All leases, estates, interests of freehold or term of years, or any uncertain interest of, in, to or out of any messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments, made or created by livery and seisin only, or by parole, and not put in writing and signed by the parties so making or creating the same, or their agents lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only, and shall not, either in law or equity, be deemed or taken to have any other or greater force.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 432.050
Leases, not in writing, operate as estates at will
Known as the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
The act spans §§ 432–432 (26 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Collet Ventures, Inc. v. Marchese (In re Collet Ventures, Inc.) (1989)
Most recently applied in Collet Ventures, Inc. v. Marchese (In re Collet Ventures, Inc.) (October 1989)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 3352); Prior revisions: 1929 § 2965; 1919 § 2167; 1909 § 2781
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.