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 — . — The attornment of a to a stranger shall be void, and shall not in any wise affect the 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 has been .
(RSMo 1939 § 2973)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2586; 1919 § 6882; 1909 § 7885
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Related Missouri laws
Grants of rents good without attornment of tenants
RSMo 441.140
Executor or administrator of tenant for life may recover rents
RSMo 441.160
Alienee or assignee may recover rent
RSMo 441.130
Remedy of executor or administrator
RSMo 441.170
Oral evidence not to show renewal of lease or change
RSMo 441.120
Rents dependent on life of another, how recovered when unpaid
RSMo 441.180
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