Missouri Statutes
§ 516.371 — Limitation on action for sexual contact by certain persons.
Missouri § 516.371
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.371 (2026).
Text
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there shall be a ten-year statute of limitation on any action for damages for personal injury caused to an individual by a person within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity who subjects such individual to sexual contact, as defined in section 566.010 .
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Legislative History
(L. 1989 S.B. 420 § 1)
Childhood sexual abuse damage action, time limitation on bringing action after August 28, 1990, 537.046
Prosecution for sexual offenses involving person seventeen or under to be commenced within ten years of offense, 556.037
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§ 516.030
Disabilities — twenty-one years.§ 516.100
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