RSMo 535.140effective 28 Aug 1997

Service shall stand instead of demand

In plain English

When a landlord serves a tenant with legal paperwork for a lawsuit, that counts as the landlord formally asking for unpaid rent and requesting the property back. No separate demand needs to be made.

Word-for-word law

535.140. shall stand instead of . — Service of the in such shall be a sufficient demand of the , and of a on the .

(RSMo 1939 § 2981, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2594; 1919 § 6888; 1909 § 7891

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