140.240. Second offering of delinquent lands and lots. - Missouri Statutes

Second offering of delinquent lands and lots.

140.240. 1. If at the first offering of sale of any tractof land or lot under the provisions of this law, no person bidstherefor a sum equal to the delinquent taxes thereon withinterest, penalty and costs, then the clerk of the sale shallnote the fact in his record of sale and the county collectorshall note a recital thereof in the back tax book, and the tractsof land or lots shall be again offered for sale, at the next saleof delinquent lands and lots as in this law provided, if thelands or lots are at that time delinquent.

2. If at the second offering for sale no person bidstherefor a sum equal to the then delinquent taxes thereon withinterest, penalty and costs, then the clerk of the sale shallnote the fact upon his record of the sale, and the countycollector shall enter a recital of the fact in the back tax book.

(RSMo 1939 § 11129, A.L. 1959 H.B. 106)