441.030. Tenant not to assign without consent--nor violate conditions--nor commit waste. - Missouri Statutes

Tenant not to assign without consent--nor violate conditions--norcommit waste.

441.030. No tenant for a term not exceeding two years, or atwill, or by sufferance, shall assign or transfer his term orinterest, or any part thereof, to another without the writtenassent of the landlord; neither shall he violate any of theconditions of his written lease, nor commit waste upon the leasedpremises.

(RSMo 1939 § 2967)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2581; 1919 § 6877; 1909 § 7880

CROSS REFERENCES:

Assignment of leases to be in writing, RSMo 432.060

Damages for waste, RSMo 537.420, 537.450, 537.460

Receivership in case of waste pending suit, RSMo 537.500

(1975) Held that by implication long term tenants can transfer their interest. Crestwood Plaza, Inc. v. Kroger Co. (A.), 520 S.W.2d 93.