Landlord's lien on crops for rent
If someone rents land and grows crops on it, the landlord has a legal claim on those crops to make sure the rent gets paid. That claim lasts for eight months after the rent is due. If the rented land is used to grow nursery plants, the landlord's claim on those plants lasts until the plants are removed from the land and sold.
441.280. Landlord's on crops for rent. — Every landlord shall have a lien upon the crops grown on the in any year, for the rent that shall for such year, and such lien shall continue for eight months after such rent shall become due and payable, and no longer. When the demised premises or any portion thereof are used for the purpose of growing , a lien shall exist and continue on such stock until the same shall have been from the and sold, and such lien may be enforced by in the manner herein provided.
(RSMo 1939 § 2976)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2589; 1919 § 6885; 1909 § 7888
(1993) Landlord's lien on 's crops attach in year crops sprout, rather than in year crops are harvested and sold. Lien for 1989 rent attached to crops planted in 1989 and harvested in 1990. Jenkins v. Missouri Farmers Association, Inc., 851 S.W.2d 542 (Mo. App. W.D.).
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