Missouri Statutes

§ 516.380 — Actions on penal statutes to be brought in one year.

Missouri § 516.380

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXXVCIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS

Ch. 516Statutes of Limitation

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.380 (2026).

Text

All actions and suits, upon any statute, for any penalty or forfeiture given in whole or in part to any person who will prosecute for the same, shall be commenced within one year after the commission of the offense, and not after.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 3786) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3396; 1919 § 3741; 1909 § 4949

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Right of possession not affected by descent.

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Disabilities — twenty-one years.

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Possession of land under color of title, effect.

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Limitation where person under disability dies.

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Limitation where equitable title to land emanates from government.

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When legal title has not emanated from the United States.

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Statute not to extend to certain lands.

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Action for breach of covenant restricting land use, barred, when.

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Surveys of land error or omissions — action must be brought when.

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Period of limitation prescribed.

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No tolling by filing of administrative actions, certain suits.

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What action shall be commenced within ten years.

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