Free Missouri Eviction Notice Template

Last reviewed September 2026

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Missouri Eviction Notice

Before a Missouri landlord can file for eviction, the tenancy usually has to be ended with written notice. How much notice depends on the reason. Here’s what Missouri’s statute says for each kind of notice this template builds.

Missouri rules at a glance

Missouri rules for an Eviction Notice
Unpaid rent	No fixed notice period: once rent is due and has been demanded, the landlord may file a rent-and-possession action.RSMo §535.020
Lease violation	10 days. Unauthorized assignment or subletting, violating the written lease, waste, or allowing illegal gambling or drug activity lets the landlord recover possession after a 10-day notice to vacate.RSMo §§441.020–441.040

Ending a Missouri tenancy

Missouri ties month-to-month notice to the rent calendar rather than a flat day count: the notice must name a periodic rent-paying date at least one month after it is received (§441.060.4). Notice handed over mid-month therefore runs to the next rent day that is at least a month out. Any rental of a house or apartment that isn’t in a signed writing is treated as month-to-month (§441.060.3).

Notice to end a Missouri residential tenancy
Month-to-month	Written notice ending on a rent-paying date at least one month after receiptRSMo §441.060.4
At will, by sufferance, or under one year	One month’s written noticeRSMo §441.060.1
Fixed term	Ends on the date stated in the lease

Nonpayment — Once rent is due and has been demanded, the landlord may file a rent-and-possession action; no fixed waiting period and no §441.060 notice is required first (§535.020). Other unpaid charges can be joined, but they don’t count as rent and can’t by themselves support an order for possession.
Lease violations — Assigning or subletting without written consent, violating the written lease, committing waste, or allowing illegal gambling or drug activity lets the landlord recover possession after a 10-day notice to vacate (§§441.020–441.040).
Abandonment — A unit is deemed abandoned only if rent has been unpaid 30 days, the landlord reasonably believes the tenant has left, and a statutory notice is posted and mailed (first-class and certified) without a response within 10 days (§441.065).

Missouri Eviction Notice FAQs

How do you end a month-to-month lease in Missouri?

Either party gives written notice stating that the tenancy ends on a periodic rent-paying date at least one month after the notice is received (§441.060.4). If rent is due on the 1st and notice is received on the 15th, the earliest end date is the 1st of the month after next.

How much notice is required to evict for nonpayment in Missouri?

Missouri sets no fixed pay-or-quit period. Once rent is due and the landlord has demanded it, the landlord can file a rent-and-possession case, and the one-month notice under §441.060 isn’t required first (§535.020).

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