No person, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, professional corporations, corporation or association engaged within this state in the business or acting in the capacity of a real estate broker, real estate broker-salesperson or real estate salesperson shall bring or maintain an action in any court in this state for the recovery of compensation for services rendered in the buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, renting or negotiating a loan upon any real estate without alleging and proving that such person, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, professional corporation, corporation or association, or its member, manager, officer, general partner or associate, as applicable, was a licensed real estate broker, broker-salesperson or salesperson at the time when the alleged cause of action arose.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 339.160
Real estate brokers and salespersons may not bring legal action for..
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 728 F. Supp. 646 - Ellers, Oakley, Chester & Rike, Inc. v. Haith & Co. (1989)
Most recently applied in 728 F. Supp. 646 - Ellers, Oakley, Chester & Rike, Inc. v. Haith & Co. (December 1989)
Effective: 28 Aug 2010, 3 histories; (L. 1941 p. 424 § 16, A.L. 1993 S.B. 18, A.L. 2004 H.B. 985, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with S.B. 754)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.