Terms Used In Missouri Laws 140.115

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any person other than the owner or a mortgagee or other lienholder described in section 139.070 who pays the original taxes, as charged against the tract of land or town lot described in the back tax book, together with interest from the day upon which the tax first became delinquent at the rate specified in section 140.100 shall not invoke a lien on said property or person without the knowledge and consent of the owner. Any such lien so invoked on said property or person without the knowledge and consent of the owner shall be null and void.