You can claim it yourself, for free

Checklist: Missouri, money left over after a foreclosure sale

Who holds it: For court-ordered sheriff sales: the county treasurer, with claims to the county commission. For out-of-court trustee's sales: no statute found

How long: Not researched yet — ask the clerk

How you claim: For a sheriff's sale, file a written claim with the county commission under RSMo 140.230. For a trustee's sale, no statute was found; ask the trustee who ran the sale for the surplus.

Your deadline: ____________ (confirm it with the clerk)

Steps

1. Find out whether a trustee (out of court) or the sheriff (court case) sold the home
2. Sheriff sale: file a written claim with the county commission with your recorded-interest reference
3. Trustee sale: send a written request for the sale accounting and surplus to the trustee named in the sale notice

Documents

• Proof of your ownership or lien with recording reference

What it costs you

Not researched yet — ask the clerk

If someone offers to do it for you

• Fee limits: Not researched yet — ask the clerk.
• You never need to pay anyone to file.

Official links

• RSMo 140.230: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=140.230
• RSMo 443.410 (trustee's sales): https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=443.410