535.081. Rent recovery, successor in title, notice required--notice may be attached to notarized affidavit (counties of the first classification).
Rent recovery, successor in title, notice required--notice maybe attached to notarized affidavit (counties of the firstclassification).
535.081. The right of a successor in title to recover rents pursuantto section 535.070 requires adequate and timely notice to the tenant.Except in counties of the first classification as determined pursuant tosection 48.020, RSMo, for the purposes of this section, "adequate andtimely notice" means that the purchaser shall notify tenants in writing ofthe fact that title to the property has been transferred, and of the meansof the transfer and the date of the transfer and the notice shall beattached to a copy of the deed which has been recorded. In counties of thefirst classification as determined pursuant to section 48.020, RSMo, inlieu of a copy of the deed which has been recorded, the notice required bythis section may be attached to a notarized affidavit executed by both theprior owner of the property and the successor in title, which notarizedaffidavit shall state that the property has been transferred to thesuccessor in title and the date on which the transfer occurred.
(L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2002 S.B. 932)