United States · MO

Evicting a bad tenant in Missouri costs ~$6,180.

That's the typical combined hit from filing fees, 1 months of lost rent, property damage, legal costs, and turnover — per bad tenant. Here's the full breakdown and a calculator for your specific situation.

All regions

Filing fee

$30

Associate Circuit Court

Avg timeline

30 days

~4 weeks

Lost rent

$1,150

1 months at $1,150/mo

Property damage

$2,500

Beyond security deposit

Legal fees

$1,000

Attorney + court costs

Turnover

$1,500

Repairs, cleaning, re-listing

How Missouri handles evictions

One of the cheapest filing fees in the country.

Calculate your risk

Adjust the inputs to model your specific situation in Missouri.

Monthly rent

Default: regional median

Months in process

Filing → unit re-rented

Property damage

Beyond security deposit

Court filing fee

$30

Lost rent during process

1 months at $1,150/mo

$1,150

Property damage

$2,500

Legal fees

$1,000

Turnover & re-listing

$1,500

Estimated total loss

$6,180

That's what one bad tenant typically costs a Missouri landlord.

Most of that loss is preventable.

Bad tenants almost always leave a paper trail — the problem is that most landlords don't check carefully. Here's what a proper screening catches before you sign the lease.

Fake pay stubs & inflated income

AI analysis catches font mismatches, math errors, and metadata red flags in uploaded income documents.

Prior evictions they didn't mention

Eviction history searches surface past court records even when applicants claim a clean record.

Former landlord reference gaps

Automated verification reaches out directly — applicants can't forward requests to a friend pretending to be their landlord.

The fix

$99 of screening vs $6,180 in losses.

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Other states

Alabama

$6,565

Alaska

$7,100

Arizona

$6,535

Arkansas

$6,025

California

$15,740

Colorado

$7,797

Connecticut

$8,975

Delaware

$6,665