If any person shall die owning real estate on which there is an outstanding deed of trust or mortgage of real estate, or having subjected personal property to a security interest with power of sale, shall die, no sale shall take place under the deed of trust or mortgage conveying real estate within six months after the death of such person, and no sale shall take place of personal property so subjected to a security interest within four months after the death of the person.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.300
Death of debtor, foreclosure stayed
Known as the Missouri Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act
The act spans §§ 443–443 (128 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1973; (RSMo 1939 § 140, A.L. 1965 p. 114, A.L. 1973 S.B. 166); Prior revisions: 1929 § 141; 1919 § 140; 1909 § 149
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.