141.900. Action to be in name of state--tax bills--evidence (St. Louis).
Action to be in name of state--tax bills--evidence (St. Louis).
141.900. 1. All actions commenced under the provisions ofsections 141.820 to 141.970 shall be prosecuted in the name ofthe state of Missouri, at the relation and to the use of thecollector, and against the owner of the property, if known, andif not known, then against the last owner of record as shown bythe city records at the time the suit was brought.
2. All lands owned by the same person or persons may beincluded in one petition and in one count thereof, for the taxesfor all such years as taxes may be due thereon, and the petitionshall show the different years for which taxes are due, as wellas the several kinds of taxes or funds to which they are due,with the respective amounts due to each fund; all of which shallbe set forth in a tax bill of said back taxes, duly authenticatedby the certificate of the collector and filed with the petition;and the tax bill or bills, so certified, shall be prima facieevidence that the amount claimed in said suit is just andcorrect.
3. All notices and process in suits under sections 141.820to 141.970 shall be sued out and served in the same manner as incivil actions in circuit courts; and in case of suits againstnonresident unknown parties, or other owners on whom servicecannot be had by ordinary summons, the proceedings shall be thesame as now provided by law in civil actions affecting real orpersonal property. In all suits under sections 141.820 to141.970, the general laws of the state as to practice andproceedings in civil cases shall apply so far as applicable andnot contrary to sections 141.820 to 141.970.
(RSMo 1939 § 11187, A. 1949 S.B. 1024)