Missouri Residential Rent Increase Notice

Missouri Residential Rent Increase Notice

Use this form after checking the lease, property, program, and timing rules below. Missouri bars county and city rent caps on privately owned rentals. Check the § 441.043(3) exceptions for public property, voluntary subsidized-rental agreements, and Community Development Block Grant assistance before setting an amount.

Missouri Timing and Authority Gate

Identify the existing lease clause, accepted renewal or amendment, or other current legal basis for the new rent before sending this notice. Section 441.060(4)(1) sets a month-to-month termination route at a periodic rent-paying date at least one month after notice is received; it does not itself authorize a rent increase or set its notice period. If ending a tenancy, use a separate termination notice. Section 441.060(4)(2) gives a separate termination rule for a qualifying mobile-home lot tenancy. Apply any longer period required by the rent-change basis, housing program, or other controlling law.

• Lease clause, accepted renewal or amendment, or other current rent-change basis identified: ☐ Yes; basis: [________________________________]
• Actual rent-change notice period required by that basis: [____] days ☐ Not applicable

• Mobile-home lot coverage and any special controlling rule checked: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable

• Fair-housing review confirms the increase is not based on a protected characteristic: ☐ Yes

• Public ownership, voluntary subsidized-rental agreement, Community Development Block Grant assistance, emergency orders, and deed restrictions checked: ☐ Yes
• Longer notice required by another law, agreement, or program: ☐ No ☐ Yes — [____] days

1. Property, Parties, and Tenancy

• Date of notice: [__/__/____]
• Housing provider/agent: [________________________________]
• Tenant(s): [________________________________]
• Property address/unit: [________________________________]
• Tenancy: ☐ Fixed term ending [__/__/____] ☐ Month-to-month ☐ Week-to-week ☐ Other: [________]
• Rent-change clause or accepted agreement: [________________________________]
• Rent is normally due on day [____] of each month.

2. Increase Calculation and Effective Date

Calculation: (proposed amount − current amount) ÷ current amount × 100 = [____]%.

3. Notice to Tenant

Date: [__/__/____]

To: [TENANT NAME(S)]
At: [PROPERTY ADDRESS AND UNIT]

This is written notice that, beginning [EFFECTIVE DATE], the monthly rent and any disclosed recurring housing charges for the premises will change:

• Current monthly amount: $[________]
• New monthly amount: $[________]
• Change: $[________] ([____]%)

The new amount is due on the regular rent-payment date and must be paid by the method stated in the rental agreement, unless the parties sign a different lawful agreement. All other terms remain unchanged except as expressly stated here:

[____________________________________________________________]

Legal/lease basis and applicable notice period:

[____________________________________________________________]

This notice does not waive any tenant right or housing-provider duty under controlling federal, state, or applicable property and program rules.

Housing provider/authorized agent: [________________________________]

Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

Contact/address for lawful communications: [________________________________]

4. Service and Proof

Permitted service method verified under current controlling law: ☐ Yes

• Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail ☐ Posting plus mailing ☐ Other lawful method: [________]
• Person/address served: [________________________________]
• Date/time served or mailed: [__/__/____] [____]
• Mailing extension or actual-receipt rule included in effective-date calculation: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
• Tracking/certificate/witness: [________________________________]

I declare that the information above accurately records service of this notice.

Server name/signature/date: [________________________________]

5. File Record

• Signed lease and amendments retained: ☐ Yes
• Coverage/exemption and cap calculation retained: ☐ Yes
• Current state and local sources saved or cited: ☐ Yes
• Copy of notice and service proof retained: ☐ Yes
• Effective date independently rechecked after service: ☐ Yes

Sources and References

• 42 U.S.C. § 3604 — https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:3604%20edition:prelim)
• Mo. Rev. Stat. § 441.060 — Missouri Revisor of Statutes — https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=441.060
• Mo. Rev. Stat. § 441.043 — Missouri Revisor of Statutes — https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=441.043