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Unlawful eviction is any attempt by the landlord to evict a tenant without a court order. Only a judge can order a tenant to move. Illegal ?self-help? evictions may include the landlord changing your locks, threatening you or engaging in physical violence against you, or removing your personal property.

Generally speaking, Missouri is considered a landlord-friendly state. That's because there are no laws that control rental, evictions can be carried out relatively quickly, and landlords have few habitability obligations. The following is a basic guide to the statewide Missouri landlord-tenant laws.

Landlords cannot refuse to sell, rent, sublease or otherwise make housing available based on a renter's race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status or national origin. Landlords also cannot charge some individuals higher rent or falsely state that housing is not available for discriminatory reasons.

There are three types of evictions in Missouri: (1) a Rent & Possession action, (2) an Unlawful Detainer action, and (3) an Emergency Eviction.

If the landlord wants to end a month-to-month tenancy, then the landlord must provide the tenant with a written one-month notice, specifying the date by which the tenant needs to move. If the tenant does not move out by that date, then the landlord can file an eviction lawsuit against the tenant (see Mo. Rev.

The only way a landlord can evict a tenant in Missouri is by receiving a court order allowing the eviction to occur. It is illegal for a landlord to attempt to evict a tenant through any other means, such as changing the locks or shutting off the utilities at the rental property (see Mo. Rev. Stat.