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MO Rev Stat § 436.457 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.457 - Seller's right to cancel, when, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.457. Seller's right to cancel, when, procedure. — 1. A seller shall have the right to cancel a trust-funded or joint-account funded preneed contract if the purchaser is in default of any installment payment for over sixty days.  2. Prior to cancelling the contract, the seller shall notify the purchaser and provider in writing that the contract shall be cancelled if payment is not received within thirty days of the postmarked date of the notice. The notice shall include the amount of payments due, the date the payment is due, and the date of cancellation.  3. If the purchaser fails to remit the payments due within thirty days of the postmarked date of the notice, then the seller, at its option, may either cancel the contract or may continue the contract as a nonguaranteed contract where the purchaser will receive full credit for all payments the purchaser has made into the trust towards the cost of the beneficiary's funeral service or merchandise from the provider.  4. Upon cancellation by the seller under this section, eighty-five percent of the contract payments shall be refunded to the purchaser. All remaining funds shall be distributed to the seller. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.458 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.458 - Alternative provider permitted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.458. Alternative provider permitted, when. — 1. A purchaser may select an alternative provider as the designated provider under the original contract if the purchaser notifies the seller and original provider in writing of the purchaser's intent, stating the name of the alternative provider and the alternative provider consents to the new designation. Purchasers shall not be penalized or assessed any additional fee or cost for such transfer of the provider designation.  2. The seller shall pay the newly designated provider all payments owed to the original provider under the contract. The newly designated provider shall assume all rights, duties, obligations, and liabilities as the original provider under the contract. Interest shall continue to be allocated to the seller as provided under the contract.  3. In the case of a trust-funded contract and upon written notice to the seller of the purchaser's intent to select an alternative provider under subsection 1 of this section, the seller shall either continue the trust with the new provider in place of, and to receive all payment owed to, the original provider under the original agreement, or pay to the new trust all of the trust property, including principal and income. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.465 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.465 - Record-keeping requirements of seller.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.465. Record-keeping requirements of seller. — A seller shall maintain:  (1) Adequate records of all preneed contracts and related agreements with providers, trustees of a preneed trust, and financial institutions holding a joint account established under sections 436.400 to 436.520;  (2) Records of preneed contracts, including financial institution statements and death certificates, shall be maintained by the seller for the duration of the contract and for no less than five years after the performance or cancellation of the contract. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.480 - Death or incapacity of purchaser, transfer of rights and remedies, to whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.480. Death or incapacity of purchaser, transfer of rights and remedies, to whom. — Upon the death or legal incapacity of a purchaser, all rights and remedies granted to the purchaser under sections 436.400 to 436.520 shall be enforceable by and accrue to the benefit of the purchaser's legal representative or his or her estate, and all payments otherwise payable to the purchaser shall be paid to that person. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.485 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.485 - Violations, penalties.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   436.485. Violations, penalties. — 1. Any person, including the officers, directors, partners, agents, or employees of such person, who shall knowingly and willfully violate or assist or enable any person to violate any provision of sections 436.400 to 436.520 by incompetence, misconduct, gross negligence, fraud, misrepresentation, or dishonesty is guilty of a class D felony. Each violation of any provision of sections 436.400 to 436.520 constitutes a separate offense and may be prosecuted individually. The attorney general shall have concurrent jurisdiction with any local prosecutor to prosecute under this section.  2. Any violation of the provisions of sections 436.400 to 436.520 shall constitute a violation of the provisions of section 407.020. In any proceeding brought by the attorney general for a violation of the provisions of sections 436.400 to 436.520, the court may order all relief and penalties authorized under chapter 407 and, in addition to imposing the penalties provided for in sections 436.400 to 436.520, order the revocation or suspension of the license or registration of a defendant seller, provider, or preneed agent. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 436.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.490 - Sale of business assets of provider — report to board required, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.490. Sale of business assets of provider — report to board required, contents. — 1. A provider that intends to sell or otherwise dispose of all or a majority of its business assets, or its stock if a corporation, shall notify the board at least sixty days prior to selling or otherwise disposing of its business assets or stock, or ceasing to do business as a provider, and shall file a notification report on a form established by the board.  2. The report required by this section shall include:  (1) The name, phone number, and address of the purchasers of any outstanding preneed contract for which the licensee is the designated provider;  (2) The name and license numbers of all sellers authorized to designate the licensee as a provider in a preneed contract;  (3) The name, address, and license number of the provider assuming or agreeing to assume the licensee's obligations as a provider under a preneed contract, if any;  (4) The name, address, and phone number of a custodian who will maintain the books and records of the provider containing information about preneed contracts in which the licensee is or was formerly designated as provider;  (5) A final annual report containing the information required by section 436.460;  (6) The date the provider intends to sell or otherwise dispose of its business assets or stock, or cease doing business; and   (7) Any other information required by any other applicable statute or regulation enacted pursuant to state or federal law.  3. Within three days after the provider sells or disposes of its assets or stock or ceases doing business, the former provider shall notify each seller in writing that the former provider has sold or disposed of its assets or stock or has ceased doing business. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.500 - Sale of business assets by seller, report to board required, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.500. Sale of business assets by seller, report to board required, contents. — 1. A seller that intends to sell or otherwise dispose of all or a majority of its business assets or its stock shall notify the board at least sixty days prior to selling or otherwise disposing of its assets or stock, or ceasing to do business as a seller, and shall file a notification report on a form established by the board.  2. The report required by this section shall include:  (1) A notarized and signed statement from the person assuming or agreeing to assume the obligations of the seller indicating that the assuming seller has been provided with a copy of the seller's final annual report and has consented to assuming the outstanding obligations of the seller;  (2) In lieu of the notarized statement required by subdivision (1) of this subsection, the seller may file a plan detailing how the assets of the seller will be set aside and used to service all outstanding preneed contracts sold by the seller; and  (3) Any other information required by any other applicable statute or regulation enacted pursuant to state or federal law.  3. Within thirty days after assuming the obligations of a seller under this section, the assuming seller shall:  (1) Notify each provider in writing that the former seller has sold or disposed of its assets or stock or has ceased doing business; and  (2) Provide written notification to the purchasers of each preneed contract assumed by the seller indicating that the former seller has transferred ownership or has ceased doing business.  4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the board to audit, inspect, investigate, examine, or edit the books and records of a seller subject to the provisions of this section nor shall this section be construed to amend, rescind, or supersede any duty imposed on, or due diligence required of, an entity assuming the obligations of the seller.  5. The office of the attorney general shall have the authority to initiate legal action to compel or otherwise ensure compliance with this section by a former provider licensee. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.505 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.505 - Credit life insurance may be offered to purchaser.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.505. Credit life insurance may be offered to purchaser. — A preneed contract may offer the purchaser the option to acquire and maintain credit life insurance on the life of the purchaser. Such insurance shall provide for the payment of death benefits to the seller in an amount equal to the total of all contract payments unpaid as of the date of such purchaser's death, and shall be used solely to make those unpaid payments. Any such credit life insurance shall be provided by a duly authorized insurance company and the preneed contract shall clearly identify the name of the insurer and the amount of payment allocated to the premium payment for the credit life. No seller or provider may provide any form of self insured credit life. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.510 - Seller's failure to make timely payment, effect of — rights of purchaser.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.510. Seller's failure to make timely payment, effect of — rights of purchaser. — If a seller shall fail to make timely payment of an amount due a purchaser or a provider under the provisions of sections 436.400 to 436.520, the purchaser or provider, as appropriate, shall have the right, in addition to other rights and remedies against such seller, to make demand upon the trustee of the preneed trust for the contract to distribute to the purchaser or provider from the trust, as damages, an amount equal to all deposits made into the trust for the contract. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.520 - Rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.520. Rulemaking authority. — 1. The board shall promulgate and enforce rules for administration and enforcement of sections 436.400 to 436.520 including the establishment of the amount of any fees authorized thereunder for the transaction of its business and for standards of service and practice to be followed for the licensing and registration of providers, sellers, and preneed agents deemed necessary for the public good and consistent with the laws of this state. Such fees shall be set at a level to produce revenue which does not substantially exceed the cost and expense of administering this chapter.  2. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2009, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1)
MO Rev Stat § 436.525 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts|Section 436.525 - Board to maintain certain personal information about purchaser — confidentiality of information.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   436.525. Board to maintain certain personal information about purchaser — confidentiality of information. — The board shall maintain as a closed and confidential record, not subject to discovery unless the person provides written consent for disclosure, all personal information about any individual preneed purchaser or beneficiary, including but not limited to name, address, Social Security number, financial institution account numbers, and any health information disclosed in the preneed contract or any document prepared in conjunction with the preneed contract; provided, however, that the board may disclose such confidential information without the consent of the person involved in the course of voluntary interstate exchange of information; or in the course of any litigation concerning that person or the provider, seller, or sales agent involved with the preneed contract; or pursuant to a lawful request or to other administrative or law enforcement agencies acting within the scope of their statutory authority. In any such litigation, the board and its attorneys shall take reasonable precautions to ensure the protection of such information from disclosure to the public. ­­-------- (L. 2009 S.B. 1 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 441.005 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant|Section 441.005 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 3 histories   441.005. Definitions. — Except as otherwise provided, when used in chapter 534, chapter 535, or this chapter, the following terms mean:  (1) "Landlord", the owner or lessor of the premises or a person authorized by the owner to exercise any aspect of the management of the premises;  (2) "Lease", a written or oral agreement for the use or possession of premises;  (3) "Lessee", any person who leases premises from another to the exclusion of others during the rental or lease period and who is obligated to pay rent;  (4) "Premises", land, tenements, condominium or cooperative units, air rights and all other types of real property leased under the terms of a rental agreement, including any facilities and appurtenances, to such premises, and any grounds, areas and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or the use of which is promised to the tenant. "Premises" include structures, fixed or mobile, temporary or permanent, vessels, manufactured homes as defined in section 700.010, mobile trailer homes and vehicles which are used or intended for use primarily as a dwelling or as a place for commercial or industrial operations or storage;  (5) "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 or lessee to a landlord;  (6) "Tenant", a person who occupies the premises with the landlord's consent. ­­-------- (L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2010 S.B. 630, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S.B. 655)
MO Rev Stat § 441.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant|Section 441.010 - Covenant or contract of tenant to repair — effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   441.010. 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 be maintained 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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3014)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2627; 1919 § 6921; 1909 § 7924
MO Rev Stat § 441.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant|Section 441.020 - Illegal use of premises renders lease void.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   441.020. 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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 4689, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4299; 1919 § 3549; 1909 § 4762  (1956) Evidence held insufficient to support verdict for forfeiture of lease because of gambling on premises. Blair v. Hamilton (A.), 297 S.W.2d 14.
MO Rev Stat § 441.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant|Section 441.030 - Tenant not to assign without consent — nor violate conditions — nor commit waste.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   441.030. 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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2967)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2581; 1919 § 6877; 1909 § 7880  CROSS REFERENCES:  Assignment of leases to be in writing, 432.060  Damages for waste, 537.420, 537.450, 537.460  Receivership in case of waste pending suit, 537.500
MO Rev Stat § 441.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant|Section 441.040 - Landlord may take possession, when — landlord liable, when, burden of proof.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   441.040. 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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2968, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2582; 1919 § 6878; 1909 § 7881
MO Rev Stat § 441.043 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant|Section 441.043 - Counties and cities not to adopt ordinances regulating rents of private or commercial property, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   441.043. Counties and cities not to adopt ordinances regulating rents of private or commercial property, exceptions. — No county or city, or county or city with a charter form of government may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of rent to be charged for privately-owned, single-family, or multiple-unit residential or commercial rental property. This section shall not be construed as prohibiting any county or city, or any authority created by a county or city for that purpose, from:  (1) Regulating in any way property belonging to that city, county, or authority;  (2) Entering into agreements with private persons which regulate the amount of rent charged for subsidized rental properties; or  (3) Enacting ordinances or resolutions restricting rent for properties assisted with community development block grant funds. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 602 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 441.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant|Section 441.050 - Tenancy from year to year, how terminated.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   441.050. 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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2969)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2583; 1919 § 6879; 1909 § 7882  CROSS REFERENCE:  Service of notice, generally, 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.