Might also want to check and see if you'll need an elevation certificate as well, especially if you're in or near any sort of flood zone.

You would accept the buyer's purchase offer, your attorney would hold their earnest money, and there would be a closing after you get the certificate of occupancy. 

That evidence along with the death certificate should be sufficient for the lender to update the account with SII information and discuss the loan. 

Essentially you establish an Offshore trust; then an offshore finance company makes a loan to you in an amount equal to 95% of the real estate equity you wish to protect; the loan proceeds are transferred by the lender directly into your offshore trust and invested in a certificate of deposit (CD) issued by the offshore bank; for collateral you give a mortgage on the properties protected.

The downtown historic district has a 20% cap on various neighborhoods and requires a certificate which there is now a long wait list for and extremely hard to get.

Typically when doing major reno work, a certificate of occupancy is required by the city. 

I'm not sure about Missouri since I'm in Delaware but recommend you get a copy of the landlord tenant code for where you are and abide by that as far as notices and how they should be sent (here we must send by certificate of mailing) If you have to use an attorney for your state I would loop them in early so you're sure to do the beginning correctly.Good luck!

ie. (2) 179 day LO's to avoid providing the Buyer with a recent survey or a current plat; copies of liens, restrictive covenants, and easements; a Seller’s Disclosure of Property Condition;  tax certificates; a copy of the insurance policy showing the name of the insurer and insured along with a description of the insured property and the policy amount; a seven-day notice letter; and an annual accounting that includes amounts paid, amounts owed, payments remaining, taxes paid, and the amount paid for insurance premiums plus an accounting for any insurance proceeds.

The previously sold tax certificate that led to the auction, along with the tax deed auction filing serve as public notice. 

Here’s my question in regards to a vendor producing a certificate of liability insurance .