Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust- (N-23C-2)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

NOTIFICATION OF REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 23c-2
UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036

SECURITIES ACT FILE NO. 33-45901
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NO. 811-06567

The undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and states that it is filing this notice with the Commission pursuant to permission granted by the Commission staff fewer than 30 days prior to the date for the redemption.

(1) Title of the class of Securities to be redeemed:

Auction Preferred Shares, par value of $0.01 per share, liquidation preference of $25,000 per share ("APS"), Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, and Series F.

(2) Date on which the securities may be called or redeemed:

The APS will be redeemed for each series on the following dates:

Series A on July 21, 2008 Series B on July 16, 2008 Series C on July 30, 2008 Series D on July 16, 2008 Series E on July 25, 2008 Series F on July 30, 2008

(3) Applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to be redeemed:

APS are to be redeemed in accordance with Section 3 of the Certificate of Vote of Trustees Establishing Six Series of Preferred Shares.

(4) 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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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust intends to redeem the following:

600 outstanding shares of Series A APS 600 outstanding shares of Series B APS 400 outstanding shares of Series C APS 400 outstanding shares of Series D APS 400 outstanding shares of Series E APS 320 outstanding shares of Series F APS

Such redemption of each series of shares of outstanding APS shall be effected pro rata.

Please note that this notice serves only to disclose a proposed redemption of each of the APS series.

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 23c-2, Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust has duly caused this Notification of Redemption of Securities pursuant to Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereto duly authorized in the State of New York on this 13th day of June, 2008.

Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust

By: /s/ Lou Anne McInnis --------------------- Name: Lou Anne McInnis Title: Vice President