Missouri § 141.750 - Land trust, seal, powers, conveyances.
Full text of Missouri Revised Statutes of Missouri § 141.750 — Land trust, seal, powers, conveyances., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 141.750. Land trust, seal, powers, conveyances.
1. Such land trust shall be a continuing body and shall have and adopt an official seal which shall bear on its face the words "Land Trust of ______ County, Missouri", "Seal", and shall have the power to sue and issue deeds in its name, which deed shall be signed by the chairman or vice chairman, and attested by the secretary or assistant secretary and the official seal of the land trust affixed thereon, and shall have the general power to administer its business as any other corporate body.
2. The land trust may convey title to any real estate sold or conveyed by it by general or special warranty deed, and may convey an absolute title in fee simple, without in any case procuring any consent, conveyance or other instrument from the beneficiaries for which it acts; provided, however, that each such deed shall recite whether the selling price represents a consideration equal to or in excess of two-thirds of the appraised value of such real estate so sold or conveyed, and if such selling price represents a consideration less than two-thirds of the appraised value of said real estate, then the land trustees shall first procure the consent thereto of not less than two of the three appointing authorities, which consent shall be evidenced by a copy of the action of each such appointing authority duly certified to by its clerk or secretary attached to and made a part of said deed, except the land trust may sell or convey a vacant residential tract of land containing four thousand square feet or less with an assessed value of less than two hundred fifty dollars to the owner or owners of residential property contiguous to the tract being sold for a price equal to fifty percent of the assessed value of the tract without first obtaining an appraisal of the tract.
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(L. 1943 p. 1029 § 40, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1634)
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 141.750 ("Land trust, seal, powers, conveyances.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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