If rent be not paid as agreed, landlord may recover possession, how
If someone rents a place and does not pay rent on time, the landlord is allowed to remove the renter and anyone the renter subleased to, and take back the property using the steps set out in this law.
535.010. If rent be not paid as agreed, landlord may recover , how. — In all cases in which are or shall be rented or leased, and shall be made in the payment of the rents at the time or times agreed upon by the parties, it shall be lawful for the landlord to the and all and recover possession of the rented or leased, in the manner herein provided.
(RSMo 1939 § 2993)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2606; 1919 § 6900; 1909 § 7903
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