Any person hereafter putting a tax deed on record in the proper county shall be deemed to have set up such a title to the land described therein as shall enable the party claiming to own the same land to maintain an action for the recovery of the possession thereof against the grantee in deed, or any person claiming under him, whether such grantee or person is in actual possession of the land or not.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 140.580
Action for the recovery of possession
Known as the Chapter 140 Land Bank Act
The act spans §§ 140–140 (92 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 11178); Prior revisions: 1929 § 9965; 1919 § 12955; 1909 § 11507
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.