Mo. Rev. Stat. § 140.580
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
Any person hereafter putting a tax deed on record in the proper county shall be deemed to have set up such a title to the land described therein as shall enable the party claiming to own the same land to maintain an action for the recovery of the possession thereof against the grantee in deed, or any person claiming under him, whether such grantee or person is in actual possession of the land or not.
§ 140.580, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 11178