Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Missouri

Unnecesary Public embarrassement

The management from the apartment complex I lease an apartment from places a colorful hostile note on the tenants apartment door informing you and everybody that walks by that you owe rent, the next day from due date. They use embarrassment to get tenants to pay the rent quickly. Is this a legal practice?


Asked on 4/07/09, 7:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Anthony DeWitt Bartimus, Frickleton Robertson & Gorny, PC

Re: Unnecesary Public embarrassement

Although this is classless, there is no strict law that prohibits it.

Your best weapon against this tactic is to move out.

You could, however, file a complaint with the Missouri Human Rights Commission if this practice was aimed at only a certain class of tenants (e.g., they post these on the doors of African-Americans but not other races, etc.)

Good luck.

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Answered on 4/08/09, 10:49 am


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