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Everything here is educational — general information about Missouri law, written the way a newspaper would write it, not the way a brochure would. It is not legal advice about your situation, and reading it creates no attorney-client relationship. It will, at minimum, help you ask any lawyer better questions.
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Hiring a Lake of the Ozarks real estate attorney
What a lawyer actually does in a Lake deal, when a title company alone is enough, and the five red flags worth a legal read.
Read → Tract · ConstructionMissouri mechanic's lien deadlines + the Lien Clock
The six-month rule, the notices that trip people up, and a free calculator that runs the Chapter 429 clock.
Read + use the tool → Tract · ShorelineDocks, Ameren & shoreline disputes
The 662-foot boundary, the permit every dock needs, the $2,000 enforcement fee, and the transfer trap inside every lakefront closing.
Read → Tract · Real EstateContract for deed in Missouri
The new Contract for Deed Act rules, the old risks that burned buyers for decades, and the checklist for either side.
Read → Tract · ConstructionContractor not paid in Missouri
Every remedy in order: the lien, the prompt-payment interest, and the contract claim — with the deadline that decides everything.
Read → Tract · DefenseBWI at Lake of the Ozarks
The no-probable-cause stop, the rocking-dock field tests, what a Class B misdemeanor actually costs, and the Monday-morning checklist.
Read → Tract · Real Estate / STRShort-term rental rules at the Lake
The four stacked layers — county zoning, city ordinance, lodging taxes, and the HOA covenants that outrank city hall — owner-side.
Read → Tract · RE LitigationQuiet title & boundary disputes
Fixing what the Lake's 1930s plats and quitclaim chains broke — the ten-year rule that moves lines, and the survey-first playbook.
Read → Statewide Hub · RecordsMissouri expungement, all in one place
Eligibility, the petition process, real costs, and what the 2026 Clean Slate law automates — the full statewide hub.
Enter the hub → Article · Just signedMissouri's new Clean Slate law (SB 1421)
Automatic expungement arrives no later than January 1, 2027. Who it clears — and who still needs a petition.
Read →In the works
Construction contracts that actually protect the builder · Easement and lake-access disputes · Transfer-on-death deeds · The title-company-vs-attorney question, settled. Join the Launch Letter and you'll hear when they land — along with exactly one email when the practice opens in 2027.