RSMo 441.230effective 28 Aug 1939

If tenant sublet, landlord may join sublessees in same actions

In plain English

If a renter lets someone else use all or part of the place they are renting, the original landlord can sue both the original renter and those sub-renters together in one court case.

Word-for-word law

441.230. If , landlord may join subs in same s. — In case any tenant shall sublet any or any part thereof or let to him, the landlord shall have the right, in any action provided for by this chapter and chapter 535, to join as defendants his lessee and all sublessees in the same action.

(RSMo 1939 § 2991)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2604; 1919 § 6898; 1909 § 7901

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