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MO Rev Stat § 516.097 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.097 - Tort action against architects, engineers or builders of defective improvement to real property must be brought within ten years of completion of improvement, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   516.097. Tort action against architects, engineers or builders of defective improvement to real property must be brought within ten years of completion of improvement, exceptions. — 1. Any action to recover damages for economic loss, personal injury, property damage or wrongful death arising out of a defective or unsafe condition of any improvement to real property, including any action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained on account of the defect or unsafe condition, shall be commenced within ten years of the date on which such improvement is completed.  2. This section shall only apply to actions against any person whose sole connection with the improvement is performing or furnishing, in whole or in part, the design, planning or construction, including architectural, engineering or construction services, of the improvement.  3. If any action is commenced against any person specified by subsection 2 of this section, such person may, within one year of the date of the filing of such action, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, commence an action or a third party action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained or claimed in any action because of economic loss, personal injury, property damage or wrongful death arising out of a defective or unsafe condition of any improvement to real property.  4. This section shall not apply:  (1) If an action is barred by another provision of law;  (2) If a person conceals any defect or deficiency in the design, planning or construction, including architectural, engineering or construction services, in an improvement for real property, if the defect or deficiency so concealed directly results in the defective or unsafe condition for which the action is brought;  (3) To limit any action brought against any owner or possessor of real estate or improvements on such real estate.  5. The statute of limitation for buildings completed on August 13, 1976, shall begin to run on August 13, 1976, and shall be for the time specified in this section.  6. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, if an occupancy permit is issued, the ten-year period shall commence on the date the occupancy permit is issued. ­­-------- (L. 1976 H.B. 1363, A.L. 2002 S.B. 840)  (2000) Sale, assembly and installation of a prefabricated product does not constitute substantial on-site construction within meaning of section. Lay v. P & G Health Care, Inc., 37 S.W.3d 310 (Mo.App.W.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 516.098 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.098 - Surveys of land error or omissions — action must be brought when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   516.098. Surveys of land error or omissions — action must be brought when. — Except where fraud is involved, no action to recover damages for an error or omission in the survey of land, nor any action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained on account of an error or omission may be brought against any person performing the survey more than ten years from the completion of the survey. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., A.L. 2011 S.B. 325)
MO Rev Stat § 516.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.100 - Period of limitation prescribed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   516.100. Period of limitation prescribed. — Civil actions, other than those for the recovery of real property, can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in the following sections, after the causes of action shall have accrued; provided, that for the purposes of sections 516.100 to 516.370, the cause of action shall not be deemed to accrue when the wrong is done or the technical breach of contract or duty occurs, but when the damage resulting therefrom is sustained and is capable of ascertainment, and, if more than one item of damage, then the last item, so that all resulting damage may be recovered, and full and complete relief obtained. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1012)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 860; 1919 § 1315; 1909 § 1887  (1972) In suit against abstract company the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue and limitations shall commence to run only from the time when the damage resulting therefrom is sustained and is capable of ascertainment. Thorne v. Johnson (A.), 483 S.W.2d 658. (1976) Held, statute of limitations begins to run when public service commission determined that rate charged was improper, not when improper charges were made. DePaul Hospital v. Southwestern Bell Telephone (A.), 539 S.W.2d 542. (1984) Plaintiff's ignorance of his cause of action for legal malpractice prevented the statute of limitations from running where that ignorance was totally caused by the actions of his attorney in failing to dismiss a suit and allowing a default judgment to be entered against his client on a counterclaim without notifying the client. Anderson v. Griffin, Dysart, Taylor, Penner (Mo.App.), 684 S.W.2d 858.
MO Rev Stat § 516.103 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.103 - No tolling by filing of administrative actions, certain suits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   516.103. No tolling by filing of administrative actions, certain suits. — The time for commencement of any suit provided for in sections 516.380, 516.390 and 516.400, shall not be tolled by the filing or pendency of any administrative complaint or action and no such suit may be brought or maintained unless commenced within the time prescribed by said sections. An administrative order authorizing the commencement of any such suit shall not be considered as evidence of the violations alleged in any such suit. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 180 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 516.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.110 - What action shall be commenced within ten years.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   516.110. What action shall be commenced within ten years. — Within ten years:  (1) An action upon any writing, whether sealed or unsealed, for the payment of money or property;  (2) Actions brought on any covenant of warranty contained in any deed of conveyance of land shall be brought within ten years next after there shall have been a final decision against the title of the covenantor in such deed, and actions on any covenant of seizin contained in any such deed shall be brought within ten years after the cause of such action shall accrue;  (3) Actions for relief, not herein otherwise provided for. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1013)  (1975) An action to collect sum allegedly due for holiday pay for firemen where such claim was based on a city ordinance is a claim on an "obligation" and must be brought within five years. Barberi v. University City (A.), 518 S.W.2d 457. (1976) Action to recover liquidated damages for breach of a covenant in a lease not to assign or transfer interest in the lease was not based upon a writing for the payment of money but was based on contract and therefore was governed by five-year statute of limitations, section 516.120, and not by section 516.110. Bangert v. Boise Cascade Corp. (C.A.Mo.), 527 F.2d 902. (1985) Party had ten years, not five, to initiate an action for specific performance of a real estate contract since the action was for the enforcement of a contract and not for breach of contract. Oberle v. Monia (Mo.App.), 690 S.W.2d 840.
MO Rev Stat § 516.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.130 - What actions within three years.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   516.130. What actions within three years. — Within three years:  (1) An action against a sheriff, coroner or other officer, upon a liability incurred by the doing of an act in his official capacity and in virtue of his office, or by the omission of an official duty, including the nonpayment of money collected upon an execution or otherwise;  (2) An action upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture, where the action is given to the party aggrieved, or to such party and the state;  (3) An action under section 290.300. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1015, A.L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 863; 1919 § 1318; 1909 § 1890  (1964) Section 516.110, the ten year statute, and not section 516.130, the three year statute, is applicable to proceeding on motion for default judgment on bail bond. State v. Virgilito (Mo.), 377 S.W.2d 361. (1975) This statute of limitation applies to bar action against officers of federal government brought under the civil rights acts. Peterson v. Fink (C.A. Mo.), 515 F.2d 815. (1984) Inmate's federal action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 against a prison official is governed by state's three year statute of limitations contained in this section for actions against an official acting in his official capacity. Foster v. Armontrout, 729 F.2d 583. (1984) The three year period specified in subdivision (1) of this section was the proper statute of limitations in a civil rights action brought against Supreme Court justices and state officials. Buford v. Tremayne (8th Cir.) 747 F.2d 445. (1998) Director of department of revenue qualifies as "other officer" for purposes of this section. City of Ellisville v. Lohman, 972 S.W.2d 527 (E.D.Mo.).
MO Rev Stat § 516.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.140 - What actions within two years.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   516.140. What actions within two years. — Within two years: an action for libel, slander, injurious falsehood, assault, battery, false imprisonment, criminal conversation, malicious prosecution or actions brought under section 290.140. An action by an employee for the payment of unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation or liquidated damages by reason of the nonpayment of minimum wages or overtime compensation, and for the recovery of any amount under and by virtue of the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and amendments thereto, such act being an act of Congress, shall be brought within two years after the cause accrued. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1016, A.L. 1945 p. 644, A.L. 1976 S.B. 470, A.L. 1985 H.B. 225, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 864; 1919 § 1319; 1909 § 1891  CROSS REFERENCE:  Action for accounting on pro rata pay back from nonprobate transfer to personal representation to cover statutory allowances and claims due estate, 461.300  (1994) Where defamatory statement was made during FBI investigation, statute of limitations began to run after indictment, when business began to decline. Only then did plaintiff learn of false statement and begin to suffer loss of business. Statute of limitations for slander begins to run, not when defamatory statement was made, but when damages are ascertained. Thurston v. Ballinger, 884 S.W.2d 22 (Mo. App. W.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 516.145 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.145 - What actions within one year.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   516.145. What actions within one year. — Within one year: all actions brought by an offender, as defined in section 217.010, against the department of corrections or any entity or division thereof, or any employee or former employee for an act in an official capacity, or by the omission of an official duty. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 974)  (2000) Section is constitutional and does not violate equal protection, due process, or the prohibition against special legislation. Cooper v. Minor, 16 S.W.3d 578 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 516.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.150 - No action to foreclose mortgage after note barred.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   516.150. No action to foreclose mortgage after note barred. — No suit, action or proceeding under power of sale to foreclose any mortgage or deed of trust, to secure any obligation to pay money or property, shall be had or maintained after such obligation has been barred by the statutes of limitation of this state; nor in any event after the lapse of twenty years from the date at which the last maturing obligation secured by the instrument sought to be foreclosed is due on the face of such instrument, unless such termination of said period falls within two years after the passage of this section, or has heretofore happened, in which event such suit, action or proceeding may be begun within two years after the passage of this section without regard to the date of the instrument or the maturity of the obligation, unless otherwise barred under the provisions of the general statutes of limitation, unless before the lapse of said twenty years the owner of the debt thereby secured or some person for him shall file an affidavit duly verified, or file an instrument in writing acknowledged as deeds are required to be acknowledged in order to entitle them to record in this state, showing the amount due and owing thereon. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1017)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 865; 1919 § 1320; 1909 § 1892
MO Rev Stat § 516.155 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.155 - Mortgages last maturing obligation is due, how determined — future advances on real property security instrument statute begins to run, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   516.155. Mortgages last maturing obligation is due, how determined — future advances on real property security instrument statute begins to run, when. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, whenever under the provisions of section 516.150 "the date at which the last maturing obligation secured by the instrument sought to be foreclosed is due on the face of such instrument" cannot be determined from the face of such instrument, the twenty-year period referred to in section 516.150 shall begin to run on the recited date of execution of such instrument, or if there is no recited date, the date of acknowledgment of such instrument, or if there is neither a recited date of execution nor a date of acknowledgment, the date of recording of such instrument, or if there is none of the above, the original date of the secured obligation, except that the provisions of this subsection shall apply only to deeds of trust and mortgages recorded after January 1, 1979.  2. In the case of a security instrument described in section 443.055, the twenty-year period referred to in section 516.150 shall begin to run on the twentieth anniversary of the recited date of execution of such security instrument, or if there is no recited date, the date of acknowledgment of such security instrument, or if there is neither a recited date of execution nor a date of acknowledgment, the date of recording of such instrument, except that the provisions of this subsection shall apply only to such security instruments recorded after September 1, 1992. ­­-------- (L. 1978 S.B. 665, A.L. 1992 S.B. 688)
MO Rev Stat § 516.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.160 - In account current, when cause of action accrued.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   516.160. In account current, when cause of action accrued. — In an action brought to recover a balance due on a mutual, open and current account, where there have been reciprocal demands between the parties, the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued from time of the last item in the account on the adverse side. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1019)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 867; 1919 § 1322; 1909 § 1893
MO Rev Stat § 516.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.170 - May delay filing of action, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   516.170. May delay filing of action, when. — Except as provided in section 516.105, if any person entitled to bring an action in sections 516.100 to 516.370 specified, at the time the cause of action accrued be either within the age of twenty-one years, or mentally incapacitated, such person shall be at liberty to bring such actions within the respective times in sections 516.100 to 516.370 limited after such disability is removed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1020, A.L. 1976 S.B. 470, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 868; 1919 § 1323; 1909 § 1894  (1977) Statute of limitations is tolled while plaintiff is actually imprisoned by any proper authority and statute starts to run when plaintiff is released on parole. Jepson v. Stubbs (Mo.), 555 S.W.2d 307. (1984) This section was held to toll the five year statute of limitations in section 516.120 during the course of a ward's incompetence, despite the appointment of a guardian. Mason v. Ford Motor Co. (8th Cir.) 755 F.2d 120. (1985) Held, that even though plaintiff could have, by reason of section 507.115, RSMo, filed his action when he became eighteen years of age without the necessity of a guardian, curator, or next friend, the two-year limitation was nonetheless tolled, by reason of this statute, until plaintiff reached age twenty-one. Crawford v. Fenton (A.), 701 S.W.2d 772. (1987) The provisions of section 516.170, RSMo, protecting the rights of persons under disability, apply to any statute of limitations borrowed under the provisions of section 516.190, RSMo. Dorris v. McClanahan, 725 S.W.2d 870 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 516.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.180 - On death of person under disability, cause of action survives.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   516.180. On death of person under disability, cause of action survives. — If any person so entitled to sue, die before the expiration of the time herein limited for the commencement of such suit, if such cause of action shall survive to his representatives, his executor or administrator may, after the expiration of such time and within one year after such death, commence such action, but not after that period. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1022)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 870; 1919 § 1325; 1909 § 1896
MO Rev Stat § 516.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.190 - Limitations on actions originating in other states.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   516.190. Limitations on actions originating in other states. — Whenever a cause of action has been fully barred by the laws of the state, territory or country in which it originated, said bar shall be a complete defense to any action thereon, brought in any of the courts of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1021)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 869; 1919 § 1324; 1909 § 1895  (1974) Any defense against foreign statute by waiver or estoppel should be recognized in applying this section. Wilburn v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of St. Louis (C.A. Mo.), 492 F.2d 1288. (1974) Held it is not necessary to raise "borrowing statute" as an affirmative defense since courts are bound to take judicial notice of the laws of all states. (C.A. Mo.) McIndoo v. Burnett, 494 F.2d 1311. (1975) Word "originated" as used in this section means "accrued". Schnabel v. Taft Broadcasting Company Inc. (A.), 525 S.W.2d 819. (1976) Where plaintiff was injured in accident in Illinois while on a trip that was to begin and end in Missouri and all parties were Missouri residents and plaintiff had not charged defendants with willful and wanton misconduct, necessary under the Illinois guest statute, nevertheless, the Missouri borrowing statute made the Illinois statute of limitations applicable to plaintiff's action for damages and the action was barred. Trzecki v. Gruenewald (Mo.), 532 S.W.2d 209. (1987) The provisions of section 516.170, RSMo, protecting the rights of persons under disability, apply to any statute of limitations borrowed under the provisions of section 516.190, RSMo. Dorris v. McClanahan, 725 S.W.2d 870 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 516.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.200 - If defendant be out of state before or departs after cause of action commences, when action may be commenced.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   516.200. If defendant be out of state before or departs after cause of action commences, when action may be commenced. — If at any time when any cause of action herein specified accrues against any person who is a resident of this state, and he is absent therefrom, such action may be commenced within the times herein respectively limited, after the return of such person into the state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1023, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 871; 1919 § 1326; 1909 § 1897  (2001) Section denying statute of limitations defense to defendants who have moved from the state burdens interstate commerce and is unconstitutional; statute cannot be justified due to applicability of long-arm jurisdiction over such defendants. Rademeyer v. Farris, 145 F.Supp.2d 1096 (E.D.Mo.), aff'd, 284 F.3d 833 (8th Cir. 2002).  (2008) Tolling statute of limitations for persons who become non-residents of Missouri during limitation period violates Commerce Clause. State ex rel. Bloomquist v. Schneider, 244 S.W.3d 139 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 516.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.210 - Time not to be computed during a war.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   516.210. Time not to be computed during a war. — Whenever any person shall be disabled to prosecute in the courts of this state by reason of his being an alien, subject or citizen of any country at war with the United States, the time of the continuance of such war shall not be deemed any part of the respective periods limited in sections 516.010 to 516.200 for the making of an entry or the commencement of any action. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1024)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 872; 1919 § 1327; 1909 § 1898
MO Rev Stat § 516.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation|Section 516.220 - Not to apply to what.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   516.220. Not to apply to what. — Section 516.210 shall not apply to actions for any penalty or forfeiture given by any statute of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1025)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 873; 1919 § 1328; 1909 § 1899