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Chapter 554 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Act 454 of 1978 - TRUTH IN RENTING ACT (554.631 - 554.641)
TRUTH IN RENTING ACTAct 454 of 1978
AN ACT to regulate rental agreements for residential premises; to prohibit the inclusion by lessors of certain clauses or provisions in residential rental agreements; to require the disclosure by lessors of certain information; to require the inclusion of certain provisions in residential rental agreements; to regulate the commercial sale of printed rental agreement forms; and to prescribe penalties.
History: 1978, Act 454, Eff. July 1, 1979
- Section 554.631 - Short title.
- Section 554.632 - Definitions.
- Section 554.633 - Rental agreement; prohibited provisions or clauses; violation.
- Section 554.634 - Rental agreement; mandatory statements.
- Section 554.635 - Notices.
- Section 554.636 - Actions; court costs and attorney fees; joinder; actual damages; effect of judicial construction; “tenant” defined.
- Section 554.637 - Remedies cumulative.
- Section 554.638 - Printed rental agreement form; sale; violation; damages.
- Section 554.639 - Waiver prohibited.
- Section 554.640 - Exception.
- Section 554.641 - Effective date.
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