1. Such sale shall be held only after giving not less than twenty days’ notice, first, by mailing a copy of notice, by registered mail, if the address is known, addressed to the owner for whom such expenditure of labor, material, skill or services are performed, in which case a return receipt shall be evidence of due notice; second by not less than two publications in some newspaper of general circulation where the property was received and is to be sold, the last publication to be not less than twenty days prior to the date of sale; third, if no newspaper be published within the county, then by posting, not less than twenty days prior to the date of sale, five handbills in different places within the township, one of which shall be posted where the property was received and is to be sold.

2. The form of notice shall be substantially as follows:

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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on (insert date), a sale will be held at (insert place), to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Missouri against such articles for labor, services, skill or material expended upon such articles at the request of the following designated persons, unless such articles are redeemed prior to the date of said sale:
Name of Owner Description of Article Amount of lien
__________________? __________________? __________________?
__________________? __________________? __________________?
__________________?
Name of Lienor

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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 430.100

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. A separate notice need not be published for each lien to be enforced, but several may be combined in one publication.

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