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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-12-008282
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-23C-2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120524
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120517
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120517
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20120517

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000877463
		IRS NUMBER:				363779776
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-23C-2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-01039
		FILM NUMBER:		12851613

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1555 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			2Q
		ZIP:			30309
		BUSINESS PHONE:		404-439-3217

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1555 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			2Q
		ZIP:			30309

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981006

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL MUNICIPAL TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN MERRITT MUNICIPAL TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RULE 23C-2 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REDEEM SECURITIES</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>of</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Suite 1800</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Atlanta, GA 30309</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">under the</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Investment Company Act of 1940</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Investment Company Act File No.&nbsp;811-06362</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Trust (the &#147;Fund&#148;) hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer, as set forth
below in accordance with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Title of the class of Securities to be redeemed:
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    <TD>Auction Preferred Shares, par value of $0.01 per share, liquidation preference of $25,000
per share (&#147;ARPS&#148;), Series&nbsp;A, Series&nbsp;B, Series&nbsp;C, Series&nbsp;D and Series&nbsp;E.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Date on which the securities may be called or redeemed:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 7%; margin-top: 6pt">Series&nbsp;A on May&nbsp;24, 2012<BR>
Series&nbsp;B on June&nbsp;4, 2012<BR>
Series&nbsp;C on May&nbsp;29, 2012<BR>
Series&nbsp;D on May&nbsp;30, 2012<BR>
Series&nbsp;E on May&nbsp;25, 2012
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;Applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to
be redeemed:
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    <TD>ARPS are to be redeemed in accordance with Section&nbsp;3 of the Certificate of Vote of
Trustees Establishing Five Series of Preferred Shares.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;The principal amount or number of shares and the basis upon which the securities to be
redeemed are to be selected:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 12%; margin-top: 6pt">1,650 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;A ARPS<BR>
1,650 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;B ARPS<BR>
1,650 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;C ARPS<BR>
1,650 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;D ARPS<BR>
550 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;E ARPS
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All of the shares of outstanding ARPS of each series are being redeemed.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please note that this notice serves only to disclose a proposed redemption of each of the ARPS
series.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURE
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirement of Rule&nbsp;23c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly
caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
on this 17th day of May&nbsp;2012.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">INVESCO VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL TRUST <BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Elizabeth Nelson
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    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Elizabeth Nelson&nbsp;</TD>
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