Missouri Just Cause Eviction Statewide Statutory Framework

Under RSMo 441.060, a landlord may terminate a tenancy at will, sufferance, or month-to-month with one month's written notice, ending on a periodic rent-paying date. Missouri does not impose a just-cause standard for non-renewal of an expired lease, and landlord-tenant matters are governed by uniform statute. Combined with RSMo 441.043's preemption of local tenant protections affecting screening and lease decisions, cities and counties lack authority to impose just-cause eviction requirements on private landlords. Missouri follows a Dillon's Rule framework outside charter cities, leaving substantive eviction grounds to state law and the underlying lease.

Local just-cause eviction ordinances conflict with state statute and are unenforceable against private residential landlords.