Liability of tenants after termination of term
If a renter's lease ends and they refuse to leave after the landlord gives them a written notice to get out, the renter owes the landlord twice the normal yearly rent for every year they stay without permission. This also applies to someone who moved in through a deal with the original renter to get around the rules.
441.080. of s after . — If any , or if any other person, who may come into the possession of any under or by with such tenant, shall the same after the of such term, and after made and notice in writing given, requiring the possession thereof, by the person entitled , such person so holding over shall pay to the person so kept out of possession double the yearly value of the lands or tenements so , for all the time he shall keep the person entitled out of possession.
(RSMo 1939 § 2966)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2580; 1919 § 6876; 1909 § 7879
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