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RSMo 441.530effective 28 Aug 1998

Application, contents

In plain English

When someone files a legal complaint about a bad rental property, the paperwork has to include certain things: what makes the place a nuisance, that housing code violations were found and the owner was told about them, that the owner did not fix the problems in a reasonable amount of time, how many units are in the building and how many are involved (if tenants are filing), and what kind of help the filer is asking the court for.

Word-for-word law

441.530. , contents. — The application shall state:

(1) The facts constituting a with respect to the , building or of which the dwelling unit is a part;

(2) That violations of the exist as determined by a ;

(3) That the owner of said property has failed, within a reasonable time, to undertake to remove said nuisance;

(4) If the is brought by , the number of dwelling units occupied by and the number of dwelling units in the building; and

(5) The as by sections 441.570 and 441.590.

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Source & history notes

(L. 1969 p. 537 § 4, A.L. 1998 H.B. 977 & 1608)

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