if any, stating the time, place and terms of sale, to be published once a week for four weeks prior to the sale in some newspaper. The name of the shall be printed in capital in the notice. The notice shall be published in accordance with section 472.100 except that the newspaper in which is made must be published in the county in which the land is situated, or if there is none, in an adjoining county. of or error in the street address or approximate direction or distance from any city or town or popular name, or any of them, shall not affect the of the notice.
(RSMo 1939 § 159, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 183)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 160; 1919 § 159; 1909 § 168
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