Effective 28 Aug 1971
92.730. Consolidation of pending suits — costs to be lien — defenses preserved. — 1. All suits to collect delinquent tax bills which may be pending at the time of the commencement of any suits brought under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920 affecting the same land shall be consolidated with suits brought under said sections, and the parties to such pending suits shall file answers within the time and as provided in sections 92.700 to 92.920, but any tax bills sought to be collected in any pending suits may be included in any list or lists included as a part of any petition filed by the collector and, if so included in any list filed as part of any such petition, such inclusion shall act as an abatement of any such pending suit, and all amounts then due on such tax bills, including interest, penalties, attorney's fees and costs, shall be so listed and charged, and shall thereupon continue in full force and effect the liens therefor against the respective parcels of real estate described therein and so listed in the petition filed under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920; and, when so listed and included in the petition, no answer shall be required to be filed in such collector's suit to collect such delinquent bills.
2. Suits brought under the provisions of sections 92.700 to 92.920, involving delinquent tax bills sought to be collected by suits pending at the time suits are brought under sections 92.700 to 92.920, shall be tried as all other actions under said sections, and the statutes of limitations shall not prevent the parties to such pending suits from asserting all rights and defenses which they then had.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 7)
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