Bill Text: MO HB1479 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a landlord to disclose the presence of mold to prospective and current tenants

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-28 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB1479 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2012-HB1479-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1479

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHIEFFER (Sponsor), OXFORD, SMITH (71), WALTON GRAY, McNEIL, JONES (63) AND McGEOGHEGAN (Co-sponsors).

4392L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 441, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to landlord's disclosure of the presence of mold.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 441, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 441.025, to read as follows:

            441.025. A landlord shall provide written notice to a prospective or current tenant of an affected rental unit when such landlord knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that mold, both visible and invisible or hidden, is present and affects the tenant's premises or unit. Such notice shall be provided to a prospective tenant before the tenant enters into a lease or rental agreement and to a current tenant as soon as possible.

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