Every interest in real estate granted or devised to two or more persons, other than executors and trustees and husband and wife, shall be a tenancy in common, unless expressly declared, in such grant or devise, to be in joint tenancy.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.450
Conveyance to more than one — effect
Known as the Private Landowner Protection Act
The act spans §§ 442–442 (78 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Brown (1999)
Most recently applied in Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr. (April 2017)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 3504); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3114; 1919 § 2273; 1909 § 2878
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.