Section 441.120 – Oral evidence not to show renewal of lease or change — notice to quit.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.120. Oral evidence not to show renewal of lease or change — notice to quit. — 1. In all cases where a tenant holds over after the termination of the time for which the premises were let or leased, under a written contract between the lessor or his agent and […]
Section 441.130 – Alienee or assignee may recover rent.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 441.130. Alienee or assignee may recover rent. — If the owner or holder of the lands, tenements, an estate or a lease term alienates or assigns such owner’s or holder’s lands, tenement, estate or term, or the rent thereafter to fall due on such premises after such alienation or assignment, […]
Section 441.140 – Grants of rents good without attornment of tenants.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 441.140. Grants of rents good without attornment of tenants. — Grants of rents, or of lands, tenements, estates, lease terms, reversions or remainders pursuant to section 441.130 or section 535.070 shall be good and shall be effective without the consent of the tenants; unless otherwise stated in the lease; but […]
Section 441.150 – Attornment to stranger void — exceptions.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.150. Attornment to stranger void — exceptions. — The attornment of a tenant to a stranger shall be void, and shall not in any wise affect the possession of his landlord, unless it is made: (1) With the consent of the landlord; or (2) Pursuant to or in consequence of […]
Section 441.160 – Executor or administrator of tenant for life may recover rents.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.160. Executor or administrator of tenant for life may recover rents. — The executors or administrators of any tenant for life, who shall have demised any lands or tenements so held, and shall die on or before the day when any rent on such demise shall become payable, may recover: […]
Section 441.040 – Landlord may take possession, when — landlord liable, when, burden of proof.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 441.040. Landlord may take possession, when — landlord liable, when, burden of proof. — If any tenant violates the provisions of section 441.020 or 441.030, the landlord, or person holding under the landlord, after giving ten days’ notice to vacate the premises, shall have a right to reenter the premises […]
Section 441.043 – Counties and cities not to adopt ordinances regulating rents of private or commercial property, exceptions.
Effective – 28 Aug 1989 441.043. Counties and cities not to adopt ordinances regulating rents of private or commercial property, exceptions. — No county or city, or county or city with a charter form of government may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of rent to be charged for […]
Section 441.050 – Tenancy from year to year, how terminated.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.050. Tenancy from year to year, how terminated. — Either party may terminate a tenancy from year to year by giving notice, in writing, of his intention to terminate the same, not less than sixty days next before the end of the year. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 2969) Prior revisions: […]
Section 441.060 – Tenancy at will, sufferance, month to month, how terminated — judgment of eviction, how effectuated, landlord’s liability.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 441.060. Tenancy at will, sufferance, month to month, how terminated — judgment of eviction, how effectuated, landlord’s liability. — 1. A tenancy at will or by sufferance, or for less than one year, may be terminated by the person entitled to the possession by giving one month’s notice, in writing, […]
Section 441.065 – Abandonment of rental premises, when, procedure.
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 441.065. Abandonment of rental premises, when, procedure. — Any property of a tenant remaining in or at the premises, after the tenant abandons the premises, may be removed or disposed of by the landlord without liability to the tenant for such removal or disposition. The premises shall be deemed abandoned […]