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A Missouri month-to-month rental agreement is between a landlord and tenant for the leasing of property for an unspecified time period. The only way the lease changes is with notice by either the landlord or the tenant.

A tenancy at will or by sufferance, or for less than one year, may be terminated by the person entitled to the possession by giving one month's notice, in writing, to the person in possession, requiring the person in possession to vacate the premises.

In Missouri, a tenant can break a lease early, without penalty, due to uninhabitable living conditions if all of the following are true: Certain health and safety codes are not met. The tenant notifies the landlord about the issue. The landlord fails to make repairs within a reasonable period of time.

Missouri law doesn't make it easy for tenants to break the lease or withhold rent. Instead, in most situations, when a landlord breaches the lease, the tenant must continue to pay rent while pursuing a lawsuit against the landlord.

Under landlord tenant laws in Missouri, legal justifications for breaking a lease agreement include landlord harassment, lease violations, violation of habitability standards or any of the other landlord responsibilities, and if the tenant is a serviceman beginning active military duty with the armed forces.

Tenants must send notice before breaking a lease if they have a periodic one. It's either one month of notice for monthly leases or 60 days of notice for yearly ones with no end date. Those with fixed-term leases don't need to provide notice, as the lease ends on its last day.