2018 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVI - Statutory Actions and Torts
Chapter 534 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer
Section 534.210 Merits of title cannot be inquired into.

Universal Citation: MO Rev Stat § 534.210 (2018)

Effective 28 Aug 1939

Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS

Chapter 534

534.210. Merits of title cannot be inquired into. — The merits of the title shall in nowise be inquired into, on any complaint which shall be exhibited by virtue of the provisions of this chapter.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2853)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2467; 1919 § 3015; 1909 § 7677

(2013) Section does not create irrebuttable presumption that title is proven merely by filing an unlawful detainer action and thus does not violate either due process or equal protection. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Smith, 392 S.W.3d 446 (Mo.banc).

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