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 Title XXXV CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS

 Chapter 516 Statutes of Limitation 
REAL ACTIONS
516.010   Actions for recovery of lands commenced, when. (8/28/1939)
516.020   Right of possession not affected by descent. (8/28/1939)
516.030   Disabilities — twenty-one years. (8/28/1991)
516.040   Possession of land under color of title, effect. (8/28/1939)
516.050   Limitation where person under disability dies. (8/28/1939)
516.070   Limitation where equitable title to land emanates from government. (8/28/1939)
516.080   When legal title has not emanated from the United States. (8/28/1939)
516.090   Statute not to extend to certain lands. (8/28/2007)
516.095   Action for breach of covenant restricting land use, barred, when. (8/28/1963)
PERSONAL ACTIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
516.097   Tort action against architects, engineers or builders of defective ... (8/28/2002)
516.098   Surveys of land error or omissions — action must be brought when. (8/28/2011)
516.100   Period of limitation prescribed. (8/28/1939)
516.103   No tolling by filing of administrative actions, certain suits. (8/28/1993)
516.105   Actions against health care and mental health providers (medical malpractice). (8/28/2018)
516.110   What action shall be commenced within ten years. (8/28/1939)
516.120   What actions within five years. (8/28/1939)
516.130   What actions within three years. (8/28/2005)
516.140   What actions within two years. (8/28/2014)
516.145   What actions within one year. (8/28/1990)
516.150   No action to foreclose mortgage after note barred. (8/28/1939)
516.155   Mortgages last maturing obligation is due, how determined — future advances ... (8/28/1992)
516.160   In account current, when cause of action accrued. (8/28/1939)
516.170   May delay filing of action, when. (8/28/1990)
516.180   On death of person under disability, cause of action survives. (8/28/1939)
516.190   Limitations on actions originating in other states. (8/28/1939)
516.200   If defendant be out of state before or departs after cause of action ... (8/28/2009)
516.210   Time not to be computed during a war. (8/28/1939)
516.220   Not to apply to what. (8/28/1939)
516.230   Further savings in cases of nonsuits. (8/28/1939)
516.240   If defendant dies, when and against whom new suit to be brought. (8/28/1959)
516.250   Suit abated by death of plaintiff, when — when and by whom new suit brought. (8/28/1939)
516.260   Suit stayed by injunction, time not computed. (8/28/1939)
516.270   Disability not to avail, unless. (8/28/1939)
516.280   Limitation not to be extended by improper acts of defendant. (8/28/1939)
516.290   Effect of two or more existing disabilities. (8/28/1939)
516.300   Actions otherwise limited. (8/28/1939)
516.310   Demands against corporations. (8/28/1939)
516.320   Actions barred, only revived by written promise. (8/28/1939)
516.330   One joint debtor cannot revive a demand against other debtor. (8/28/1939)
516.340   Sections 516.320 and 516.330 construed. (8/28/1939)
516.350   Judgments presumed to be paid, when — presumption, how rebutted — inclusion ... (8/28/2014)
516.360   Sections 516.010 to 516.370 to apply to the state as well as to private ... (8/28/1939)
516.370   Limitation not to apply to setoffs, when. (8/28/1939)
516.371   Limitation on action for sexual contact by certain persons. (8/28/1989)
ACTIONS ON PENAL STATUTES
516.380   Actions on penal statutes to be brought in one year. (8/28/1939)
516.390   When penalty goes to the state, within two years. (8/28/1939)
516.400   When penalty goes to party aggrieved, three years. (8/28/1939)
516.410   Sections 516.380 to 516.400 construed. (8/28/1939)
516.420   When not to apply to corporations. (8/28/1939)
LEGISLATIVE BILLS
516.500   Legislative bills, actions on procedural defect in enactment, time ... (6/3/1994)
 - Cross References
Action for accounting on pro rata pay back from nonprobate transfer to personal representative to cover statutory allowances and claims due estate, 461.300
Action for recovery of land sold at tax sales, 140.590
Administration of decedent's estate, 473.070
Administrators or executors, action on bond, 473.213
Childhood sexual abuse action to be brought when, 537.046
Claims against estates of decedents, 473.360, 473.397
Claims against estates of incapacitated or disabled persons, 475.205
Claims against the state, 33.120
Contracts not to limit time for bringing suit, 431.030
Damages for waste in ejectment action, 524.110
Defective release of mortgage or deed of trust, 443.185
Delinquent tax suits, 140.160, 141.890
Durable power of attorney, breach of duty, action by principal, 404.727
Escheats, proceedings to attack title of state to lands, Chap. 470
Gaming and gambling contracts, 434.090
Gas storage companies law, limitations on causes of action arising out of begin to run, when, 393.510
Invasion of privacy, crime, time limit to bring action, 556.038
Judgment, motion to set aside, 511.250
Judgment, revival by scire facias, 511.370
Lien of a judgment, commencement, extent and duration, 511.360
Liens of mechanics and materialmen, 429.080, 429.170
Museums, property on loan, injury or loss, action for damage, time limitation, 184.116
Petition for review of interlocutory judgment, 511.180, 511.190
Sewer or storm water facility improvement district assessment, action to set aside, time limitation, 249.945
Special tax bills, 88.927
Uniform trade secrets act, misappropriation action time limitation to bring, 417.461
Unlawful detainer actions, 534.300
Will contest actions, 473.083
Wills, probate of, 473.050, 473.070
Workers' compensation, claims, 287.430, 287.440
Wrongful death actions, 537.100

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