Missouri Eviction Notice

Missouri notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

What the Missouri statute says

Unpaid rent: No pre-suit notice

• Rent must be due and payable and payment must have been demanded by the landlord or agent and not made; no statutory waiting period after the demand before filing a rent-and-possession action.
• The §441.060 one-month notice is expressly NOT required before a rent-and-possession filing.

Ending the tenancy without a chance to cure: 10 days

• Tenant violated §441.020 (permitting prohibited gaming devices, a bawdyhouse/brothel or common gaming house, or illegal possession, sale or distribution of controlled substances — lease becomes void) or §441.030 (assignment/transfer without landlord's written assent, violating any condition of a written lease, or committing waste).
• Landlord may re-enter and take possession or oust the tenant by the procedure specified by law after giving ten days' notice to vacate.

Exceptions

• Emergency drug/violence evictions under RSMo §§441.710–441.880 follow a separate expedited court procedure (not researched).

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 days

• Written notice stating the tenancy terminates on a periodic rent-paying date not less than one month after receipt of the notice (statute says 'one month', recorded as 30 days).

Exceptions

• Mobile-home lot tenancies (tenant owns the home): landlord notice not sooner than 60 days from the date rent next becomes due (§441.060.4(2)).

Tenant staying after the lease ends: No pre-suit notice

• A tenant who holds over after the term ends is guilty of unlawful detainer only after a written demand for delivery of possession is made and refused; no waiting period is stated (except 10 business days for certain post-foreclosure residential tenants).

Delivery, form and other Missouri rules

How the notice may be delivered

No statutory method: §441.060 requires written notice 'given to the other party' measured from 'receipt'; §534.030 requires a written demand for possession; §535.020 requires only that rent be 'demanded'.

RSMo §441.060.4(1); §534.030; §535.020 · read 2026-09-27

Required form or contents

none found

• §441.060 requires notice 'in writing'; §534.030 requires a 'demand made, in writing' for possession; no statutory contents or court form located.

RSMo §441.060; §534.030 · read 2026-09-27

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide just-cause requirement; month-to-month tenancies terminate on the §441.060 one-month notice without cause.

RSMo §441.060; §534.030 · read 2026-09-27

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the kind of notice and the dates, and the notice ends with a Certificate of Service to record how you delivered it. Beside the finished notice you get a Missouri checklist of the period, form and delivery rules LeaseCraft recorded. The period in the notice is the one you choose; where LeaseCraft has verified the Missouri period and your deadline is too soon, the document is not prepared until you move it.

Create a Missouri eviction notice

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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