441.043. Counties and cities not to adopt ordinances regulating rents of private or commercial property, exceptions. - Missouri Statutes

Counties and cities not to adopt ordinances regulating rents ofprivate or commercial property, exceptions.

441.043. No county or city, or county or city with a charterform of government may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinanceor resolution which regulates the amount of rent to be chargedfor privately-owned, single-family, or multiple-unit residentialor commercial rental property. This section shall not beconstrued as prohibiting any county or city, or any authoritycreated by a county or city for that purpose, from:

(1) Regulating in any way property belonging to that city,county, or authority;

(2) Entering into agreements with private persons whichregulate the amount of rent charged for subsidized rentalproperties; or

(3) Enacting ordinances or resolutions restricting rent forproperties assisted with community development block grant funds.

(L. 1989 H.B. 602 § 2)