Exhibit (a)(3)






               Form of Affidavit and Indemnification Agreement for
                       Missing Certificate(s) of Ownership



                     AFFIDAVIT AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
                     FOR MISSING CERTIFICATE(S) OF OWNERSHIP

State of _____________________________
County of ____________________________


______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________ (The "Investor")

being duly sworn, deposes and says:

   1. The Investor is of legal age and is the true and lawful, present and sole,
record  and  beneficial  owner of  _________  (insert  number of units)  limited
partnership  units (the "Units") of Maxus Real Property  Investors - Four,  L.P.
(formerly Nooney Real Property Investors - Four, L.P., (the "Partnership").  The
Units  were  represented  by the  following  Certificate(s)  of  Ownership  (the
"Certificate(s)") issued to the Investor:

Certificate(s) No.              Number of Units                  Date Issued


___________________             _______________                  ______________

The  Certificate(s)  was (were) lost,  stolen,  destroyed or misplaced under the
following circumstances:

_____________________________________________________ and after diligent search,
the Certificate(s) could not be found.

   2. Neither the  Certificate(s)  nor any interest therein has at any time been
sold, assigned, endorsed, transferred, pledged, deposited under any agreement or
other  disposed of,  whether or not for value,  by or on behalf of the investor.
Neither the Investor nor anyone acting on the Investor's  behalf has at any time
signed  any power of  attorney,  any  stock  power or other  authorization  with
respect to the Certificate(s) and no person or entity of any type other than the
Investor has or has asserted  any right,  title,  claim or interest in or to the
Certificate(s) or to the Units represented thereby.

   3. The Investor  hereby  requests,  and this  Affidavit  and  Indemnification
Agreement is made and given in order to induce the Partnership, (i) to refuse to
recognize any person other than the Investor as the owner of the  Certificate(s)
and (ii) to refuse to make any  payment,  transfer,  registration,  delivery  or
exchange called for by the  Certificate(s) to any person other than the Investor
and to refuse the Certificates or to make the payment,  transfer,  registration,
delivery  or exchange  called for by the  Certificate(s)  without the  surrender
thereof or cancellation.



   4. If the  Investor  or the  representative  or the  assigns of the  Investor
should  find or  recover  the  Certificate(s),  the  Investor  will  immediately
surrender  and  deliver the same to the  Partnership  for  cancellation  without
requiring any consideration thereof.

   5. The Investor agrees in  consideration of the issuance to the Investor of a
new certificate in substitution  for the  Certificate(s),  to indemnify and hold
harmless  the  Partnership,  each  general  partner  of  the  Partnership,  each
affiliate  of the  Partnership  and  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  now or
hereafter  acting  as  the  transfer  agent,  registrar,   trustee,  depositary,
redemption,  fiscal or paying agent of the Partnership, or in any other capacity
and their  respective  successors  and  assigns,  from and  against  any and all
liabilities,  losses,  damages,  costs and expenses of every  nature  (including
reasonable  attorney's  fees) in  connection  with, or arising out of, the lost,
stolen,  destroyed or mislaid  Certificate(s) without the surrender thereof and,
whether or not: (a) based upon or arising out of the honoring of, or refusing to
honor, the Certificate(s) when presented to anyone, (b) or based upon or arising
from  inadvertence,   accident,   oversight  or  neglect  on  the  part  of  the
Partnership,  its the surrender  thereof and,  whether or not: (a) based upon or
arising out of the honoring of, or refusing to honor,  the  Certificate(s)  when
presented to anyone, (b) or based upon or arising from  inadvertence,  accident,
oversight  or  neglect on the part of the  Partnership,  its  affiliates  or any
general  Partner  of  the  Partnership,   agents,  clerk,  or  employee  of  the
Partnership  or any general  partner of the  Partnership  and/or the omission or
failure to  inquire  into  contest or  litigate  the right of any  applicant  to
receive payment, credit, transfer, registration, exchange or delivery in respect
of the  Certificate(s)  and/or the new instrument or instruments  issued in lieu
thereof,  (c) and/or  based upon or arising out of any  determination  which the
Partnership,  its affiliates or any general partner thereof may in fact makes as
to the merits of any such  claim,  right,  or title,  (d)  and/or  based upon or
arising out of any fraud or negligence on the part of the Investor in connection
with reporting the loss of the Certificate(s) and the issuance of new instrument
or  instruments  in lieu  thereof,  (e) and/or  based upon or arising out of any
other matter or thing whatsoever it may be.

   6. The  Investor  agrees  that  all  notices,  requests,  demands  and  other
communications  under this Affidavit and  Indemnification  Agreement shall be in
writing  and  shall be  mailed  to the  party to whom  notice  is to be given by
certified or registered mail,  postage prepaid;  if intended for the Partnership
shall be addressed to Maxus Real Property Investors-Four, L.P., 104 Armour Road,
North Kansas City,  Missouri 64116 Attn: Keith Madsen,  or such other address as
the Partnership shall have given notice to the Investor at the address set forth
at the end of this  Affidavit  and  Indemnification  Agreement  or at such other
address as the Investor  shall have given prior notice to the  Partnership  in a
manner herein provided.

   7. No waiver shall be deemed to be made by the  Partnership or its affiliates
of any of its rights  hereunder  unless the same shall be in  writing,  and each
waiver,  if any,  shall be a waiver only with respect to the  specific  instance
involved  and  shall in no way  impair  the  rights  of the  Partnership  or its
affiliates or the  obligations of the Investor in any other respect at any other
time.




   8. The provisions of this Affidavit and  Indemnification  Agreement  shall be
binding  upon and inure to the  benefit  of the  successors  and  assigns of the
Partnership and its affiliates and the Investor.

   9. This  Affidavit  and  Indemnification  Agreement  shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri.


                           _____________________________________________________
                           Investor Signature
                           (Please sign exactly as name appears on certificate)


                           _____________________________________________________
                           Investor Signature
                           (if held jointly)


                           _____________________________________________________
                           Print Name


                           _____________________________________________________
                           Address

               Signature(s) Guarantee Required For All Signatures*

Name and Address of Eligible Institution: ______________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

Authorized Signature: __________________________________________________________
Print Name: ____________________________________________________________________
Title: ________________________________      Date: _____________________________

*All  signatures  must be  guaranteed  by a member  from a  registered  national
securities exchange, a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.  or a  commercial  bank,  savings  bank,  credit  union,  savings  and loan
association  or trust company  having an office,  branch or agency in the United
States, which is a participant in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program.