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.
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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Tender of rent and costs on judgment date, effect
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Appeals, defendant to furnish bond to stay execution
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Lessee barred from relief, when
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