535.120. Action brought, when. — Whenever one month's rent or more is in arrear from a tenant, the landlord, if he has a subsisting right by law to reenter for the nonpayment of such rent, may bring an action to recover the possession of the demised premises.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2979, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2592; 1919 § 6886; 1909 § 7889
(1967) This section applied where month-to-month tenants were six consecutive months in arrears in payment of rent as six months' rent is "a half year's rent", although the period may not total exactly one-half year in number of days. B-W Acceptance Corporation v. Benack (A.), 423 S.W.2d 215.
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