A Missouri circuit court has struck down a state law that limits community associations from regulating backyard chickens, calling it unconstitutional.

St. Louis attorney Eliah Ellis told Missourinet that the Cole County Circuit Court ruling means the legislation passed last spring by the legislature is basically null and void, at least for now.

“And so, we are restored back to the status quo before the law was passed last year, which is that each homeowner’s association can make its own rules and regulations and restrictions about the pasturing of chickens,” said Ellis.

Ellis called it a win for homeowners and said all Missourians should care.

“It is the provisions of the Missouri Constitution which are being sort of trampled in our view, in this particular instance,” said Ellis. “And

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