Missouri Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Missouri, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Missouri: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Missouri data files, checked November 2026 against 5 official pages, among them Missouri Revisor of Statutes: RSMo 535.300; Missouri Revisor of Statutes: RSMo 441.060; Missouri Attorney General: Missouri's Landlord-Tenant Law; Revised Statutes of Missouri 535.040; Missouri Small Claims Court Handbook (The Missouri Bar, April 2021), hosted by the 13th Judicial Circuit on courts.mo.gov.
• 14 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Missouri notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 9 confirmed Missouri rules at a glance and the 14 items to confirm: interest on the deposit, where the deposit is held, unpaid rent notice, entry notice, late fee limits, court, filing fee, time to answer or appear and more, each with the official page to check.
• Missouri landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No more than two months' rent (535.300.1); return deadline: Within 30 days after the tenancy ends: the full deposit, or a written itemized list of damages with the balance (535.300.3); itemized list of deductions: A written itemized list of the damages for which any part is withheld (535.300.3); penalty the law states: Twice the amount wrongfully withheld (535.300.6); ending month-to-month (landlord): One month's written notice by either side, ending on a rent-paying date at least one month after the notice is received; ending month-to-month (tenant): One month's written notice by either side, ending on a rent-paying date at least one month after the notice is received; rent increase notice: Under an oral agreement, rent can be raised on one month's notice; paying to stop the case: In a rent and possession case, tendering the rent with all costs to the judge at the hearing avoids a judgment for possession.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Missouri's return deadline (within 30 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Missouri case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Missouri landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Missouri rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.