Attornment to stranger void
When a renter agrees to pay rent to a new person who has nothing to do with their landlord, that agreement means nothing and does not change who controls the property — unless the landlord agreed to it, a court ordered it, the property was sold through a legal process, or a lender took over after a loan was not paid back.
441.150. to — exceptions. — The attornment of a 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 of the landlord; or
(2) or in consequence of a at law, or a , or or ; or
(3) To a , after the mortgage has been .
(RSMo 1939 § 2973)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2586; 1919 § 6882; 1909 § 7885
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