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RSMo 441.030effective 28 Aug 1939

Tenant not to assign without consent

In plain English

A renter who has a short-term lease (two years or less), or rents month-to-month or without a set agreement, cannot hand over their rental to someone else without getting the landlord's written permission. The renter also cannot break the rules in a written lease or damage the property.

Word-for-word law

441.030. not to without — nor violate conditions — nor commit . — No tenant for a term not exceeding two years, or at will, or by sufferance, shall assign or his term or interest, or any part thereof, to another without the of the landlord; neither shall he violate any of the conditions of his , nor commit waste upon the .

(RSMo 1939 § 2967)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2581; 1919 § 6877; 1909 § 7880

of s to be in writing, 432.060

for waste, 537.420, 537.450, 537.460

in case of waste pending suit, 537.500

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