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breaking a lease in Missouri?

my husband and i rented a duplex in January of this year. we are both disabled. since moving in both of our healths have gotten worse. in the state of Missouri you can only be charged twice the monthly rent rate for a security deposit. we were asked to pay $3,000. we just recently found this out after our doctor strongly recommending we move. i have fallen down the basement stairs 6 times in the last few months and my husband who is a heart patient and has severe neuropathy in both legs and feet has to walk from where we have to park on the street, the driveway belongs to the other half of our duplex, to the front door of our half of the duplex. we found an apartment that is disabled accessible for both of us. our problem is that when we move we were already told by our landlord that we will not get the rest of our rent back that we paid upfront for a year. we are okay with that but what about the deposit. we feel that because we are breaking the lease that the landlord should be able to keep what should have been the legal amount but we were overcharged on the deposit by $1900. can we legally get that back? has anyone been in this situation before in Missouri and what was the outcome?

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  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    You will have to sue him for the overcharge in security. POlitley discuss with him that you understand the law and that he collected an illegally large security deposit and you would like it back or you will be forced ot take legal action.

  • Rob
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    u will need to contact local free legal aid group

    to study your situation. for best results.

    do not understand why u paid up front for a year?

    as for that the landlord can nt hold ALL of it.

    they normally must return the remainder of it

    as soon as it is rented out again.

    get legal aid or u will shaft yourselves again.

    never pay up front more than 1 month. never.

    Source(s): landlord
  • coats
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    i'd see an lawyer. i'd also call the close by information station or newspaper and tell them what you're dealing with. i'm so sorry for you and your son. you should bypass to the police station and get all police comments as evidence of ways volatile it is there. also take pictures each and every time the police officials are there. Take that stuff to an lawyer and also you should have a case. per chance all it ought to take is him/her writing a letter to the valuables supervisor. per chance it ought to take more beneficial, yet it is a initiate.

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