Missouri landlord tenant law: the rules a landlord meets

Missouri security deposit law

Most you can take

2 months’ rentRSMo § 535.300.1

Back to the tenant within

30 daysRSMo § 535.300

Rent and late fees

Late fee

No statute caps itNo statute sets this

Missouri rent increase laws and rent control

Notice before a rent increase

No statutory period confirmedMo. Rev. Stat. §§ 441.043, 441.060No statute sets a rent-increase notice period; a month-to-month tenancy ends on one month's written notice. Counties and cities may not regulate private rents.

Rent control

Local rent control bannedMo. Rev. Stat. §§ 441.043, 441.060

Entering the property: notice to the tenant

Notice before you enter

No statute sets thisNo statute sets this

Ending a tenancy and eviction notices

Ending a month-to-month tenancy

30 daysRSMo § 441.060.4(1)Written notice ending on a rent day at least one month after the tenant receives it.

Unpaid rent

Could not be confirmedMo. Rev. Stat. §§ 535.020, 535.040, 535.160“demand for rent”Paying in full within the period stops itNo notice period is required: once rent is due and has been demanded and not paid, the landlord may file. Tendering the rent and costs at the hearing, or paying the judgment before it becomes final, stops the case.

Another breach of the lease

10 daysMo. Rev. Stat. §§ 441.020, 441.030, 441.040“10-day notice to vacate”The statute does not say whether the breach can be fixedApplies when the tenant violates a condition of a written lease, assigns without written consent, commits waste, or allows illegal drug activity or gambling on the premises. The statute gives no cure period.

Lockouts and shutoffs

Banned: lockouts and utility shutoffsMo. Rev. Stat. § 441.233

The Missouri eviction process, step by step

Disclosures a Missouri lease has to carry

• The landlord must disclose in writing, at or before the start of the tenancy, the name and address of the manager and of an owner or agent for service of process and notices. (RSMo § 535.185)