2021 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property
Chapter 441 - Landlord and Tenant
Section 441.043 - Counties and cities not to adopt ordinances regulating rents of private or commercial property, exceptions.
Effective - 28 Aug 1989
441.043. Counties and cities not to adopt ordinances regulating rents of private or commercial property, exceptions. — No county or city, or county or city with a charter form of government may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which regulates the amount of rent to be charged for privately-owned, single-family, or multiple-unit residential or commercial rental property. This section shall not be construed as prohibiting any county or city, or any authority created 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 which regulate the amount of rent charged for subsidized rental properties; or
(3) Enacting ordinances or resolutions restricting rent for properties assisted with community development block grant funds.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 602 § 2)
