MO · deed-of-trust state · 4 rules quoted · reviewed October 5, 2026
Missouri sets a short floor — 20 days’ notice — and is one of the few places where the borrower can redeem after the sale, but only if the lender bought and the borrower gave notice first.
Not less than 20 days’ notice, in the county where the land sits
“not less than twenty days’ notice of such sale shall be given, whether so provided in such mortgage or deed of trust or not”RSMo § 443.310
Four successive weekly issues (20 daily insertions in larger counties), the last no more than a week before
“inserted for at least twenty times, and continued to the day of the sale”RSMo § 443.320
“the last insertion to be not more than one week prior to the day of sale”RSMo § 443.320
One year, but only where the lender bought and the borrower gave notice at or 10 days before the sale
“shall be brought in by the holder of such debt or obligation or by any other person for such holder shall be subject to redemption by the grantor”RSMo § 443.410
“shall give written notice at the sale or within ten days before the date advertised for the sale”RSMo § 443.410
Anyone may record a request to be notified of a sale personally
“Any person desiring notice of sale under any deed of trust or mortgage with power of sale upon real property may, at any time subsequent to recordation of such deed of trust or mortgage, cause to be filed for record”RSMo § 443.325(1)
Quoted from the Missouri code and re-checked by script. Statutes carry exceptions a table cannot — read the section before relying on it.
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Missouri law requires 20 days, and the notices we hold run a median of 21 days from first publication to the sale. The newspaper notice here runs at or beyond the statutory minimum, so the published notice is the binding step rather than a late formality.
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Not less than 20 days’ notice, in the county where the land sits, under RSMo § 443.310. In practice, a notice we hold in Missouri first appears in a newspaper a median of 21 days before the sale it announces, across 341 sales.
One year, but only where the lender bought and the borrower gave notice at or 10 days before the sale, under RSMo § 443.410.
TrusteeSaleData. "Missouri foreclosure laws." Reviewed October 5, 2026. https://www.trusteesaledata.com/trustee-sale-laws/missouri
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