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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.220 - Rights under derivative titles may be shown.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.220. Rights under derivative titles may be shown. —
Evidence for proof of rights under derivative titles, provided for by this chapter, shall be admissible in actions instituted under this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2866)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2480; 1919 § 3028; 1909 § 7690
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.230 - Extent of claim of person having lawful possession.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.230. Extent of claim of person having lawful possession. —
When any forcible entry and detainer, or unlawful detainer, shall be made upon any lands or other possessions, against the provisions of this chapter, the person having the lawful possession, shall, against the wrongdoer, be considered as entitled to such quantity, extent and limits of lands as by the patent, grant, concession, deed, survey, donation, settlement or preemption right, such person or those under whom he claims can, by the laws of the United States or of this state, have and lawfully claim in and to such premises.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2860)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2474; 1919 § 3022; 1909 § 7684
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.240 - Extent of claim where there has been no survey.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.240. Extent of claim where there has been no survey. —
Where no legal survey has been made of such possession, the improvement of the person entitled to the possession shall be in the middle of the tract as near as may be, making the survey as near in a square as may be, not to interfere with any established survey or line, or any conditional line agreed upon by the adjoining proprietors or possessors.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2861)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2475; 1919 § 3023; 1909 § 7685
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.250 - Persons having settlement on public lands may maintain action, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.250. Persons having settlement on public lands may maintain action, when. —
Every person who shall have a settlement or field on public land, who shall reside on or be in possession of the same at the time of the forcible entry and detainer, or unlawful detainer, shall have the same remedy as is herein provided in such cases, against any person who shall make such unlawful entry upon him; provided, that any person having authority from the United States, or lawfully claiming under them, shall have power to enter into such land.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2859)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2473; 1919 § 3021; 1909 § 7683
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.260 - Heirs, devisees entitled to what remedies.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.260. Heirs, devisees entitled to what remedies. —
Heirs, devisees, grantees and assigns of any lands, tenements or other real possessions, and executors and administrators in charge of lands of deceased persons, shall be entitled to the same remedies against persons guilty of forcible entry and detainer or unlawful detainer of such lands, tenements or other real possessions, before the descent, devise, grant or assignment thereof, or the granting of letters, as the ancestor, devisor, grantor, assignor or intestate was entitled to by virtue of this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2863)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2477; 1919 § 3025; 1909 § 7687
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.270 - If lessor dies, remedy survives to heirs.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.270. If lessor dies, remedy survives to heirs. —
If any lessor of any lands, tenements or other real possessions shall die or shall grant or assign such lands or tenement or other real possessions, before the expiration of the term for which they were demised or let, his heirs, devisees, grantees, assigns and executors or administrators in charge of the lands of such lessor shall have the same remedies against anyone guilty of an unlawful detainer, by holding over such lands, tenements or other real possessions after the term for which they were demised or let, as such lessor would have if he had not died, or had not granted or assigned such lands, tenements or other real possessions.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2864)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2478; 1919 § 3026; 1909 § 7688
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.280 - Effect of forfeiture of lease.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.280. Effect of forfeiture of lease. —
The determination of any lease by forfeiture shall, within the purview of this chapter, have the same effect as if the term thereby created had expired.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2865)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2479; 1919 § 3027; 1909 § 7689
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.290 - New tenant may maintain action, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.290. New tenant may maintain action, when. —
Where the action of unlawful detainer is brought by a landlord against his tenant holding over after the termination of the tenancy, it shall be no defense to show that the plaintiff, before such termination, has let the premises to another person; and in case of such new letting, the new tenant after demand made in writing requiring the delivery of possession of such premises and setting forth his title, if the possession be refused, may maintain an action of unlawful detainer against the tenant holding over, if there be no such action by the landlord pending.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2868)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2482; 1919 § 3030; 1909 § 7692
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.300 - Three years' possession a bar to the action.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
534.300. Three years' possession a bar to the action. —
The provisions of this chapter shall not extend to any person who has had the uninterrupted occupation or been in quiet possession of any lands or tenements for the space of three whole years together, immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, or who has continued three whole years in the peaceable possession after the time for which the premises were demised or let to him, or those under whom he claims, shall have expired.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2854)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2468; 1919 § 3016; 1909 § 7678
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.310 - Verdict for complainant — what it shall include.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
534.310. Verdict for complainant — what it shall include. —
Whenever the verdict of the jury or finding of the judge shall be for the complainant, damages shall be assessed as well for waste and injury committed upon the premises found to have been forcibly or unlawfully detained, as for all rents and profits due and owing up to the time of the rendering of the verdict or finding of the judge, and such verdict or finding shall also state the monthly value of the rents and profits of said premises.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2845, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2459; 1919 § 3007; 1909 § 7669
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.320 - Verdict may be corrected in matters of form.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
534.320. Verdict may be corrected in matters of form. —
No verdict shall be set aside for informality, but the judge may in the presence of the jury, correct the same in matters of form, changing no matter of substance.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2848, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2462; 1919 § 3010; 1909 § 7672
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.330 - Judgment on verdict for complainant.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
534.330. Judgment on verdict for complainant. —
1. If the verdict of the jury or the finding of the judge is for the complainant, the judge shall record the verdict or finding, and the judgment shall be that the complainant have restitution of the premises found to have been forcibly or unlawfully detained, and recover from the defendant the sum of ______ dollars, double the sum assessed by the jury, or found for his damages; and also at the rate of ______ dollars, double the sum found per month, for rents and profits, from the ______ day of ______, 20______, the day of judgment, until restitution be made, together with costs.
2. The court, upon issuing judgment in favor of the plaintiff pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, shall, within two business days following the date the judgment becomes final, transmit a copy of such judgment to the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction to enforce such judgment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2850, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2464; 1919 § 3012; 1909 § 7674
(1972) Where addendum to lease provided that failure to pay rental installments on or before date due would result in immediate termination of right to possession, that no notice of any kind would be required, and that time was of the essence, court ruled on appeal from unlawful detainer action that appellant landlord would be held to scrupulous observance of every common law requirement unless waived by agreement and found that landlord's conduct in accepting ten consecutive monthly rent payments late raised submissible fact issue as to waiver of strict compliance by tenant. Fritts v. Cloud Oak Flooring Company (A.), 478 S.W.2d 8.
(1974) Exact amount due must be remanded on day it becomes due to authorize recovery under this section. New Brentwood Realty v. Strad, Inc. (A.), 509 S.W.2d 214.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.340 - Transcript of judgment — revived and enforced, how.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
534.340. Transcript of judgment — revived and enforced, how. —
Such judgment may be filed, transcripted and shall have like effect as other judgments and may be revived and enforced in the same manner.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2862, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2476; 1919 § 3024; 1909 § 7686
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.345 - Notice of default judgment in eviction proceeding must be sent to defaulting party.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
534.345. Notice of default judgment in eviction proceeding must be sent to defaulting party. —
In an action pursuant to chapter 441, chapter 524, or this chapter, the court in entering a judgment for possession of the premises shall, if the defendant defaults, send a notice to the party ordered to relinquish possession that a judgment for possession of the premises has been entered against said party, and said party must vacate the premises when the judgment is final.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 361)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.347 - Unauthorized sublessor or assignor of leased premises, double damages, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
534.347. Unauthorized sublessor or assignor of leased premises, double damages, when. —
In any action against any tenant to recover rent, or possession of any premises pursuant to chapter 534 or 535, if it appears from the evidence that such tenant allowed another person or persons to come into sole possession of any lands or tenements under or by collusion with such tenant and without the permission of the landlord, the court may, in addition to the rent due, allow the prevailing party damages not to exceed twice the amount of the rent due. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the landlord's ability to recover attorney's fees, other expenses or damages, or to pursue other remedies provided in the lease.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 361)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.350 - Execution — when issued and levied.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
534.350. Execution — when issued and levied. —
The judge rendering judgment in any such cause may issue execution at any time after judgment, but such execution shall not be levied until after the expiration of the time allowed for the taking of an appeal, except execution for the purpose of restoring possession shall be issued no sooner than ten days after the judgment. However, the execution for purposes of restoring possession shall be stayed pending an appeal if the losing party posts an appeal bond.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2888, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S.B. 655, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1862)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2502; 1919 § 3050; 1909 § 7712
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.355 - Court may include in judgment of possession an order to sheriff requiring delivery of premises to prevailing party within fifteen days.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
534.355. Court may include in judgment of possession an order to sheriff requiring delivery of premises to prevailing party within fifteen days. —
In an action pursuant to chapter 441, chapter 524, chapter 535, or this chapter, the court in entering a judgment for possession of the premises, at the request of the prevailing party, may order the sheriff or appropriate officer to deliver possession of the premises to the prevailing party within fifteen days of the date the judgment becomes final. Said order may be withdrawn at the request of the prevailing party.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 361)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.370 - Form of execution against defendant.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
534.370. Form of execution against defendant. —
Executions against defendants shall contain a clause of restitution, and, in other respects, conform to the judgment, and may be in the following form:
The state of Missouri, to the sheriff of the county of ______, greeting: Whereas, G H, on the ______ day of ______, 20______, obtained judgment before the undersigned judge for the county of ______, against E F, that the said G H have restitution of (here insert a description of the premises, as in the complaint, if the verdict be for the whole, or as in the verdict, if it be for a part), and that he recover of the said E F the sum of ______ dollars for his damages, and also at the rate of ______ dollars per month for rents and profits, from the ______ day of ______, 20______, until restitution be made, together with costs: You are, therefore, commanded to take with you the power of the county, if necessary, and to cause the said E F to be forthwith removed from the said premises, and the said G H to have peaceable possession thereof; and that of the goods and chattels of the said E F you cause to be levied the damages, rents and profits aforesaid, with the sum of ______ dollars for costs and ______ for this writ and your fees hereon, and that you return this writ, with your doings thereon, to the undersigned within twenty days from the date hereof. Given under my hand this ______ day of ______, 20______
A B, Judge.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2851, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2465; 1919 § 3013; 1909 § 7675
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.380 - Judgment stay for appeals.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S.B. 655)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.540 - Proceedings on default of defendant.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2901)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2515; 1919 § 3063; 1909 § 7725
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer › Section 534.570 - Appeals to supreme court — supersedeas.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2904)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2518; 1919 § 3066; 1909 § 7728
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 534
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2906)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2520; 1919 § 3068; 1909 § 7730
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2993)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2606; 1919 § 6900; 1909 § 7903
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
• 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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2997)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2610; 1919 § 6904; 1909 § 7907
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions › Section 535.060 - Demand of rent good, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2998, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2611; 1919 § 6905; 1909 § 7908
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions › Section 535.070 - Purchaser of leased lands may recover possession.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
• 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.
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(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
2023 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).

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2002 S.B. 932)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions › Section 535.090 - Complaint, contents — proof of trial.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3001, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2614; 1919 § 6908; 1909 § 7911
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
• 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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions › Section 535.120 - Action brought, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions › Section 535.130 - Summons in such action, how served.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2980)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2593; 1919 § 6887; 1909 § 7890
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions › Section 535.140 - Service shall stand instead of demand.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2981, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2594; 1919 § 6888; 1909 § 7891
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 535 - Landlord-Tenant Actions › Section 535.150 - Judgment for recovery of demised premises.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2982)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2595; 1919 § 6889; 1909 § 7892
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
• 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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2985)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2598; 1919 § 6892; 1909 § 7895
2023 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.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 535
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.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 602 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 536 - Administrative Procedure and Review › Section 536.014 - Rules invalid, when.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 536
• Effective - 27 Jun 1997, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 850)
Effective 6-27-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 536 - Administrative Procedure and Review › Section 536.015 - Missouri Register published at least monthly.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 536
• 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.
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(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)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 536 - Administrative Procedure and Review › Section 536.016 - Requirements for rulemaking — proposed rules to be made available on agency website.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 536
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
536.016. Requirements for rulemaking — proposed rules to be made available on agency website. —
1. Any state agency shall propose rules based upon substantial evidence on the record and a finding by the agency that the rule is necessary to carry out the purposes of the statute that granted such rulemaking authority.
2. Each state agency shall adopt procedures by which it will determine whether a rule is necessary to carry out the purposes of the statute authorizing the rule. Such criteria and rulemaking shall be based upon reasonably available empirical data and shall include an assessment of the effectiveness and the cost of rules both to the state and to any private or public person or entity affected by such rules.
3. Each state agency shall make publicly available proposed rules on the home page of its official internet website by providing a hyperlink entitled "proposed rules". This hyperlink shall grant access to an internet page which shall provide the following information for each proposed rule within one business day of when such rule is published in the Missouri Register:
(1) The text of the proposed rule as filed with the secretary of state pursuant to section 536.021, including any fiscal notes;
(2) A summary which shall be a concise statement not exceeding one hundred words using language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice either for or against the proposed rule; and
(3) A direct hyperlink to the full text of the proposed rule located in the Missouri Register and all material incorporated by reference on the secretary of state's website.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 850, A.L. 1999 S.B. 176, A.L. 2014 S.B. 504)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 536 - Administrative Procedure and Review › Section 536.017 - Taking of private property defined — proposed rules require takings analysis, when, purpose, procedure — rule invalid, when — exceptions.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 536
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
536.017. Taking of private property defined — proposed rules require takings analysis, when, purpose, procedure — rule invalid, when — exceptions. —
For purposes of this section,
"taking of private property"
shall mean an activity wherein private property is taken such that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States or any other similar or applicable law of this state. No department or agency shall transmit a proposed rule or regulation which limits or affects the use of real property to the secretary of state until a takings analysis has occurred. The takings analysis shall evaluate whether the proposed rule or regulation on its face constitutes a taking of real property under relevant state and federal law. The department or agency shall certify in the transmittal letter to the secretary of state that a takings analysis has occurred. Any rule that does not comply with this section shall be invalid and the secretary of state shall not publish the rule. A takings analysis shall not be necessary where the rule or regulation is being promulgated on an emergency basis, where the rule or regulation is federally mandated, or where the rule or regulation substantially codifies existing federal or state law.
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(L. 1994 H.B. 1099 §§ 536.017, B merged with S.B. 558, A.L. 1997 H.B. 88, A.L. 1998 S.B. 900)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 536 - Administrative Procedure and Review › Section 536.018 - "Agency" and "state agency" not to include institutions of higher education if sufficient safeguards for contested cases provided by institutions.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 536
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
536.018. "Agency" and "state agency" not to include institutions of higher education if sufficient safeguards for contested cases provided by institutions. —
The term
"agency"
and the term
"state agency"
as defined by section 536.010 shall not include an institution of higher education, supported in whole or in part from state funds, if such institution has established written procedures to assure that constitutionally required due process safeguards exist and apply to a proceeding that would otherwise constitute a "contested case" as defined in section 536.010.
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(L. 1994 H.B. 1099 merged with S.B. 558 § 1)
Effective 6-03-94 (S.B. 558); 8-28-94 (H.B. 1099)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts › Chapter 536 - Administrative Procedure and Review › Section 536.019 - Effective date of rules — contingent effective date.

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS
Chapter 536
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
*536.019. Effective date of rules — contingent effective date. —
1. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, a final order of rulemaking shall not take effect prior to the expiration of thirty legislative days of a regular session after such order of rulemaking has been filed with the general assembly by providing a copy thereof to the joint committee on administrative rules and the secretary of state.
2. This section shall become effective only upon the expiration of twenty calendar days following the:
(1) Failure of the executive to sign executive order number 97-97; or
(2) Modification, amendment or rescission of executive order number 97-97; or
(3) An agency's failure to hold the rule in abeyance as required by executive order number 97-97; or
(4) Declaration by a court with jurisdiction that section 536.024 or any portion of executive order number 97-97 is unconstitutional or invalid for any reason.
­­Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection to the contrary, no modification, amendment or rescission of executive order number 97-97 or failure to hold the rule in abeyance shall make this section effective if the modification, amendment or rescission of the executive order or failure to hold the rule in abeyance is approved by the general assembly by concurrent resolution.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 850)
*Contingent effective date, see subsection 2 of this section.
*Revisor's note: To date, the contingencies contained in this section regarding Executive Order 97-97 have not occurred.