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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 432.060 (2026)

Leases to be assigned in writing

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  432.060.  Leases to be assigned in writing. — No leases, estates, interests, either of freehold or term of years, or any uncertain interest of, in, to or out of any messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments, shall at any time hereafter be assigned, granted or surrendered, unless it be by deed or note in writing, signed by the party so assigning, granting or surrendering the same, or their agents lawfully authorized by writing, or by operation of law.

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(RSMo 1939 § 3353)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2966; 1919 § 2168; 1909 § 2782

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1969–2005 · leading case: Norden v. Friedman, 756 S.W.2d 158 (Mo. 1988).
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Norden v. Friedman, 756 S.W.2d 158 (Mo. 1988). · cites it 10× “Additional authority for holding these lease assignments to be within the statute of frauds can be found in section 432.060, RSMo 1986, wherein it states: No lease, estates, interest, either of freehold or term of years, or any uncertain interest of, in, to or out of .”
Scott v. Ranch Roy-L, Inc., 182 S.W.3d 627 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 5× “Plaintiffs contend that the assignment of Roy Longstreet’s rights as the developer, which are set forth in the Declaration, is invalid because it was not a written assignment and in violation of the Statute of Frauds, section 432.060 RSMo (1969) 2 , and was not recorded as…”
Schroff v. Smart, 120 S.W.3d 751 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “030; (5) there was no written assignment of the lease to Sehroff as required by Section 432.060; (6) the original lessee was a *756 forfeited corporation and Sehroff failed to bring suit in the name of the statutory trustee; (7) the lease provides that assignees do not acquire…”
McDaniel v. Park Place Care Ctr., Inc., 918 S.W.2d 820 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “§ 432.060 RSMo, 1994. The issue is whether the interest to be transferred under the terms of the settlement agreement, the promissory note and the attendant collateral, was an interest in real property.”
Watkins v. Wattle, 558 S.W.2d 705 (Mo. Ct. App. 1977). “§ 432.060. “No leases, . . . in . . . any .”
Sun Elec. Corp. v. Morgan, 678 S.W.2d 410 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “*413 Defendant relies on § 432.060, RSMo 1978 as reason enough for the trial court not to have granted the plaintiff Motion for Summary Judgment.”
Nw. Missouri State Fair, Inc. v. Linville, 448 S.W.2d 274 (Mo. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “or assigned it to Bethany after its execution were on issues not raised by the pleadings or responsive to them; (2) They were inconsistent with plaintiff’s pleaded theory of a breach of a subsisting lease by defendants as lessees in their own right; and, (3) As Section 432.060,…”
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