Cemeteries acquired by a city at tax sales or as nuisances may be sold.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 214.500
in effect214.500. Cemeteries acquired by a city at tax sales or as nuisances may be sold. — Any cemetery located in a city which has become the property of such city pursuant to section 214.205 or a public tax sale may be sold to another cemetery operator or a not-for-profit corporation which is unrelated to the previous cemetery operator.
(L. 1997 H.B. 592 § 1 and .S.B. 58 § 1, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with H.B. 2226, et al. merged with S.B. 754)
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