Missouri Manufactured / mobile home parks

Manufactured / mobile home parks in Missouri

Under RSMo § 441.060.4(2), when a person occupies and has an ownership interest in a mobile home and is leasing the land or lot on which the home is located, a tenancy for less than one year may be terminated by the landlord only by written notice that the tenancy will end not sooner than 60 days from the date the rent payment next becomes due, even if a written lease says an earlier termination is allowed. That rule is an exception to the ordinary month-to-month rule in § 441.060.4(1), under which either party may end the tenancy by written notice stating that it ends on a periodic rent-paying date not less than one month after the notice is received. Separately, RSMo § 700.600 applies to a manufactured or mobile home land lease community, defined as any area, lot, parcel, or tract held in common ownership on which individual portions are leased for the placement of manufactured or mobile homes as a primary residence. In that setting, a landlord must give written notice to all of the community's tenants who own their manufactured or mobile homes at least 120 days before requiring those tenants to vacate because of a change in use of the property. If more than 120 days remain on a current lease, the longer period applies. The landlord may not increase the rent, except for an increase based solely on an increase in property taxes, during the 60 days before giving that notice or at any time after giving it. Section 700.600 does not prohibit a landlord from evicting a tenant with less than 120 days' notice for a reason other than a change in use of the property. Section 700.600 cross-references § 700.115 for penalties; subsection 2 of § 700.115 authorizes a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation of any provision of chapter 700, with a maximum of $1 million for a related series of violations within one year of the first violation, and subsection 1 of that section (attorney general enforcement under § 407.020 and possible revocation of a registration certificate) is scoped to §§ 700.010 to 700.115. Chapter 441's official cross-references also point to §§ 700.525 to 700.541 for the rights of a property owner and lienholder when a manufactured home is abandoned on rented real property. Those abandonment, lien, and title procedures are a separate topic and are not summarized here. Example: if a tenant who owns a mobile home rents the lot on a month-to-month basis with rent due on the first of the month, and the landlord delivers a written termination notice on March 10, the tenancy may not end sooner than 60 days after the next rent due date of April 1, even if the written lease calls for a shorter notice. That 60-day lot-tenancy rule does not by itself set the notice period when the landlord is ending the tenancy because of a change in use of the community, which is governed by § 700.600.

Verified Source: RSMo §§ 441.060.4(2), 700.600; see also §§ 700.115, 700.525 to 700.541 · last checked 2026-11-12