535.070. Purchaser of leased lands may recover possession. - Missouri Statutes

Purchaser of leased lands may recover possession.

535.070. If any person purchases lands or tenements occupied at thetime of such purchase by any tenant, lessee or sublessee, who shall, at anytime thereafter, fail to pay rent to such purchaser, the person purchasingsuch property shall have the right, upon such failure, to commenceproceedings before an associate circuit judge to recover rent andpossession, under the terms of the prior owner's lease, for unpaid rentaccruing after the transfer of title. The right to commence proceedingspursuant to this section shall exist regardless of whether the transfer wasby private foreclosure, tax or judicial sale, or by any other means. Theprovisions of chapter 441, RSMo, 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

CROSS REFERENCE:

Purchaser at tax sale may recover possession and rent, RSMo 140.310