Renting
72 laws
Missouri landlord-tenant laws cover leases, rent, security deposits, repairs, and the rights and duties of both renters and landlords. These statutes apply to residential rentals across the state.
Definitions
RSMo 441.005
Covenant or contract of tenant to repair
RSMo 441.010
Illegal use of premises renders lease void
RSMo 441.020
Tenant not to assign without consent
RSMo 441.030
Landlord may take possession, when
RSMo 441.040
Prohibited ordinances and resolutions, exceptions
RSMo 441.043
Tenancy from year to year, how terminated
RSMo 441.050
Future advances may be secured, how
RSMo 441.060
Abandonment of rental premises, when, procedure
RSMo 441.065
No notice necessary, when
RSMo 441.070
Liability of tenants after termination of term
RSMo 441.080
Recovery action
RSMo 441.090
Tenant giving notice to quit, and failing to do so, liable
RSMo 441.100
Such rent, how recovered
RSMo 441.110
Oral evidence not to show renewal of lease or change
RSMo 441.120
Alienee or assignee may recover rent
RSMo 441.130
Grants of rents good without attornment of tenants
RSMo 441.140
Attornment to stranger void
RSMo 441.150
Executor or administrator of tenant for life may recover rents
RSMo 441.160
Remedy of executor or administrator
RSMo 441.170
Rents dependent on life of another, how recovered when unpaid
RSMo 441.180
Rent due on lease for life, how recovered
RSMo 441.190
Landlord may recover for use and occupation
RSMo 441.200
If parol demise appear on trial, shall be evidence of what
RSMo 441.210
Rent may be recovered of whom, and how
RSMo 441.220
If tenant sublet, landlord may join sublessees in same actions
RSMo 441.230
Landlord's unlawful removal or exclusion of tenant, liability
RSMo 441.233
Tenant may deduct cost of repair of rental premises from rent, when
RSMo 441.234
Disclosures required for transfer of property where methamphetamine production occurred
RSMo 441.236
Attachment for rent
RSMo 441.240
Proceedings to be same as in suits by attachment
RSMo 441.250
Who may recover rent
RSMo 441.260
What property exempt from attachment for rent
RSMo 441.270
Landlord's lien on crops for rent
RSMo 441.280
Landlord's lien for money or supplies furnished tenant
RSMo 441.290
Lien, how enforced
RSMo 441.300
Definitions
RSMo 441.500
Civil action, how maintained
RSMo 441.510
Parties to action
RSMo 441.520
Application, contents
RSMo 441.530
No jury trial
RSMo 441.540
Notice of application filed with recorder of deeds
RSMo 441.550
Denial of entry a defense
RSMo 441.560
Action of court upon finding a nuisance exists
RSMo 441.570
Payment of rent, effect of
RSMo 441.580
Court orders, provisions
RSMo 441.590
Receiver discharged, when
RSMo 441.600
Waiver of provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.640 void
RSMo 441.610
Duties of occupant
RSMo 441.630
Court appoints receiver to abate nuisance
RSMo 441.641
Frivolous suit, attorney's fees
RSMo 441.643
Act of God, tenant not liable for rent
RSMo 441.645
Master-metered multitenant dwelling, defined
RSMo 441.650
Certain parties have standing to initiate expedited eviction proceedings
RSMo 441.710
Expedited eviction actions, where filed, when continued or stayed
RSMo 441.720
Failure to prosecute claim, court may substitute other interested party
RSMo 441.730
Immediate eviction ordered, when
RSMo 441.740
Immediate eviction, not granted when
RSMo 441.750
Immediate removal of parties other than tenant, when
RSMo 441.760
Court-ordered eviction, when
RSMo 441.770
Notice not required in certain eviction actions, when
RSMo 441.780
Certain evidence admissible in certain eviction-related actions
RSMo 441.790
Criminal prosecution unnecessary for certain eviction proceedings to begin
RSMo 441.800
Discovery in certain eviction proceedings
RSMo 441.810
Protection orders for witnesses in certain eviction proceedings
RSMo 441.820
Court authorized to grant preliminary relief to parties in certain eviction proceedings
RSMo 441.830
Rent to continue accruing during certain eviction proceedings
RSMo 441.840
Certain parties entitled to attorney's fees in certain eviction proceedings, when
RSMo 441.850
Remedies cumulative
RSMo 441.860
Immunity from civil liability in certain eviction proceedings, granted when
RSMo 441.870
Stay of execution of eviction order, when
RSMo 441.880
Victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking
RSMo 441.920