Effective – 28 Aug 2014, 3 histories 441.005. Definitions. — Except as otherwise provided, when used in chapter 534, chapter 535, or this chapter, the following terms mean: (1) “Landlord”, the owner or lessor of the premises or a person authorized by the owner to exercise any aspect of the management of the premises; (2) […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.010. Covenant or contract of tenant to repair — effect of. — No covenant or contract to repair shall impose upon a tenant the obligation to rebuild or repair any building destroyed by fire without the procurement, connivance or neglect of such tenant, his agents or servants, during the continuance […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1997 441.020. Illegal use of premises renders lease void. — Whenever any lessee of any house, apartment or building permits any prohibited gaming table, bank or device to be set up or be kept or used upon the premises, for the purpose of gaming, or keeping in the same a bawdyhouse, […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.030. Tenant not to assign without consent — nor violate conditions — nor commit waste. — No tenant for a term not exceeding two years, or at will, or by sufferance, shall assign or transfer his term or interest, or any part thereof, to another without the written assent of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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, […]
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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.070. No notice necessary, when. — No notice to quit shall be necessary from or to a tenant whose term is to end at a certain time, or when, by special agreement, notice is dispensed with. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 2972) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2585; 1919 § 6881; 1909 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.080. Liability of tenants after termination of term. — If any tenant for life or years, or if any other person, who may come into the possession of any lands or tenements under or by collusion with such tenant, shall willfully hold over the same after the termination of such […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.090. Recovery action — tenant served with summons — notice — penalty. — Every tenant on whom a summons in an action to recover the tenements held by him shall be served shall forthwith give notice thereof to the person, or the agent of the person, of whom such tenant […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.100. Tenant giving notice to quit, and failing to do so, liable. — If any tenant shall give notice, in writing, of his intention to quit the premises held by him, at a time specified in such notice, and shall not deliver up the possession thereof at such time, such […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.110. Such rent, how recovered. — Such double rent shall be recovered in the same manner, at the same time, that the single rent is recoverable. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 2965) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2579; 1919 § 6875; 1909 § 7878
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 441.170. Remedy of executor or administrator. — The executors or administrators of any person to whom any rent shall have been due and unpaid at the time of the death of such person may have the same remedy, by action against the tenant, his executors or administrators, for the recovery […]
