Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Missouri

If a Landlord makes a 17 year old sign a lease; is that 17 lease even legally binding?


Asked on 8/01/09, 5:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith

Generally, one must be eighteen years old before they can be bound to a contract. There are exceptions for certain "life neccesities" matters. Shelter is often one of them. It is no uncommon for a seventeen year old to be bound by a lease that they execute when they are seventeen, but still reside and pay rent under after they turn eighteen.

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Answered on 8/06/09, 5:19 pm


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