When the property is held by a written lease containing a clause declaring the lease forfeited for the nonpayment of rent for a specified time, no process shall issue against the lessee or other person occupying the premises, until the expiration of said specified time.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 535.050
Process shall not issue until expiration of lease, when
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 2997); Prior revisions: 1929 § 2610; 1919 § 6904; 1909 § 7907
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.