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RSMo 441.850effective 28 Aug 1997

Certain parties entitled to attorney's fees in certain eviction proceedings, when

In plain English

If someone wins a court case against a landlord under Missouri's nuisance eviction law, and the landlord did not take reasonable steps to fix the problem within 30 days after getting a written request, the landlord has to pay that winning party's court costs and lawyer fees.

Word-for-word law

441.850. Certain parties entitled to in certain , when. — An or that in an brought sections 441.710 to 441.880 shall be entitled to recover from the landlord the reasonable costs of prosecuting the suit, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees, if the landlord failed to take within thirty days after having received a written request to do so by the .

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Source & history notes

(L. 1997 H.B. 361)

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