Missouri's main statutory check on HOA authority is RSMo 442.404, which bars covenants from prohibiting rooftop solar panels, political signs, and for-sale signs, allowing only reasonable rules. Section 442.012 makes solar use a property right. Missouri has no statute protecting the U.S. flag from HOA bans.
RSMo 442.404 provides that deed restrictions and covenants may not prohibit rooftop solar panels on owner-controlled roofs, political signs, or for-sale signs; an HOA may adopt only reasonable rules that do not block installation, impair function, or raise cost, and must give written notice (three days for political signs) before removing a sign. The solar provision took effect January 1, 2023, and the Missouri Supreme Court applied it to pre-existing covenants in Eikmeier v. Granite Springs (2026). A 2024 amendment (HB 2062) added protection for keeping up to six chickens, but a circuit court struck that bill down as unconstitutional in 2025. Section 442.012 separately declares solar use a property right; no statute bars HOAs from prohibiting the U.S. flag.
Covenants prohibiting rooftop solar, political signs, or for-sale signs are unenforceable under RSMo 442.404; only reasonable rules survive. There is no statutory remedy against an HOA restriction on the U.S. flag, which is governed solely by the recorded declaration.
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