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MO Rev Stat § 534.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer|Section 534.380 - Judgment stay for appeals.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories   534.380. Judgment stay for appeals. — Applications for appeals shall be allowed and conducted in the manner provided as in other civil cases. Application for appeal shall not stay execution for restitution of the premises unless the defendant gives bond within the time for appeal. The bond shall be for the amount of the judgment and with the condition to stay waste and to pay all subsequently accruing rent, if any, into court within ten days after it becomes due, pending determination of the appeal, subject to the judge's discretion. However, in any case in which the defendant receives a reduction in rent due to a local, state or federal subsidy program, the amount of the bond shall be reduced by the amount of said subsidy. Execution other than for restitution shall be stayed if the defendant files a bond in the proper amount at such time as otherwise provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S.B. 655)
MO Rev Stat § 534.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer|Section 534.540 - Proceedings on default of defendant.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   534.540. Proceedings on default of defendant. — In case of a judgment by default, a jury, or the court if no jury be required, shall assess the monthly value of the premises, and the damages and judgment shall be rendered on the verdict accordingly. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2901)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2515; 1919 § 3063; 1909 § 7725
MO Rev Stat § 534.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer|Section 534.570 - Appeals to supreme court — supersedeas.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   534.570. Appeals to supreme court — supersedeas. — No appeal to the appellate or supreme court shall operate as a stay of execution, nor shall any supersedeas be awarded to the party in possession, unless the condition of the recognizance contain the substance of the condition prescribed by this chapter in cases of appeals by a defendant, and the penalty and security be sufficient to secure the performance thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2904)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2518; 1919 § 3066; 1909 § 7728
MO Rev Stat § 534.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer|Section 534.590 - Writs of restitution, against whom executed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   534.590. Writs of restitution, against whom executed. — The officer having charge of a writ of restitution or rerestitution, or execution with a clause to that effect, shall have power to expel and remove from the premises mentioned and defendant therein named, his servants and others under his control, and all other persons who shall have entered thereon after the commencement of the suit otherwise than by process of law, and to deliver to the plaintiff possession thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2906)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2520; 1919 § 3068; 1909 § 7730
MO Rev Stat § 535.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.010 - If rent be not paid as agreed, landlord may recover possession, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   535.010. If rent be not paid as agreed, landlord may recover possession, how. — In all cases in which lands and tenements are or shall be rented or leased, and default shall be made in the payment of the rents at the time or times agreed upon by the parties, it shall be lawful for the landlord to dispossess the tenant and all subtenants and recover possession of the premises rented or leased, in the manner herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2993)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2606; 1919 § 6900; 1909 § 7903
MO Rev Stat § 535.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.020 - Procedure to recover possession — filing of statement — issuance of summons — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   535.020. Procedure to recover possession — filing of statement — issuance of summons — procedure. — Whenever any rent has become due and payable, and payment has been demanded by the landlord or the landlord's agent from the lessee or person occupying the premises, and payment thereof has not been made, the landlord or agent may file a statement, verified by affidavit, with any associate circuit judge in the county in which the property is situated, setting forth the terms on which such property was rented, and the amount of rent actually due to such landlord; that the rent has been demanded from the tenant, lessee or person occupying the premises, and that payment has not been made, and substantially describing the property rented or leased. Giving the notice provided in section 441.060 is not required prior to filing a statement or obtaining the relief provided in this chapter. In such case, the clerk of the court shall immediately issue a summons directed to such tenant or lessee and to all persons occupying the premises, by name, requiring them to appear before the judge upon a day to be therein named, and show cause why possession of the property should not be restored to the plaintiff. The landlord or agent may, in such an action for unpaid rent, join a claim for any other unpaid sums, other than property damages, regardless of how denominated or defined in the lease, to be paid by or on behalf of a tenant to a landlord for any purpose set forth in the lease; provided that such other sums shall not be considered rent for purposes of this chapter, and judgment for the landlord for recovery of such other sums shall not by itself entitle the landlord to an order for recovery of possession of the premises. The provisions of this section providing for the filing of a statement before an associate circuit judge shall not preclude adoption of a local circuit court rule providing for the centralized filing of such cases, nor the assignment of such cases to particular circuit or associate circuit judges pursuant to local circuit court rule or action by the presiding judge of the circuit. The case shall be heard and determined under the practice and procedure provided in the Missouri rules of civil procedure, except where otherwise provided by this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2994, A.L. 1945 p. 1107, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2607; 1919 § 6901; 1909 § 7904
MO Rev Stat § 535.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.050 - Process shall not issue until expiration of lease, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   535.050. Process shall not issue until expiration of lease, when. — When the property is held by a written lease containing a clause declaring the lease forfeited for the nonpayment of rent for a specified time, no process shall issue against the lessee or other person occupying the premises, until the expiration of said specified time. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2997)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2610; 1919 § 6904; 1909 § 7907
MO Rev Stat § 535.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.060 - Demand of rent good, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   535.060. Demand of rent good, when. — Any demand of rent, or rent and possession, by a landlord or the landlord's agent shall be deemed good within the meaning of this or any other statute of this state, when made at any time after the right to rent and possession accrues or the rent becomes due according to the terms of the agreement, whether by written lease or otherwise. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2998, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2611; 1919 § 6905; 1909 § 7908
MO Rev Stat § 535.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.070 - Purchaser of leased lands may recover possession.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   535.070. Purchaser of leased lands may recover possession. — If any person purchases lands or tenements occupied at the time of such purchase by any tenant, lessee or sublessee, who shall, at any time thereafter, fail to pay rent to such purchaser, the person purchasing such property shall have the right, upon such failure, to commence proceedings before an associate circuit judge to recover rent and possession, under the terms of the prior owner's lease, for unpaid rent accruing after the transfer of title. The right to commence proceedings pursuant to this section shall exist regardless of whether the transfer was by private foreclosure, tax or judicial sale, or by any other means. The provisions of chapter 441 and this chapter shall apply. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2999, A.L. 1945 p. 1107, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2612; 1919 § 6906; 1909 § 7909  CROSS REFERENCE:  Purchaser at tax sale may recover possession and rent, 140.310
MO Rev Stat § 535.081 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.081 - Rent recovery, successor in title, notice required — notice may be attached to notarized affidavit (counties of the first classification).

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   535.081. Rent recovery, successor in title, notice required — notice may be attached to notarized affidavit (counties of the first classification). — The right of a successor in title to recover rents pursuant to section 535.070 requires adequate and timely notice to the tenant. Except in counties of the first classification as determined pursuant to section 48.020, for the purposes of this section, "adequate and timely notice" means that the purchaser shall notify tenants in writing of the fact that title to the property has been transferred, and of the means of the transfer and the date of the transfer and the notice shall be attached to a copy of the deed which has been recorded. In counties of the first classification as determined pursuant to section 48.020, in lieu of a copy of the deed which has been recorded, the notice required by this section may be attached to a notarized affidavit executed by both the prior owner of the property and the successor in title, which notarized affidavit shall state that the property has been transferred to the successor in title and the date on which the transfer occurred. ­­-------- (L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2002 S.B. 932)
MO Rev Stat § 535.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.090 - Complaint, contents — proof of trial.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   535.090. Complaint, contents — proof of trial. — It shall be sufficient for such person purchasing lands or tenements to file a complaint, pursuant to section 535.070, verified by affidavit, stating by whom the premises were leased or rented, and the terms of such lease or renting, and how such person claims title to the lands or tenements; and upon the trial of the cause, if the plaintiff shows that the party in possession, or those under whom the party in possession claims, rented or leased from a party claiming title to the premises by deed, and that the plaintiff has acquired the title of the original lessor or landlord, by a deed or deeds, regularly acknowledged, the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover possession and unpaid rent accruing after the transfer and while the tenant was in possession. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3001, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2614; 1919 § 6908; 1909 § 7911
MO Rev Stat § 535.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.100 - Change of judge and venue same as under chapter 517.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories   535.100. Change of judge and venue same as under chapter 517. — The rights to a change of venue and disqualification of a judge in proceedings under this chapter shall be the same and shall be exercised in the same manner as in proceedings under chapter 517. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 535.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.110 - Appeals, defendant to furnish bond to stay execution — additional conditions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 3 histories   535.110. Appeals, defendant to furnish bond to stay execution — additional conditions. — Applications for trials de novo and appeals shall be allowed and conducted in the manner provided in chapter 512; but no application for a trial de novo or an appeal shall stay execution unless the defendant give bond, with security sufficient to secure the payment of all damages, costs and rent then due, into court within ten days after an entry of the judgment by the trial court, all other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding. Additional conditions of the appeal bond shall be to stay waste and to pay all subsequently accruing rent, if any, into court within ten days after it becomes due, pending determination of the trial de novo or appeal. Execution for the purposes of restoring possession shall be stayed pending an appeal if the losing party posts a sufficient appeal bond. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3002, A.L. 1945 p. 1107, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 H.B. 175, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1986 S.B. 741, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S.B. 655, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1862, A.L. 2018 S.B. 581)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2615; 1919 § 6909; 1909 § 7912  (1978) Held, requirement for statutory appeal bond is unconstitutional when applied to an indigent but is proper as a prerequisite to a stay of execution. Rice v. Lucas (Mo.), 560 S.W.2d 850.
MO Rev Stat § 535.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.120 - Action brought, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   535.120. Action brought, when. — Whenever one month's rent or more is in arrear from a tenant, the landlord, if he has a subsisting right by law to reenter for the nonpayment of such rent, may bring an action to recover the possession of the demised premises. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2979, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2592; 1919 § 6886; 1909 § 7889  (1967) This section applied where month-to-month tenants were six consecutive months in arrears in payment of rent as six months' rent is "a half year's rent", although the period may not total exactly one-half year in number of days. B-W Acceptance Corporation v. Benack (A.), 423 S.W.2d 215.
MO Rev Stat § 535.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.130 - Summons in such action, how served.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   535.130. Summons in such action, how served. — If the summons in such action cannot be served in the ordinary mode provided by law, it may be served by affixing a copy of the petition and summons on a conspicuous part of the demised premises, where it may be conveniently read. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2980)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2593; 1919 § 6887; 1909 § 7890
MO Rev Stat § 535.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.140 - Service shall stand instead of demand.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   535.140. Service shall stand instead of demand. — Service of the complaint and summons in such action shall be a sufficient demand of the rent in arrear, and of a reentry on the demised premises. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2981, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2594; 1919 § 6888; 1909 § 7891
MO Rev Stat § 535.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.150 - Judgment for recovery of demised premises.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   535.150. Judgment for recovery of demised premises. — If, upon the trial of such action, it is proved, or, upon judgment by default, it appear to the court, by affidavit, that the plaintiff had a right to commence such action according to the provisions of this chapter, he shall have judgment to recover the possession of the demised premises and costs. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2982)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2595; 1919 § 6889; 1909 § 7892
MO Rev Stat § 535.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.160 - Tender of rent and costs on judgment date, effect — not bar to landlord's appeal — no stay of execution if no money judgment, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   535.160. Tender of rent and costs on judgment date, effect — not bar to landlord's appeal — no stay of execution if no money judgment, exceptions. — If the defendant, on the date any money judgment is given in any action pursuant to this chapter, either tenders to the landlord, or brings into the court where the suit is pending, all the rent then in arrears, and all the costs, further proceedings in the action shall cease and be stayed. If on any date after the date of any original trial, but before the judgment becomes final, the defendant shall satisfy such money judgment and pay all costs, any execution for possession of the subject premises shall cease and be stayed; except that the landlord shall not thereby be precluded from making application for appeal from such money judgment. If for any reason no money judgment is entered against the defendant and judgment for the plaintiff is limited only to possession of the subject premises, no stay of execution shall be had, except as provided by the provisions of section 535.110 or the rules of civil procedure or by agreement of the parties. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2983, A.L. 1983 H.B. 175, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S.B. 655, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1862) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2596; 1919 § 6890; 1909 § 7893
MO Rev Stat § 535.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.170 - Lessee barred from relief, when — appeal permitted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   535.170. Lessee barred from relief, when — appeal permitted, when. — After the execution of any judgment for possession pursuant to this chapter, the lessee and the lessee's assignees, and all other persons deriving title under the lease from such lessee, shall be barred from reentry of such premises and from all relief, and except for error in the record or proceedings, the landlord shall from that day hold the demised premises discharged from the lease. Nothing in this section shall preclude an aggrieved party from perfecting an appeal or securing a trial de novo as to any judgment rendered, and may as a result of such appeal or trial de novo recover any damage incurred, including damages incurred from an unlawful dispossession. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2984, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S.B. 655, A.L. 2018 S.B. 581)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2597; 1919 § 6891; 1909 § 7894
MO Rev Stat § 535.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.180 - Reservation in favor of mortgagee of lease in such case.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   535.180. Reservation in favor of mortgagee of lease in such case. — A mortgagee of such lease, not in possession of such demised premises, who within three months after execution of any such judgment shall pay all rent in arrear, and all costs, and the charges incurred by the landlord, and shall perform all the agreements which ought to be performed by the first lessee, shall not be affected by the recovery of the possession of the demised premises. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2985)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2598; 1919 § 6892; 1909 § 7895
MO Rev Stat § 535.185 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions|Section 535.185 - Tenant to be furnished address of person managing property and address to receive notices and service of process — post office box address, procedure — violation, effect.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   535.185. Tenant to be furnished address of person managing property and address to receive notices and service of process — post office box address, procedure — violation, effect. — 1. The landlord of residential property or any person authorized to enter into a rental agreement on such landlord's behalf shall disclose to the tenant in writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy the name and address of:  (1) The person authorized to manage the premises; and  (2) An owner of the premises or a person authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the purpose of service of process and for the purpose of receiving and receipting for notices and demands. If such owner or authorized person has an address which is a post office box, service of process and any notice or demand may be made by mailing a copy of the summons, petition, notice or demand by first-class mail, postage prepaid, together with two copies of such summons, petition, notice or demand pursuant to section 506.150.  2. The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current and this section extends to and is enforceable against any successor landlord, owner, or manager.  3. A person who fails to comply with subsection 1 of this section becomes an agent of each person who is a landlord for the purpose of:  (1) Service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands; and  (2) Performing the obligations of the landlord pursuant to chapter 441 or this chapter, or any other obligations under the rental agreement and expending or making himself available for the purposes of collecting all rent due from the premises. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 602 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 536.014 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 536 - Administrative Procedure and Review|Section 536.014 - Rules invalid, when.

Effective - 27 Jun 1997   536.014. Rules invalid, when. — No department, agency, commission or board rule shall be valid in the event that:  (1) There is an absence of statutory authority for the rule or any portion thereof; or  (2) The rule is in conflict with state law; or  (3) The rule is so arbitrary and capricious as to create such substantial inequity as to be unreasonably burdensome on persons affected. ­­-------- (L. 1997 H.B. 850)  Effective 6-27-97
MO Rev Stat § 536.015 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts|Chapter 536 - Administrative Procedure and Review|Section 536.015 - Missouri Register published at least monthly.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 2 histories   536.015. Missouri Register published at least monthly. — There is established a publication to be known as the "Missouri Register", which shall be published in a format and medium as prescribed by the secretary of state no less frequently than monthly by the secretary of state. ­­-------- (L. 1975 S.B. 58, A.L. 1994 S.B. 558, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1616 merged with S.B. 1100, A.L. 2019 H.B. 1088)