All mortgagees of real estate or persons holding security interests in personal estate, including leasehold interests, when the debt or damages secured amount to fifty dollars or more, may file a petition in the office of the circuit court against the mortgagor or the debtor and the actual tenants or occupiers of the real estate, or persons in possession of personal property, setting forth the substance of the mortgage deed or security agreement, and praying that judgment may be rendered for the debt or damages, and that the equity of redemption may be foreclosed, and the mortgaged property or collateral sold to satisfy the amount due.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.190
Petition to foreclose, where filed
Known as the Missouri Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act
The act spans §§ 443–443 (128 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Lakin v. Prudential Securities, Inc. (2003)
Most recently applied in Lakin v. Prudential Securities, Inc. (November 2003)
Effective: 28 Aug 1965; (RSMo 1939 § 3447, A.L. 1965 p. 114); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3060; 1919 § 2219; 1909 § 2828
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.