Mo. Rev. Stat. § 140.630

Defendant may make claim for taxes paid — not to affect other defenses

Known as the Chapter 140 Land Bank Act

The act spans §§ 140.010 to 140.997 (92 sections).

Effective: 28 Aug 1949; (RSMo 1939 § 11180, A. 1949 S.B. 1024); Prior revisions: 1929 § 9967; 1919 § 12957; 1909 § 11509

1. Any defendant in an action under section 140.600, in addition to any other defense he may have, may set up in his answer or other pleading, a claim for taxes and interest thereon paid by him or other person under whom he claims the land and may pray that the amount of such taxes and interest, when ascertained by the court or jury, if the judgment of the court be adverse to him, shall be decreed a lien on the land or interest therein.

2. Any such claim shall in no wise affect the merit of any other defense which may be pleaded, but shall be allowed as a matter of course arising out of the litigation.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.