Rent recovery, successor in title, notice required
When a property changes hands, the new owner needs to tell the tenants in writing that the property was sold. The notice has to say how and when the sale happened, and it must be attached to a copy of the recorded deed. In first-class counties, instead of a deed copy, the notice can be attached to a notarized affidavit signed by both the old owner and the new owner, stating the property was transferred and when.
535.081. Rent recovery, , notice required — notice may be attached to (). — The right of a successor in title to recover rents section 535.070 requires adequate and timely notice to the . Except in counties of the first classification as determined pursuant to section 48.020, for the purposes of this section, "adequate and timely notice" means that the purchaser shall notify tenants in writing of the fact that to the property has been red, and of the means of the transfer and the date of the transfer and the notice shall be attached to a copy of the which has been . In counties of the first classification as determined pursuant to section 48.020, a copy of the deed which has been recorded, the notice required by this section may be attached to a notarized affidavit by both the prior owner of the property and the successor in title, which notarized affidavit shall state that the property has been transferred to the successor in title and the date on which the transfer occurred.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2002 S.B. 932)
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