RSMo 535.050effective 28 Aug 1939

Process shall not issue until expiration of lease, when

In plain English

If a written rental agreement says the lease is canceled when rent is late by a certain number of days, the landlord cannot start a court eviction case until that many days have passed.

Word-for-word law

535.050. shall not until expiration of , when. — When the property is held by a containing a clause declaring the lease for the nonpayment of rent for a specified time, no process shall issue against the or other person occupying the , until the expiration of said specified time.

(RSMo 1939 § 2997)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2610; 1919 § 6904; 1909 § 7907

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