When someone buys a property that already has a renter living in it, and that renter stops paying rent, the new owner has the right to go to court to get the unpaid rent and take back the property. This applies no matter how the new owner got the property — whether through a regular sale, a foreclosure, a tax sale, or any other way.
535.070. Purchaser of d lands may recover . — If any person purchases occupied at the time of such purchase by any , or , 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 to recover rent and possession, under the terms of the prior owner's lease, for unpaid rent after the . The right to commence proceedings this section shall exist regardless of whether the was by private , tax or , or by any other means. The of chapter 441 and this chapter shall apply.
(RSMo 1939 § 2999, A.L. 1945 p. 1107, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2612; 1919 § 6906; 1909 § 7909
Purchaser at tax sale may recover possession and rent, 140.310
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