Missouri Notice to Vacate

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

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)).

Ending a week-to-week tenancy: 30 days

• §441.060.1 applies to any tenancy at will, by sufferance 'or for less than one year' — one month's written notice; no shorter statutory period for week-to-week tenancies was found.

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

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

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

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the date the tenant must leave and how the notice is delivered, and states the notice period plainly. You enter the period; where LeaseCraft has verified the Missouri period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, it refuses a shorter one.

Create a Missouri notice to vacate

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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