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(4) "Rent", a stated payment for the temporary possession or use of a house, land or other real property, made at fixed intervals by a tenant to a landlord. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.005.
Covenant or contract of tenant to repair--effect of.
No covenant or contract to repair shall impose upon a tenant the obligation to rebuild or repair any building destroyed by fire without the procurement, connivance or neglect of such tenant, his agents or servants, during the continuance of the term for which such building was leased or let, unless such tenant shall specially covenant or contract to rebuild or repair, in case of the destruction or damage of such building by fire; and no action, suit or process shall bemaintained or prosecuted against any tenant or other person, in whose house or apartment any fire shall accidentally begin or take place; nor shall any recompense be made by such person for any damage occasioned thereby, any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.010.
Illegal use of premises renders lease void.
Whenever any lessee of any house, apartment or building permits any prohibited gaming table, bank or device to be set up or be kept or used upon the premises, for the purpose of gaming, or keeping in the same a bawdyhouse, brothel or common gaming house, or allowing the illegal possession, sale or distribution of controlled substances upon the premises, the lease or agreement for letting such house or building shall become void, and the lessor may enter on the premises so let, and shall have the same remedies for the recovery of the premises as in the case of a tenant holding over the tenant's term. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.020.
Tenant not to assign without consent--nor violate conditions--nor commit waste.
No tenant for a term not exceeding two years, or at will, or by sufferance, shall assign or transfer his term or interest, or any part thereof, to another without the written assent of the landlord; neither shall he violate any of the conditions of his written lease, nor commit waste upon the leased premises.
Landlord may take possession, when--landlord liable, when, burden of proof.
If any tenant violates the provisions of section 441.020 or 441.030, the landlord, or person holding under the landlord, after giving ten days' notice to vacate the premises, shall have a right to reenter the premises and take possession of the premises, or to oust the tenant, subtenant or undertenant of any person on the premises with the permission of the lessee, sublessee or underlessee by the procedure specified by law. The landlord shall have the burden to prove that the premises were being used for the illegal possession, sale or distribution of controlled substances under a petition filed for that reason, but the landlord shall not be liable for any damages resulting from the landlord's reliance on written notification to the landlord by a law enforcement authority that the premises are being used for the illegal conduct described in section 441.020. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.040.
(3) Enacting ordinances or resolutions restricting rent for properties assisted with community development block grant funds. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.043.
Tenancy from year to year, how terminated.
Either party may terminate a tenancy from year to year by giving notice, in writing, of his intention to terminate the same, not less than sixty days next before the end of the year. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.050.
CROSS REFERENCE: Service of notice, generally, RSMo 1.190 (1957) Fact that tenant held over eleven days after expiration of written lease did not of itself create a new tenancy from year to year, and tenant had no interest in premises condemned under action filed on 12th day. Millhouse v. Drainage Dist. No. 48 of Dunklin Co. (A.), 304 S.W.2d 54. (1964) Trial court reasonably have found that oral agreement between plaintiff and defendant that plaintiff would get one-third of crops and pay one-third of combining and fertilizing, where no fixed rental was agreed upon and defendant did not even pay rent in cash, no discussion was had as to length of term, defendant furnished his own seed and decided what crops to plant and used his own equipment, did not constitute a tenancy from year to year and therefore defendant was not entitled to sixty days' notice. Smith v. McNew (A.), 381 S.W.2d 369.
Tenancy at will, sufferance, month to month, how terminated --judgment of eviction, how effectuated, landlord's liability.
1. A tenancy at will or by sufferance, or for less than one year, may be terminated by the person entitled to the possession by giving one month's notice, in writing, to the person in possession, requiring the person in possession to vacate the premises.
2. An occupancy limitation of two persons per bedroom residing in a dwelling unit shall be presumed reasonable for this state. The two-person limitation shall not apply to a child or children born to the tenants during the course of the lease.
3. Except as otherwise provided by law, all contracts or agreements for the leasing, renting or occupation of stores, shops, houses, tenements or other buildings in cities, towns or villages, and of stores, shops, houses, tenements or other buildings except when such leasing, renting or occupation is as tenant of real estate used or rented for agricultural purposes, other than garden purposes, not made in writing, signed by the parties thereto, or their agents, shall be held and taken to be tenancies from month to month, and all such tenancies may be terminated by either party thereto, or the party's agent, giving to the other party, or the party's agent, one month's notice, in writing, of the party's intention to terminate such tenancy.
(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), the landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by a written notice given to the other party stating that the tenancy shall terminate upon a periodic rent-paying date not less than one month after the receipt of the notice.
(2) When a person occupies and has an ownership interest in a mobile home and is leasing the land or the lot upon which the mobile home is located, a tenancy for less than one year may be terminated by the landlord by giving written notice to the tenant that the tenancy shall terminate not sooner than sixty days from the date the rent payment next becomes due, notwithstanding any written lease provision regarding earlier lease termination to the contrary.
5. If after the rendition of a judgment and a request for an execution on any judgment rendered in an action pursuant to chapter 524, RSMo, chapter 534, RSMo, chapter 535, RSMo, or this chapter and there is no stay of execution, the service officer fails to deliver possession of the premises to the landlord within seven days of the delivery of the writ to such officer, the landlord may, within sixty days of the date of the judgment, in the presence of a municipal or county law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction in which the premises are located, without breach of the peace, break and remove locks, enter and take possession of the premises and remove any household goods, furnishings, fixtures or any other personal property left in or at the premises, provided the law enforcement officer is first presented a true copy of the judgment and order of execution, and the law enforcement officer acknowledges in writing such presentation, and such acknowledgment is filed in court by the plaintiff within five days following taking possession of the premises.
6. Except for negligent, willful or wanton acts or omissions of the landlord, or failure to both timely obtain and file the law enforcement officer acknowledgment described in the preceding subsection, the landlord shall have no liability for loss or damage to any household goods, furnishings, fixtures or any other personal property left in or at the dwelling unit, by reason of the landlord's removal of the property in accordance with the provisions of this section. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.060.
CROSS REFERENCE: Leases, not in writing, operate as estates at will, RSMo 432.050 (1956) When on nonpayment of rent under lease by tenant, landlord invoked harsh remedy of common law forfeiture and sought to recover double damages and double rents, he would be held to strict requirements of common law as to forfeiture, i.e. that rent was required to be demanded on the day it became due. Waring v. Rogers (A.), 286 S.W.2d 374.
(1962) Where tenant did not give notice in writing of termination of month-to-month tenancy, landlord recovered rent for three month period extending to time landlord restored center partition in building which act constituted acceptance of surrender of premises. Rauth v. Dennison (A.), 357 S.W.2d 201.
(1963) Where tenant did not occupy dwelling house under written agreement, and written notice to remove was served on August 7, 1961, landlord had immediate right to possession when she sued in ejectment therefor on September 14, 1961, and restitution of possession was proper. Davis v. Broughton (A.), 369 S.W.2d 857.
Abandonment of rental premises, when, procedure.
(4) The tenant fails to either pay rent or respond in writing to the landlord's notice within ten days after both the date of the posting and deposit of such notice by either first class mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the tenant's intention not to abandon the premises. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.065.
No notice to quit shall be necessary from or to a tenant whose term is to end at a certain time, or when, by special agreement, notice is dispensed with. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.070.
Liability of tenants after termination of term.
If any tenant for life or years, or if any other person, who may come into the possession of any lands or tenements under or by collusion with such tenant, shall willfully hold over the same after the termination of such term, and after demand made and notice in writing given, requiring the possession thereof, by the person entitled thereto, such person so holding over shall pay to the person so kept out of possession double the yearly value of the lands or tenements so detained, for all the time he shall keep the person entitled out of possession. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.080.
Recovery action--tenant served with summons--notice--penalty.
Every tenant on whom a summons in an action to recover the tenements held by him shall be served shall forthwith give notice thereof to the person, or the agent of the person, of whom such tenant holds, under the penalty of forfeiting to such person the value of three years' rent of the premises occupied by him. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.090.
Tenant giving notice to quit, and failing to do so, liable.
If any tenant shall give notice, in writing, of his intention to quit the premises held by him, at a time specified in such notice, and shall not deliver up the possession thereof at such time, such tenant, his executors or administrators shall from thenceforward pay to the landlord, his heirs or assigns, double the rent reserved during all the time such tenant shall so continue in possession. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.100.
Such double rent shall be recovered in the same manner, at the same time, that the single rent is recoverable. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.110.
Oral evidence not to show renewal of lease or change--notice to quit.
said premises after the termination thereof, shall be established by contract in writing; provided, however, this section shall not prevent a recovery of damages by either party for breach of the written contract.
2. In all cases of an oral letting or leasing of real property for any agricultural year, tenancy at will or by sufferance, or for less than one year, if either party shall terminate said tenancy in accordance with the provisions of sections 441.050 and 441.060, in any suit thereafter between said parties, oral testimony shall not be admissible to vary, alter or abrogate the effect of the notice required and given under sections 441.050 and 441.060, but such notice may be varied, altered or abrogated only by written evidence thereof and bearing an actual date subsequent to the date of the notice provided for in said sections. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.120.
CROSS REFERENCE: New tenant may maintain action of unlawful detainer against tenant holding over, when, RSMo 534.290 (1953) Evidence showing tenant did additional work on premises with landlord's consent in reliance on new oral lease after expiration of written lease, held inadmissible. Harriman v. Hale (A.), 258 S.W.2d 27.
Alienee or assignee may recover rent.
If the owner or holder of the lands, tenements, an estate or a lease term alienates or assigns such owner's or holder's lands, tenement, estate or term, or the rent thereafter to fall due on such premises after such alienation or assignment, the owner's or holder's alienee or assignee may recover such rent paid to such owner or holder after such alienation or assignment. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.130.
Grants of rents good without attornment of tenants.
Grants of rents, or of lands, tenements, estates, lease terms, reversions or remainders pursuant to section 441.130 or section 535.070, RSMo, shall be good and shall be effective without the consent of the tenants; unless otherwise stated in the lease; but no tenant, who, before notice of the grant, pays the rent to the grantor, shall suffer any damage for such payment. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.140.
(3) To a mortgagee, after the mortgage has been forfeited. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.150.
Executor or administrator of tenant for life may recover rents.
(2) If he die before the day, such proportion of the rent as shall have accrued before his death. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.160.
(1959) Where life tenant leased farm to tenant for crop rent and died after the crop was planted but before maturity or harvest, the rent did not accrue during life estate so that remaindermen were entitled to the proceeds from sale of crop. In re North's Estate (A.), 320 S.W.2d 597.
Remedy of executor or administrator.
The executors or administrators of any person to whom any rent shall have been due and unpaid at the time of the death of such person may have the same remedy, by action against the tenant, his executors or administrators, for the recovery thereof, that their testator or intestate might have if living. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.170.
Rents dependent on life of another, how recovered when unpaid.
Every person entitled to any rents, dependent upon the life of any other, may, notwithstanding the death of such other person, have the same remedy, by action, for the recovery of all arrears of such rents as are due and unpaid at the death of such other person, as he might have if such other person were in full life. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.180.
Rent due on lease for life, how recovered.
Any person having any rent due upon any lease for life may have the same remedy, by action for the recovery thereof, as if such lease were for years. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.190.
Landlord may recover for use and occupation.
A landlord may recover a reasonable satisfaction for the use and occupation of any lands or tenements held by any person under an agreement not made by deed. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.200.
If parol demise appear on trial, shall be evidence of what.
If a parol demise, or other agreement not by deed, by which a certain rent is reserved, appear in evidence on the trial of such action, the plaintiff shall not on that account be debarred from a recovery, but may make use thereof as evidence of the amount of damages to be recovered. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.210.
Rent may be recovered of whom, and how.
Rent may be recovered from the lessee or person owing it, or his assignee or undertenant, or the representative of either, by the same remedies given in sections 441.240 to 441.280; but no assignee or undertenant shall be liable for rent which became due before his interest began. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.220.
If tenant sublet, landlord may join sublessees in same actions.
In case any tenant shall sublet any premises or any part thereof demised or let to him, the landlord shall have the right, in any action provided for by this chapter and chapter 535, RSMo, to join as party defendants his lessee and all sublessees in the same action. Title 29, Chap 441, �441.230.
1. Except as provided in section 441.065, a landlord or its agent who removes or excludes a tenant or the tenant's personal property from the premises without judicial process and court order, or causes such removal or exclusion, or causes the removal of the doors or locks to such premises, shall be deemed guilty of forcible entry and detainer as described in chapter 534, RSMo.
2. Any landlord or its agent who willfully diminishes services to a tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of essential services, including but not limited to electric, gas, water, or sewer service, to the tenant or to the premises shall be deemed guilty of forcible entry and detainer as described in chapter 534, RSMo; provided however, this section shall not be applicable if a landlord or its agent takes such action for health or safety reasons. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.233.
Tenant may deduct cost of repair of rental premises from rent, when --limitations.
1. The provisions of this section shall apply only to a tenant who has lawfully resided on the rental premises for six consecutive months, has paid all rent and charges due the landlord during that time, and did not during that time receive any written notice from the landlord of any violation of any lease provision or house rule, which violation was not subsequently cured.
2. If there exists a condition on residential premises which detrimentally affects the habitability, sanitation or security of the premises, and the condition constitutes a violation of a local municipal housing or building code, and the reasonable cost to correct the condition is less than three hundred dollars, or one-half of the periodic rent, whichever is greater, provided that the cost may not exceed one month's rent, the tenant may notify the landlord of the tenant's intention to correct the condition at the landlord's expense. If the landlord fails to correct the condition within fourteen days after being notified by the tenant in writing or as promptly as required in case of an emergency, the tenant may cause the work to be done in a workmanlike manner and, after submitting to the landlord an itemized statement, including receipts, deduct from the rent the actual and reasonable cost of the work, as documented by the receipts, not exceeding the amount specified in this subsection; provided, however, if the landlord provides to the tenant within said notice period a written statement disputing the necessity of the repair, then the tenant may not deduct the cost of the repair from the rent without securing, before the repair is performed, a written certification from the local municipality or government entity that the condition requiring repair constitutes a violation of local municipal housing or building code. In the event of such certification, the tenant may cause the work to be done as described herein if the landlord fails to correct the condition within fourteen days after the date of said certification or the date of the notice from the tenant, whichever is later, or as promptly as required in case of an emergency. The tenant's remedy provided herein is not exclusive of any other remedies which may be available to the tenant under the law. No lease agreement shall contain a waiver of the rights described in this section.
3. A tenant may not repair at the landlord's expense if the condition was caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or other person on the premises with tenant's consent. A tenant may not deduct in the aggregate more than the amount of one month's rent during any twelve-month period. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.234.
(6) When the rent is due and unpaid, after demand thereof. Provided, if such tenant be absent from such leased premises, demand may be made of the person occupying the same.
2. The person to whom the rent is owing, or his agent, may, before an associate circuit judge or the clerk of a court of record having jurisdiction of actions by attachment in ordinary cases, of the county in which the premises lie, make an affidavit of one or more of the foregoing grounds of attachment, and that he believes unless an attachment issue plaintiff will lose his rent; and upon the filing of such affidavit, together with a statement of plaintiff's cause of action, such officer shall issue an attachment for the rent against the personal property, including the crops grown on the leased premises, but no such attachment shall issue until the plaintiff has given bond, executed by himself or by some responsible person for him, as principal, in double the amount sued for, with good security, to the defendant to indemnify him if it appear that the attachment has been wrongfully obtained; provided, if any person shall buy any crop grown on demised premises upon which any rent is unpaid, and such purchaser has knowledge of the fact that such crop was grown on demised premises, he shall be liable in an action for the value thereof, to any party entitled thereto, or may be subject to garnishment at law in any suit against the tenant for the recovery of the rent. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.240.
(1993) Landlord's lien on tenant's crops attach in year crops sprout, rather than in year crops are harvested and sold. Lien for 1989 rent attached to crops planted in 1989 and harvested in 1990. Jenkins v. Missouri Farmers Association, Inc., 851 S.W.2d 542 (Mo. App. W.D.).
Proceedings to be same as in suits by attachment.
Proceedings on all attachments issued under this chapter shall be the same as provided by law in case of suits by attachment. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.250.
Any person to whom rent is due, whether he have the reversion or not or his personal representatives or assignee, may recover such rent, as provided in sections 441.240 and 441.250, whatever be the estate of the person owning the land, or though his estate or interest in it be ended. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.260.
What property exempt from attachment for rent.
Property exempt from execution shall be also exempt from attachment for rent, except the crop grown on the demised premises on which the rent claimed is due. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.270.
Landlord's lien on crops for rent.
Every landlord shall have a lien upon the crops grown on the demised premises in any year, for the rent that shall accrue for such year, and such lien shall continue for eight months after such rent shall become due and payable, and no longer. When the demised premises or any portion thereof are used for the purpose of growing nursery stock, a lien shall exist and continue on such stock until the same shall have been removed from the premises and sold, and such lien may be enforced by attachment in the manner herein provided. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.280.
Landlord's lien for money or supplies furnished tenant.
Every landlord shall have a superior lien, against which the tenant shall not be entitled to any exemption, upon the whole crop of the tenant raised upon the leased or rented premises, to reimburse the landlord for money or supplies furnished to the tenant to enable him to raise and harvest the crops or to subsist while carrying out his contract of tenancy, but the lien of the landlord shall not continue for more than one hundred and twenty days after the expiration of the tenancy, and, if the property upon which there is a lien be removed from the leased premises and not returned, the landlord shall have a superior lien upon the property so removed for fifteen days from the date of this removal, and may enforce his lien against the property wherever found. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.290.
The landlord may enforce the lien given in sections 441.280 and 441.290 by distress or attachment, in the manner provided in this chapter for the collection of rent, and subject to the same liability, and the action for money or supplies and for rent may be joined in the same action. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.300.
(15) "Person", any individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other entity. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.500.
1. If any building or dwelling is found to be in violation of building or housing codes which the county or municipality in the exercise of reasonable discretion believes constitutes a threat to the public health, safety or welfare, the county or municipality, in addition to any other remedies available to it, may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver to perform an abatement.
(4) The county or municipality which may seek the appointment of a receiver pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643 unless action is taken within sixty days by an interested party.
3. A county or municipality may not apply for the appointment of a receiver pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643 if an interested party has commenced and is then prosecuting in a timely fashion an action or other judicial or nonjudicial proceeding to foreclose a security interest on the property, or to obtain specific performance of a land sale contract, or to forfeit a purchaser's interest under a land sale contract.
4. Notice of the application for the appointment of a receiver shall be served on all interested parties.
5. If, following the application for appointment of a receiver, one or more of the interested parties elects to correct the conditions at the property giving rise to the county's or municipality's application for the appointment of a receiver, the party or parties shall be required to post security in an amount and character as the court deems appropriate to ensure timely performance of all work necessary to make corrections, as well as such other conditions as the court deems appropriate to effect the timely completion of the corrections by the interested party or parties.
6. In the event that no interested party elects to act pursuant to subsection 5 of this section or fails to timely perform work undertaken pursuant to subsection 5 of this section, the court shall make a determination that the property is in an unsafe or insanitary condition and appoint a receiver to complete the abatement.
7. A receiver appointed by the court pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643 shall not be required to give security or bond of any sort prior to appointment. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.510.
Parties to action--designation of registered agent required, when.
1. The action to appoint a receiver authorized by section 441.510 shall be commenced by the filing of a verified petition by the county or municipality.
(2) The last holder of record of any mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien of record against the building as of the date of the filing of the petition.
3. Any owner of the dwelling who is not a party defendant may be permitted by the court to join as a party defendant.
(1) Any owner, whether or not a citizen or resident of this state, who in person or through agent, owns, uses, or is possessed of any real estate situated in this state thereby subjects himself or itself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any cause of action arising pursuant to the provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.643. Personal service of process shall be made in accordance with the rules of civil procedure; provided that, if such service cannot with due diligence be made, service of process may be made by personally serving process upon the defendant outside this state, or by service in accordance with the rules of civil procedure as in all cases affecting a res within the jurisdiction of the court.
served in this state upon the designated agent, process may be served upon the secretary of state, but service upon him is not effective unless the petitioner forthwith mails a copy of the process and pleading by certified mail to the defendant or respondent at the address stated on the assessor's records for the subject property. An affidavit of compliance with this section shall be filed with the clerk of the court.
5. Any action brought pursuant to the provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.643 shall be expedited by the court and may be given precedence over other suits. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.520.
(5) The relief sought as authorized by sections 441.570 and 441.590. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.530.
Trial shall be by the court without a jury. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.540.
Notice of application filed with recorder of deeds.
In any application for receivership brought pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643, the county or municipality shall file for record, with the recorder of deeds of the county in which any such real estate is situated, a written notice of the pendency of the suit pursuant to the requirements of section 527.260, RSMo. From the time of filing such notice the pendency of suit shall be constructive notice to persons thereafter acquiring an interest in the building. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.550.
Denial of entry a defense.
It shall be a sufficient defense to the proceeding if the defendant establishes that he, the owner or his agent has been unable to obtain entry to a portion of the premises for the purpose of correcting the nuisance, notwithstanding his good faith effort so to do, or that the occupants are in violation of section 441.630. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.560.
Action of court upon finding a nuisance exists.
(2) Allow the owner a reasonable time to correct the deficiencies. Any rents paid pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be applied to the costs incurred due to the abatement and receivership. Upon the completion of the work required to abate the nuisance, any remaining surplus after authorized disbursements and payments of cost shall be forwarded to the owner, together with a complete accounting of the rents paid and the costs incurred. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.570.
Payment of rent, effect of.
Upon the entry of an order directing the payment of rents pursuant to section 441.570, such payment in accordance with the terms of the order shall be a valid defense to any action or proceeding brought by an owner against any tenant to recover possession of real property for the nonpayment of rent due and payable after the date of issuance of the order. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.580.
(3) Where the building is vacant, appoint the code enforcement agency, the mortgagee or other lienor of record, a local housing corporation established to promote development and conservation in the area in which such property that is the subject of receivership is located, a licensed attorney or real estate broker, or any other qualified person, as a receiver to remove all of the housing code violations which constitute a nuisance as found by the court, except that all lienholders of record shall be given the right of first refusal to serve as receiver in the order in which their liens appear of record. In the event of the refusal of all lienholders of record to serve as receiver or in the absence of any lienholders of record, the local housing corporation that is established to promote development and conservation in the area in which such property that is the subject of receivership is located, if any, shall be given the right of first refusal to serve as receiver for any residential property consisting of four units or less.
2. The court may allow a receiver reasonable and necessary expenses, payable from the rent moneys.
3. No receiver appointed shall serve without bond. The amount and form of such bond shall be approved by the court and the cost of such bond shall be paid from the moneys so deposited.
4. The receiver may, on order of the court, take possession of the property, collect all rents and profits accruing from the property, and pay all costs of management, including all insurance premiums and all general and special real estate taxes or assessments.
5. The receiver shall with all reasonable speed remove all of the housing code violations which constitute a nuisance as found by the court, and may make other improvements to effect a rehabilitation of the property in such fashion as is consistent with maintaining safe and habitable conditions over the remaining useful life of the property. The receiver shall have the power to let contracts therefor, in accordance with the provisions of local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations applicable to contracts.
against, and encumber, the property as security therefor in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643. The circuit court may authorize the receiver to issue receiver's certificates as security against such borrowings, which certificates shall be authorized investments for banks and savings and loan associations, and shall constitute a first lien upon the property and its income and shall be superior to any claims of the receiver and to all prior or subsequent liens and encumbrances except taxes and assessments, and shall be enforceable as provided in subsection 8 of this section.
7. In addition to issuance of receiver certificates, the receiver may pledge the rentals from the property and borrow or encumber the property on the strength of the rental income.
8. Any receiver appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.643 shall have a lien, for the expenses necessarily incurred in the execution of an order, upon the rents receivable from the premises on or in respect of which the work required by such order has been done or expenses incurred, and this lien shall have priority over all other liens and encumbrances of record upon the rents receivable from the premises, except taxes, assessments, receiver's certificates, and mortgages recorded prior to October 13, 1969.
9. For the purposes of this section, "local housing corporation" shall mean only those local housing corporations established prior to April 28, 1999. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.590.
The receiver shall be discharged upon rendering a full and complete accounting to the court when the conditions giving rise to the receivership have been removed and the cost thereof, and all other costs authorized by sections 441.500 to 441.640, have been paid or reimbursed and any surplus money has been paid over to the owner or the mortgagee or any lienor as the court may direct. However, at any time, the receiver may be discharged upon filing his account as receiver without affecting the right of the code enforcement agency to its lien. Upon the removal of the condition giving rise to the receivership, the owner, the mortgagee or lienor may apply for the discharge of the receiver upon payment to the receiver of all moneys expended by the receiver for removal of such condition and all other costs authorized by sections 441.500 to 441.640 which have not been paid or reimbursed. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.600.
Waiver of provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.640 void.
Any provision of a lease or other agreement whereby any provision of sections 441.500 to 441.643 for the benefit of an occupant of a dwelling unit or units is waived or denied shall be deemed against public policy and shall be void. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.610.
(5) Shall not under any circumstances take in additional occupants, sublease, rent or turn over said premises to any persons without the owner's knowledge and consent. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.630.
regain possession, transfer of title, when.
If the court appoints a receiver to abate a nuisance pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643, and the holder of title to the property or any other party in interest does not take action to regain possession of the property within two years of the appointment of the receiver, the court may, for good cause shown, issue a judicial deed transferring title to the property to the receiver, or to any not-for-profit corporation organized pursuant to law. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.641.
In the event the court finds that the facts alleged in the petition filed pursuant to section 441.530 are unfounded and that the petition was filed frivolously and in bad faith, the petitioner shall be responsible for the reasonable attorney's fees attributable to the defense of said petition. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.643.
Master-metered multitenant dwelling, defined--heat-related utility service, delinquency, maintenance of service, how--receivership, when, procedure.
(6) "Owner" refers to the record owner or owners of the premises, an assignee of rents, lessee, agent, or any other person responsible for payment for heat-related utility service provided to the premises.
2. At least five days prior to termination of heat-related utility services to a master-metered multitenant dwelling, the gas corporation or electrical corporation shall notify the tenants of that dwelling of the existence of the delinquency, and of the tenants' right to initiate the receivership procedure by posting written notice in common areas of that dwelling in a location and manner likely to provide actual notice to such tenants.
(3) Upon a finding that a delinquency exists, and that the rentals at the master-metered multitenant dwelling are likely to be sufficient to cover the items specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision (4) of subsection 5 of this section, the court shall appoint a receiver in accordance with sections 515.240 to 515.260, RSMo, who shall be a person at least twenty-one years of age and who shall not be the owner of the dwelling which is the subject of the petition for receivership.
4. Gas corporations and electrical corporations shall not terminate heat-related utility service to a master-metered multitenant dwelling due to nonpayment for utility service if a petition for a receivership related to its service filed pursuant to this section is before an associate circuit court and, if the petition has been filed by a tenant, the gas corporation or electrical corporation has received at least twenty-four hours prior written notice of the filing of such petition, or if a receivership related to its service is in existence pursuant to this section.
(e) Fifth, amounts remaining after compliance with paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this subdivision shall be paid to the owner.
6. The owner of a master-metered multitenant dwelling for which a receiver has been appointed under this section shall be liable to the receiver for all reasonable costs incurred by the receiver, as determined by the court to be due the receiver.
(4) All outstanding amounts owed the gas corporation or electrical corporation have been paid. Upon the occurrence of the termination of a receivership pursuant to this subsection, the receiver shall make a complete accounting to the court, including a written statement of the reason for the termination of the receivership.
(2) Petition the court for a change of receiver due to the failure of the existing receiver to promptly pay petitioner appropriate amounts or for failing to properly carry out other required duties. A gas corporation or electrical corporation that provides such heat-related utility service may also petition the court for termination of the receivership on any of the grounds set forth in subsection 7 of this section. The court shall hold a hearing and render a decision on any petition filed under this subsection within thirty days of the receipt of the petition and shall provide reasonable written notice of such a hearing by mailing notice of the hearing at least six days prior to the hearing to any gas corporation, electrical corporation, owner and tenant involved in the receivership or by any other method designed to provide written notice to such persons and corporations at least four days prior to the hearing.
9. Any owner who collects, or attempts to collect, any rent or payment for use or occupancy from any tenant of a master-metered multitenant dwelling which is subject to an order appointing a receiver pursuant to this section shall be found, after due notice and hearing, to be in contempt of court.
10. Except for the limitations on termination of service expressly stated in subsection 4 of this section, this section shall in no way limit the rights of gas corporations and electrical corporations to recover amounts lawfully owed to them. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.650.
Certain parties have standing to initiate expedited eviction proceedings.
(2) A prosecuting attorney of the jurisdiction in which the leased property is located. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.710.
Expedited eviction actions, where filed, when continued or stayed.
1. Actions pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880 shall be filed in the associate circuit court for the county in which the premises are located. Upon filing of a verified petition alleging the conduct described in section 441.740, the court shall issue a summons directed to the defendant. The provisions of sections 535.030 and 535.110, RSMo, shall apply to actions brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880. The court shall set for hearing a cause of action brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880 as soon as practicable but in no event shall such hearing be held later than fifteen days following the service of the summons.
2. The court shall, subject to the provisions of section 441.880, neither continue or stay an action brought pursuant to the provisions of sections 441.710 to 441.880 except for compelling and extraordinary reasons. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.720.
Failure to prosecute claim, court may substitute other interested party.
If the court finds that those parties with standing pursuant to section 441.710 have failed to either initiate or pursue a matter with reasonable diligence, then the court may substitute as a plaintiff any party that both consents to the appointment and that meets the definition of an interested party. Substitution may only be had after giving to the parties, if the action has been filed, or to the landlord and the defendant if the action has not been filed, reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard by the court on the proposed substitution. As used in sections 441.710 to 441.880, an "interested party" is defined as any incorporated, not-for-profit neighborhood association or community-based organization which represents the well-being and interests of the community where the leased property is located. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.730.
Immediate eviction ordered, when--immediate removal ordered, when.
(b) Physical damage to lessor's property and the reasonable cost to repair such damage exceeds an amount equal to twelve months of rent; for the purposes of this paragraph, the term "rent" shall include the amount owed by the tenant along with any subsidy owed from any third party; No action shall be taken under this subdivision unless the lessor first makes a reasonable attempt to abate the emergency situation through public law enforcement authorities or local mental health services personnel authorized to take action pursuant to section 632.300, RSMo, et seq., as appropriate.
(6) The tenant has failed to promptly notify the plaintiff that a person whom the plaintiff previously had removed from the property leased by the tenant, with the knowledge of the tenant, has returned to, entered onto or remained on the property leased by the tenant.
2. The court shall, subject to the provisions of section 441.880, order the immediate removal of any person who engages in criminal activity described in this section on or in the immediate vicinity of the leased property. Persons removed from the leased premises pursuant to this section shall be immediately barred from entering onto or remaining on any portion of the leased property. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.740.
Immediate eviction, not granted when--tenant's burden of proof.
1. The court shall not order the eviction of a tenant under section 441.740 if the tenant establishes that he or she in no way furthered, promoted, aided or assisted in activity described in section 441.740, and that the tenant did not know or have reason to know that such activity was occurring on or within the property, or the tenant was unable to take action to prevent the activity because of verbal or physical coercion by the person conducting the activity.
(2) The tenant reports the activity to a law enforcement agency or the county or prosecuting attorney in an effort to initiate a criminal action against the person conducting the activity. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.750.
Immediate removal of parties other than tenant, when.
If the plaintiff has met its burden of proof for a complete eviction but the tenant successfully pleads an affirmative defense to the eviction pursuant to section 441.750, then the court shall not terminate the tenancy but shall order the immediate removal of any person who the court finds conducted the drug-related activity which was the subject of the eviction proceeding. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.760.
Court-ordered eviction, when--court-ordered removal of third party from leased premises, when--expedited eviction order--stay of execution of eviction order, when.
1. If the grounds for an eviction have been established pursuant to subsection 1 of section 441.740, the court shall order that the tenant be evicted from the leased property.
2. If the grounds for a removal have been established pursuant to subsection 2 of section 441.740, the court shall order that those persons found to be engaging in the criminal activity described therein be immediately removed and barred from the leased property, but the court shall not order the tenancy be terminated.
3. The court may order the expedited execution of an eviction or removal order by requiring the order's enforcement by the appropriate agency within a specified number of days after final judgment.
4. The court may stay execution of an eviction or removal order for a reasonable length of time if the moving party establishes by clear and convincing evidence that immediate removal or eviction would pose a serious danger to the party and that this danger outweighs the safety, health and well-being of the surrounding community and of the plaintiff. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.770.
Notice not required in certain eviction actions, when.
Not with standing any other provision of law concerning the procedures otherwise used in eviction proceedings, it shall not be necessary, except as provided in section 441.750, to provide notice to the tenant to vacate the premises prior to filing a cause of action pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.780.
Certain evidence admissible in certain eviction-related actions.
Relevant evidence obtained in good faith by a law enforcement officer or agency shall be admissible in a civil action brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880. This provision operates even though the cause of action may have been brought or is being prosecuted by a law enforcement agency. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.790.
1. A civil action brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880 shall not be precluded even though a criminal prosecution involving the drug-related activity has not been commenced, will not be commenced, has not been concluded or has been concluded without a judgment of conviction.
2. If a criminal prosecution involving the drug-related criminal activity results in a criminal conviction the conviction shall collaterally estop the convicted defendant from challenging the essential allegations of the criminal offense in any subsequent civil proceeding brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.800.
Discovery in certain eviction proceedings.
The plaintiff shall provide to all defendants a reasonable opportunity, prior to the hearing, to examine all documents or records that are within the plaintiff's possession and which are relevant to the pending action. The court may allow further discovery if further discovery would not unduly delay the action and would ensure fair disposition of the action. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.810.
Protection orders for witnesses in certain eviction proceedings.
The court may issue orders to protect persons that may be called as witnesses in a civil action brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880. An order may issue upon a showing that the witness has been threatened, intimidated or otherwise has reason to fear for their safety if they are called as a witness in the cause of action. Protective orders issued pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880 may include, but are not limited to, the nondisclosure of names, addresses or the in camera examination of witnesses. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.820.
Pursuant to section 441.740, the court may issue restraining orders or grant whatever preliminary relief is necessary to either prevent the commission of drug-related criminal activity on or in the immediate vicinity of the leased premises, or to protect the rights and interests of the parties or those residing in the immediate vicinity of where the premises are located. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.830.
Rent to continue accruing during certain eviction proceedings.
A landlord shall be entitled to collect rent due and owing from the tenant during the pendency of a civil action brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.840.
An interested party or prosecuting attorney that prevails in an action brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880 shall be entitled to recover from the landlord the reasonable costs of prosecuting the suit, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees, if the landlord failed to take reasonable corrective action within thirty days after having received a written request to do so by the prevailing plaintiff. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.850.
The remedies authorized by sections 441.710 to 441.880 shall be cumulative with each other and shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any other remedies available at law or in equity. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.860.
Immunity from civil liability in certain eviction proceedings, granted when.
Any person or organization that institutes or participates in an action brought pursuant to sections 441.710 to 441.880 shall be immune from civil liability for actions performed in good faith and in the furtherance of the cause of action. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.870.
Stay of execution of eviction order, when--notification of interested parties--probationary tenancy, failure to comply results in removal of stay of execution--prior conduct actionable--compliance with probationary tenancy can result in dismissal of cause of action.
(6) The stay of execution will not endanger the safety, health or well-being of the surrounding community or the plaintiff.
2. The plaintiff, or any interested party who submits a written request to the court to be notified of an application for a stay of execution, shall be provided reasonable notice of, and an opportunity to be heard at, all hearings relating to a stay of execution sought pursuant to this section.
3. If the court stays execution of a removal or eviction order pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, then the court shall place the movant on probationary tenancy. The period of probationary tenancy shall last either six months or for the duration of the lease agreement between the landlord and the tenant, whichever is shorter. The court may impose or modify such terms and conditions of probationary tenancy as are necessary to further the purposes of sections 441.710 to 441.880 or to protect the safety, health or well-being of the surrounding community or the parties. If a defendant is determined by the court to be a drug user and drug dependent, the terms and conditions of probationary tenancy may include, but are not limited to, the periodic drug testing of the defendant, a program of reasonable community service and prompt entry into and participation in a court-approved drug treatment program.
4. Following a motion by the plaintiff alleging defendant's noncompliance with the terms and conditions of probationary tenancy, and a five-day written notice served on the defendant specifying the time and place of the hearing and the particulars of the alleged noncompliance, the court may conduct a hearing on the motion. If the defendant is found by the court to have materially failed to comply with any terms or conditions of probationary tenancy, then the court shall immediately rescind the stay of execution. Any hearing held pursuant to this section shall be expedited and shall be held within five days of the court certification of service of the written notice on the defendant.
5. Nothing in sections 441.710 to 441.880 shall impair the right of a party to seek the eviction or removal of a tenant or person for conduct occurring subsequent to the events giving rise to the initial cause of action, and sections 441.710 to 441.880 shall not impair the right of a landlord to refuse to extend or renew a lease or tenancy pursuant to existing law.
6. Following a motion by the defendant alleging that the defendant has substantially complied with the terms and conditions of probation and that the defendant no longer poses a risk to the safety, health or well- being of the surrounding community or parties, and a five-day written notice served on the plaintiff specifying the time and place of the hearing and the particulars of the motion, the court may conduct a hearing on the motion. Upon finding sufficient evidence to support the motion, the court shall discharge the order of eviction or removal and shall dismiss the cause of action. The order of eviction or removal shall automatically be deemed discharged and the cause of action automatically deemed dismissed upon expiration of the term of probationary tenancy. Title 29, Chap. 441, �441.880.

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