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2023 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.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
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.
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(L. 2009 S.B. 1 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.550 - Citation of law.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.550. Citation of law. —
Sections 436.550 to 436.572 shall be known and may be cited as the "Consumer Legal Funding Act".
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.554 - Contract requirements.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.554. Contract requirements. —
1. All consumer legal funding contracts shall meet the following requirements:
(1) The contract shall be completely filled in when presented to the consumer for signature;
(2) The contract shall contain, in bold and boxed type, a right of rescission allowing the consumer to cancel the contract without penalty or further obligation if, within ten business days after the funding date, the consumer either:
(a) Returns the full amount of the disbursed funds to the consumer legal funding company by delivering the company's uncashed check to the company's office in person; or
(b) Mails a notice of cancellation by insured, certified, or registered United States mail to the address specified in the contract and includes a return of the full amount of disbursed funds in such mailing in the form of the company's uncashed check or a registered or certified check or money order;
(3) The contract shall contain the initials of the consumer on each page; and
(4) The contract shall require the consumer to give nonrevocable written direction to the consumer's attorney requiring the attorney to notify the consumer legal funding company when the legal claim has been resolved. Once the consumer legal funding company confirms in writing the amount due under the contract, the consumer's attorney shall pay, from the proceeds of the resolution of the legal claim, the consumer legal funding company the amount due within ten business days.
2. The consumer legal funding company shall provide the consumer's attorney with a written notification of the consumer legal funding contract provided to the consumer within three business days of the funding date by way of postal mail, courier service, facsimile, or other means of proof of delivery method.
3. A consumer legal funding contract shall be entered into only if the contract involves an existing legal claim in which the consumer is represented by an attorney.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.556 - Prohibited acts.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.556. Prohibited acts. —
No consumer legal funding company shall:
(1) Pay or offer to pay commissions, referral fees, or other forms of consideration to any attorney, law firm, medical provider, chiropractor, or physical therapist or any of their employees for referring a consumer to the company;
(2) Accept any commissions, referral fees, rebates, or other forms of consideration from an attorney, law firm, medical provider, chiropractor, or physical therapist or any of their employees;
(3) Intentionally advertise materially false or misleading information regarding its products or services;
(4) Refer, in furtherance of an initial legal funding, a customer or potential customer to a specific attorney, law firm, medical provider, chiropractor, or physical therapist or any of their employees. However, the company may refer the customer to a local or state bar association referral service if a customer needs legal representation;
(5) Fail to promptly supply a copy of the executed contract to the consumer's attorney;
(6) Knowingly provide funding to a consumer who has previously assigned or sold a portion of the right to proceeds from the consumer's legal claim unless the consumer legal funding company pays or purchases the entire unsatisfied funded amount and contracted charges from the prior consumer legal funding company or the two companies agree to a lesser amount in writing. However, multiple companies may agree to contemporaneously provide funding to a consumer, provided that the consumer and the consumer's attorney consent to the arrangement in writing;
(7) Receive any right to or make any decisions with respect to the conduct of the underlying legal claim or any settlement or resolution thereof. The right to make such decisions shall remain solely with the consumer and the attorney in the legal claim;
(8) Knowingly pay or offer to pay for court costs, filing fees, or attorney's fees either during or after the resolution of the legal claim by using funds from the consumer legal funding contract. The consumer legal funding contract shall include a provision advising the consumer that the funding shall not be used for such costs or fees; or
(9) Sell a consumer litigation funding contract in whole or in part to a third party. However, if the consumer legal funding company retains responsibility for collecting payment, administering, and otherwise enforcing the consumer legal funding contract, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following:
(a) An assignment to a wholly owned subsidiary of the consumer legal funding company;
(b) An assignment to an affiliate of the consumer legal funding company that is under common control;
(c) The granting of a security interest under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or as otherwise permitted by law.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.558 - Predetermined payment to company, amount — limitation on length of contract term.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.558. Predetermined payment to company, amount — limitation on length of contract term. —
1. The contracted amount to be paid to the consumer legal funding company shall be set as a predetermined amount based upon intervals of time from the funding date to the resolution date and shall not be determined as a percentage of the recovery from the legal claim.
2. No consumer legal funding contract shall be valid if its terms exceed a period of forty-eight months. No consumer legal funding contract shall be automatically renewed.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.562 - Attorney general, no restriction on exercise of powers and duties — contract void, when.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.562. Attorney general, no restriction on exercise of powers and duties — contract void, when. —
1. Nothing in sections 436.550 to 436.572 shall be construed to restrict the exercise of powers or the performance of the duties of the state attorney general that he or she is authorized to exercise or perform by law.
2. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a consumer legal funding company has intentionally violated the provisions of sections 436.550 to 436.572 in a consumer legal funding contract, the consumer legal funding contract shall be voided.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.564 - Assignment of potential proceeds of a legal claim — contract not a loan — priority of liens.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.564. Assignment of potential proceeds of a legal claim — contract not a loan — priority of liens. —
1. The contingent right to receive an amount of the potential proceeds of a legal claim is assignable.
2. Nothing contained in sections 436.550 to 436.572 shall be construed to cause any consumer legal funding contract conforming to sections 436.550 to 436.572 to be deemed a loan or to be subject to any of the provisions governing loans. A consumer legal funding contract that complies with sections 436.550 to 436.572 is not subject to any other statutory or regulatory provisions governing loans or investment contracts. To the extent that sections 436.550 to 436.572 conflict with any other law, such sections shall supersede the other law for the purposes of regulating consumer legal funding in this state.
3. Only attorney's liens related to the legal claim, Medicare, or other statutory liens related to the legal claim shall take priority over claims to proceeds from the consumer legal funding company. All other liens and claims shall take priority by normal operation of law.
4. No consumer legal funding company shall report a consumer to a credit reporting agency if insufficient funds remain from the net proceeds to repay the company.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.566 - Financial interest in company, restrictions.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.566. Financial interest in company, restrictions. —
An attorney or law firm retained by the consumer in the legal claim shall not have a financial interest in the consumer legal funding company offering consumer legal funding to that consumer. Additionally, any practicing attorney who has referred the consumer to his or her retained attorney shall not have a financial interest in the consumer legal funding company offering consumer legal funding to that consumer.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.568 - Communications not discoverable, when — work-product doctrine and attorney-client privilege not abrogated.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.568. Communications not discoverable, when — work-product doctrine and attorney-client privilege not abrogated. —
No communication between the consumer's attorney in the legal claim and the consumer legal funding company necessary to ascertain the status of a legal claim or a legal claim's expected value shall be discoverable by a party with whom the claim is filed or against whom the claim is asserted. This section does not limit, waive, or abrogate the scope or nature of any statutory or common-law privilege, including the work-product doctrine and attorney-client privilege.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations › Chapter 436 - Special Purpose Contracts › Section 436.572 - Discovery, usual rules to apply.

Title XXVIII CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS
Chapter 436
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
436.572. Discovery, usual rules to apply. —
A consumer legal funding contract is a fact subject to the usual rules of discovery.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.005 - Definitions.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
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.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2010 S.B. 630, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1410 merged with S.B. 655)
2023 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.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3014)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2627; 1919 § 6921; 1909 § 7924
2023 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.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• 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.
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(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.
2023 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.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• 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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2968, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2582; 1919 § 6878; 1909 § 7881
2023 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.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
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.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 602 § 2)
2023 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.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• 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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.065 - Abandonment of rental premises, when, procedure.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
441.065. Abandonment of rental premises, when, procedure. —
Any property of a tenant remaining in or at the premises, after the tenant abandons the premises, may be removed or disposed of by the landlord without liability to the tenant for such removal or disposition. The premises shall be deemed abandoned if:
(1) The landlord has a reasonable belief that the tenant has vacated the premises and intends not to return;
(2) The rent is due and has been unpaid for thirty days; and
(3) The landlord posts written notice on the premises and mails to the last known address of the tenant by both first class mail and certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice of the landlord's belief of abandonment. The notice shall include the following, where appropriate:
"The rent on this property has been due and unpaid for thirty consecutive days and the landlord believes that you have moved out and abandoned the property. The landlord may declare this property abandoned and remove your possessions from this unit and dispose of them unless you write to the landlord stating that you have not abandoned this unit within ten days of the landlord having both posted this notice on your door and mailing this notice to you. You should mail your statement by regular first class mail and, if you so choose, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to this address ______ (here insert landlord's name and street address)"; and
(4) The tenant fails to either pay rent or respond in writing to the landlord's notice within ten days after both the date of the posting and deposit of such notice by either first class mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the tenant's intention not to abandon the premises.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 361)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.070 - No notice necessary, when.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.070. No notice necessary, when. —
No notice to quit shall be necessary from or to a tenant whose term is to end at a certain time, or when, by special agreement, notice is dispensed with.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2972)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2585; 1919 § 6881; 1909 § 7884
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.080 - Liability of tenants after termination of term.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.080. Liability of tenants after termination of term. —
If any tenant for life or years, or if any other person, who may come into the possession of any lands or tenements under or by collusion with such tenant, shall willfully hold over the same after the termination of such term, and after demand made and notice in writing given, requiring the possession thereof, by the person entitled thereto, such person so holding over shall pay to the person so kept out of possession double the yearly value of the lands or tenements so detained, for all the time he shall keep the person entitled out of possession.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2966)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2580; 1919 § 6876; 1909 § 7879
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.090 - Recovery action — tenant served with summons — notice — penalty.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.090. Recovery action — tenant served with summons — notice — penalty. —
Every tenant on whom a summons in an action to recover the tenements held by him shall be served shall forthwith give notice thereof to the person, or the agent of the person, of whom such tenant holds, under the penalty of forfeiting to such person the value of three years' rent of the premises occupied by him.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2963)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2577; 1919 § 6873; 1909 § 7876
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.100 - Tenant giving notice to quit, and failing to do so, liable.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.100. Tenant giving notice to quit, and failing to do so, liable. —
If any tenant shall give notice, in writing, of his intention to quit the premises held by him, at a time specified in such notice, and shall not deliver up the possession thereof at such time, such tenant, his executors or administrators shall from thenceforward pay to the landlord, his heirs or assigns, double the rent reserved during all the time such tenant shall so continue in possession.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2964)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2578; 1919 § 6874; 1909 § 7877
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.110 - Such rent, how recovered.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.110. Such rent, how recovered. —
Such double rent shall be recovered in the same manner, at the same time, that the single rent is recoverable.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2965)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2579; 1919 § 6875; 1909 § 7878
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.120 - Oral evidence not to show renewal of lease or change — notice to quit.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.120. Oral evidence not to show renewal of lease or change — notice to quit. —
1. In all cases where a tenant holds over after the termination of the time for which the premises were let or leased, under a written contract between the lessor or his agent and the tenant or his agent, in any suit for possession by the party entitled to possession of said premises against such tenant, after the termination of the time for which said premises were let or leased under written contract, oral evidence shall not be admissible that said lease or letting was renewed or extended, or that a new contract was entered into or substituted for the written contract, but the tenant's right to continued possession or the landlord's right to collect rent on said premises after the termination thereof, shall be established by contract in writing; provided, however, this section shall not prevent a recovery of damages by either party for breach of the written contract.
2. In all cases of an oral letting or leasing of real property for any agricultural year, tenancy at will or by sufferance, or for less than one year, if either party shall terminate said tenancy in accordance with the provisions of sections 441.050 and 441.060, in any suit thereafter between said parties, oral testimony shall not be admissible to vary, alter or abrogate the effect of the notice required and given under sections 441.050 and 441.060, but such notice may be varied, altered or abrogated only by written evidence thereof and bearing an actual date subsequent to the date of the notice provided for in said sections.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2970)
CROSS REFERENCE:
New tenant may maintain action of unlawful detainer against tenant holding over, when, 534.290
(1953) Evidence showing tenant did additional work on premises with landlord's consent in reliance on new oral lease after expiration of written lease, held inadmissible. Harriman v. Hale (A.), 258 S.W.2d 27.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.130 - Alienee or assignee may recover rent.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
441.130. Alienee or assignee may recover rent. —
If the owner or holder of the lands, tenements, an estate or a lease term alienates or assigns such owner's or holder's lands, tenement, estate or term, or the rent thereafter to fall due on such premises after such alienation or assignment, the owner's or holder's alienee or assignee may recover such rent paid to such owner or holder after such alienation or assignment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2989, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2602; 1919 § 6896; 1909 § 7899
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.140 - Grants of rents good without attornment of tenants.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
441.140. Grants of rents good without attornment of tenants. —
Grants of rents, or of lands, tenements, estates, lease terms, reversions or remainders pursuant to section 441.130 or section 535.070 shall be good and shall be effective without the consent of the tenants; unless otherwise stated in the lease; but no tenant, who, before notice of the grant, pays the rent to the grantor, shall suffer any damage for such payment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3015, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2625; 1919 § 6922; 1909 § 7925
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.150 - Attornment to stranger void — exceptions.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.150. Attornment to stranger void — exceptions. —
The attornment of a tenant to a stranger shall be void, and shall not in any wise affect the possession of his landlord, unless it is made:
(1) With the consent of the landlord; or
(2) Pursuant to or in consequence of a judgment at law, or a decree in equity, or sale under execution or deed of trust; or
(3) To a mortgagee, after the mortgage has been forfeited.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2973)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2586; 1919 § 6882; 1909 § 7885
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.160 - Executor or administrator of tenant for life may recover rents.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.160. Executor or administrator of tenant for life may recover rents. —
The executors or administrators of any tenant for life, who shall have demised any lands or tenements so held, and shall die on or before the day when any rent on such demise shall become payable, may recover:
(1) If such tenant for life die on the day, the whole rent;
(2) If he die before the day, such proportion of the rent as shall have accrued before his death.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2959)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2573; 1919 § 6869; 1909 § 7871
CROSS REFERENCE:
Unlawful detainer action, cause survives on death of lessor, 534.270
(1959) Where life tenant leased farm to tenant for crop rent and died after the crop was planted but before maturity or harvest, the rent did not accrue during life estate so that remaindermen were entitled to the proceeds from sale of crop. In re North's Estate (A.), 320 S.W.2d 597.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.170 - Remedy of executor or administrator.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.170. Remedy of executor or administrator. —
The executors or administrators of any person to whom any rent shall have been due and unpaid at the time of the death of such person may have the same remedy, by action against the tenant, his executors or administrators, for the recovery thereof, that their testator or intestate might have if living.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2962)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2576; 1919 § 6872; 1909 § 7875
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.180 - Rents dependent on life of another, how recovered when unpaid.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.180. Rents dependent on life of another, how recovered when unpaid. —
Every person entitled to any rents, dependent upon the life of any other, may, notwithstanding the death of such other person, have the same remedy, by action, for the recovery of all arrears of such rents as are due and unpaid at the death of such other person, as he might have if such other person were in full life.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2960)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2574; 1919 § 6870; 1909 § 7872
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.190 - Rent due on lease for life, how recovered.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.190. Rent due on lease for life, how recovered. —
Any person having any rent due upon any lease for life may have the same remedy, by action for the recovery thereof, as if such lease were for years.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2961)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2575; 1919 § 6871; 1909 § 7874
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.200 - Landlord may recover for use and occupation.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.200. Landlord may recover for use and occupation. —
A landlord may recover a reasonable satisfaction for the use and occupation of any lands or tenements held by any person under an agreement not made by deed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2974)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2587; 1919 § 6883; 1909 § 7886
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.210 - If parol demise appear on trial, shall be evidence of what.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.210. If parol demise appear on trial, shall be evidence of what. —
If a parol demise, or other agreement not by deed, by which a certain rent is reserved, appear in evidence on the trial of such action, the plaintiff shall not on that account be debarred from a recovery, but may make use thereof as evidence of the amount of damages to be recovered.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2975)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2588; 1919 § 6884; 1909 § 7887
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.220 - Rent may be recovered of whom, and how.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.220. Rent may be recovered of whom, and how. —
Rent may be recovered from the lessee or person owing it, or his assignee or undertenant, or the representative of either, by the same remedies given in sections 441.240 to 441.280; but no assignee or undertenant shall be liable for rent which became due before his interest began.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2990)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2603; 1919 § 6897; 1909 § 7900
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.230 - If tenant sublet, landlord may join sublessees in same actions.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.230. If tenant sublet, landlord may join sublessees in same actions. —
In case any tenant shall sublet any premises or any part thereof demised or let to him, the landlord shall have the right, in any action provided for by this chapter and chapter 535, to join as party defendants his lessee and all sublessees in the same action.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2991)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2604; 1919 § 6898; 1909 § 7901
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.233 - Landlord's unlawful removal or exclusion of tenant, liability — interruption of services, landlord's liability.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
441.233. Landlord's unlawful removal or exclusion of tenant, liability — interruption of services, landlord's liability. —
1. Except as provided in section 441.065, a landlord or its agent who removes or excludes a tenant or the tenant's personal property from the premises without judicial process and court order, or causes such removal or exclusion, or causes the removal of the doors or locks to such premises, shall be deemed guilty of forcible entry and detainer as described in chapter 534.
2. Any landlord or its agent who willfully diminishes services to a tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of essential services, including but not limited to electric, gas, water, or sewer service, to the tenant or to the premises shall be deemed guilty of forcible entry and detainer as described in chapter 534; provided however, this section shall not be applicable if a landlord or its agent takes such action for health or safety reasons.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 361 § 441.223)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.234 - Tenant may deduct cost of repair of rental premises from rent, when — limitations.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
441.234. Tenant may deduct cost of repair of rental premises from rent, when — limitations. —
1. The provisions of this section shall apply only to a tenant who has lawfully resided on the rental premises for six consecutive months, has paid all rent and charges due the landlord during that time, and did not during that time receive any written notice from the landlord of any violation of any lease provision or house rule, which violation was not subsequently cured.
2. If there exists a condition on residential premises which detrimentally affects the habitability, sanitation or security of the premises, and the condition constitutes a violation of a local municipal housing or building code, and the reasonable cost to correct the condition is less than three hundred dollars, or one-half of the periodic rent, whichever is greater, provided that the cost may not exceed one month's rent, the tenant may notify the landlord of the tenant's intention to correct the condition at the landlord's expense. If the landlord fails to correct the condition within fourteen days after being notified by the tenant in writing or as promptly as required in case of an emergency, the tenant may cause the work to be done in a workmanlike manner and, after submitting to the landlord an itemized statement, including receipts, deduct from the rent the actual and reasonable cost of the work, as documented by the receipts, not exceeding the amount specified in this subsection; provided, however, if the landlord provides to the tenant within said notice period a written statement disputing the necessity of the repair, then the tenant may not deduct the cost of the repair from the rent without securing, before the repair is performed, a written certification from the local municipality or government entity that the condition requiring repair constitutes a violation of local municipal housing or building code. In the event of such certification, the tenant may cause the work to be done as described herein if the landlord fails to correct the condition within fourteen days after the date of said certification or the date of the notice from the tenant, whichever is later, or as promptly as required in case of an emergency. The tenant's remedy provided herein is not exclusive of any other remedies which may be available to the tenant under the law. No lease agreement shall contain a waiver of the rights described in this section.
3. A tenant may not repair at the landlord's expense if the condition was caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or other person on the premises with tenant's consent. A tenant may not deduct in the aggregate more than the amount of one month's rent during any twelve-month period.
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(L. 1997 H.B. 361)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.236 - Disclosures required for transfer of property where methamphetamine production occurred.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
Effective - 28 Aug 2001, 2 histories
441.236. Disclosures required for transfer of property where methamphetamine production occurred. —
In the event that any premises to be rented, leased, sold, transferred or conveyed is or was used as a site for methamphetamine production, the owner, seller, landlord or other transferor shall disclose in writing to the prospective lessee, purchaser or transferee the fact that methamphetamine was produced on the premises, provided that the owner, seller, landlord or other transferor has knowledge of such prior methamphetamine production. The owner shall disclose any prior knowledge of methamphetamine production, regardless of whether the persons involved in the production were convicted for such production.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 471 and L. 2001 S.B. 89 & 37, A.L. 2011 H.B. 315)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.240 - Attachment for rent.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
441.240. Attachment for rent. —
1. Any person who shall be liable to pay rent, whether the same be due or not, or whether the same be payable in money or other thing, if the rent be due within one year thereafter, shall be liable to attachment for such rent, in the following instances:
(1) When he intends to remove his property from the leased or rented premises;
(2) When he is removing his property from the leased or rented premises;
(3) When he has, within thirty days, removed his property from the leased or rented premises;
(4) When he shall in any manner dispose of the crop, or any part thereof, grown on the leased or rented premises, so as to endanger, hinder or delay the collection of the rent;
(5) When he shall attempt to dispose of the crop, or any part thereof, grown on the leased or rented premises, so as to endanger, hinder or delay the collection of the rent;
(6) When the rent is due and unpaid, after demand thereof. Provided, if such tenant be absent from such leased premises, demand may be made of the person occupying the same.
2. The person to whom the rent is owing, or his agent, may, before an associate circuit judge or the clerk of a court of record having jurisdiction of actions by attachment in ordinary cases, of the county in which the premises lie, make an affidavit of one or more of the foregoing grounds of attachment, and that he believes unless an attachment issue plaintiff will lose his rent; and upon the filing of such affidavit, together with a statement of plaintiff's cause of action, such officer shall issue an attachment for the rent against the personal property, including the crops grown on the leased premises, but no such attachment shall issue until the plaintiff has given bond, executed by himself or by some responsible person for him, as principal, in double the amount sued for, with good security, to the defendant to indemnify him if it appear that the attachment has been wrongfully obtained; provided, if any person shall buy any crop grown on demised premises upon which any rent is unpaid, and such purchaser has knowledge of the fact that such crop was grown on demised premises, he shall be liable in an action for the value thereof, to any party entitled thereto, or may be subject to garnishment at law in any suit against the tenant for the recovery of the rent.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2986, A.L. 1945 p. 1107)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2599; 1919 § 6893; 1909 § 7896
CROSS REFERENCE:
Attachment, generally, Chap. 521
(1993) Landlord's lien on tenant's crops attach in year crops sprout, rather than in year crops are harvested and sold. Lien for 1989 rent attached to crops planted in 1989 and harvested in 1990. Jenkins v. Missouri Farmers Association, Inc., 851 S.W.2d 542 (Mo. App. W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.250 - Proceedings to be same as in suits by attachment.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.250. Proceedings to be same as in suits by attachment. —
Proceedings on all attachments issued under this chapter shall be the same as provided by law in case of suits by attachment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2987)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2600; 1919 § 6894; 1909 § 7897
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.260 - Who may recover rent.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.260. Who may recover rent. —
Any person to whom rent is due, whether he have the reversion or not or his personal representatives or assignee, may recover such rent, as provided in sections 441.240 and 441.250, whatever be the estate of the person owning the land, or though his estate or interest in it be ended.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2988)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2601; 1919 § 6895; 1909 § 7898
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant › Section 441.270 - What property exempt from attachment for rent.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 441
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
441.270. What property exempt from attachment for rent. —
Property exempt from execution shall be also exempt from attachment for rent, except the crop grown on the demised premises on which the rent claimed is due.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2992)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2605; 1919 § 6899; 1909 § 7902
CROSS REFERENCE:
Exemptions from execution, Chap. 513