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537.010	Action for damages to property to survive regardless of death of either party. (8/28/1977)
537.020	Action for personal injury or death to survive regardless of death of either party. (1/2/1979)
537.021	Action for damages — personal representative to maintain or defend — exception — action against liability insurer, procedure. (5/23/1996)
537.030	Section 537.010 not to extend to what action. (8/28/1949)
537.033	Design professionals — peer review process, requirements. (8/28/2020)
537.035	Peer review committees — composition, purpose — immunity from civil liability, who, when — disclosure of records prohibited, exceptions — testimony before, discovery and admissibility, limitations. (8/28/2005)
537.037	Emergency care, no civil liability, exceptions (Good Samaritan law). (8/28/2023)
537.045	Parent or guardian liable for damages by minor, when, limitation — minor's liability — work accepted in lieu of payment. (8/28/1990)
537.046	Childhood sexual abuse, injury or illness defined — action for damages may be brought, when. (8/28/2004)
537.047	Civil action for damages authorized, sexual and pornographic offenses involving a minor — statute of limitations. (8/28/2007)
537.050	Civil action not merged in criminal prosecution. (8/28/1939)
537.053	Sale of alcoholic beverage may be proximate cause of personal injuries or death — requirements — (dram shop law). (8/28/2002)
537.055	Operation of a motorcycle not evidence of comparative negligence. (8/28/2009)
537.058	Personal injury, bodily injury, or wrongful death, time-limited demand to settle, requirements. (8/28/2017)
537.060	Contribution between tort-feasors — release of one or more, effect. (8/28/1983)
537.065	Claimant and tort-feasor may contract to limit recovery to specified assets or insurance contract, when — procedure — applicability to covenant not to execute, requirements — insurer defined. (8/28/2021)
537.067	Joint and several liability of defendants in tort actions, allocation of responsibility for judgment — defendants several liability for punitive damages. (8/28/2005)
537.068	Court may enter remittitur order or increase jury award, when. (7/1/1987)
537.069	Provisions of certain laws applicable to all causes of action. (7/1/1987)
537.080	Action for wrongful death — who may sue — limitation. (8/28/1991)
537.085	Defenses to wrongful death action. (8/28/1979)
537.090	Damages to be determined by jury — factors to be considered. (8/28/2005)
537.095	Joinder of parties not required, when, effect on recovery — plaintiff ad litem, recovery, distribution. (8/28/1979)
537.100	Limitation of action — effect of absence of defendant and nonsuit. (8/28/2018)
537.105	Radio station not liable for defamation, when. (8/28/1951)
537.110	What words are actionable. (8/28/1939)
537.115	Food donation or distribution, limited liability, when. (8/28/2020)
537.117	Officers or members of governing bodies of certain corporations, charities, organizations or clubs immune from personal liability for official acts, exceptions. (7/1/1987)
537.118	Volunteers, limited personal liability, certain organizations and government entities, exceptions. (8/28/1989)
537.120	Physician not liable for restraint of mentally incapacitated persons. (8/28/1983)
537.123	Civil action for damages for passing bad checks, only original holder may bring action — limitations — notice requirements — payroll checks, action to be against employer. (1/1/2017)
537.125	Shoplifting — detention of suspect by merchant — liability presumption. (8/28/1985)
537.127	Stealing, civil liability — parent or guardian civilly liable for minor's stealing — conversion of shopping carts, penalty. (1/1/2017)
537.130	Liability for damages caused by riotous assemblage. (8/28/1939)
537.165	Political subdivisions to defend tort actions against firemen involving use of motor vehicles — extent of liability. (8/28/1957)
537.170	Waiver of rights to damages by blind employee. (8/28/1939)
537.180	Negligence of fellow servant no defense in action by employee against railroad or mine. (8/28/1949)
537.190	Fellow servant defined. (8/28/1949)
537.200	Vice-principals defined. (8/28/1949)
537.210	Contracts limiting liability invalid. (8/28/1949)
537.220	Construction and application of sections 537.180 to 537.210. (8/28/1939)
537.230	Action against mining operator for wrongful death of employee — amount — limitation. (8/28/1949)
537.240	Railroads and railroad corporation or companies — terms construed. (8/28/1939)
537.250	Liability of common carrier for loss or damage to property transported — who may be joined as defendants. (8/28/1939)
537.260	Railroad liable for killing stock — irrespective of negligence unless road is fenced. (8/28/1939)
537.270	Insufficient fence on railroad — stock killed — damages. (8/28/1939)
537.280	Injury to stock by railroad — agreed damages — payment, when. (8/28/1939)
537.290	Failure to pay agreed damages — double damages. (8/28/1939)
537.294	Firearm ranges — definitions — not to be deemed a nuisance, when — immunity from civil and criminal liability, when. (8/28/2008)
537.295	Agricultural operation not to be deemed a nuisance, when — exceptions — costs. (8/28/1990)
537.296	Private nuisance — definitions — exclusive compensatory damages for agricultural nuisances, subsequent actions, effect of — standing — action in excess of one million dollars, court or jury shall visit property — copy of final judgment to be filed. (8/28/2011)
537.297	Transfer of anhydrous ammonia, tamperer assumes risk — owners immune from liability and suit, when. (8/28/2001)
537.300	Penalty for driving away of others' stock by drovers. (1/2/1979)
537.310	Proceedings under section 537.300. (8/28/1939)
537.320	Judgment — execution. (1/2/1979)
537.325	Definitions — liability for equine activities, limitations, exceptions — signs required, contents. (8/28/2015)
537.327	Paddlesport activities — definitions — immunity from liability, when — exemptions — posting of signs required, content. (8/28/2005)
537.328	Private campgrounds, immunity from liability for inherent risks of camping — liability, when — signage. (8/28/2021)
537.330	Malicious trespass — to personalty — double damages — issuance of attachment, when. (8/28/1939)
537.340	Trespass on realty — treble damages recoverable, when — rules for trimming, removing, and controlling trees. (8/28/2019)
537.345	Definitions for sections 537.345 to 537.347 and 537.351. (8/28/2012)
537.346	Landowner owes no duty of care to persons entering without fee to keep land safe for recreational use — immunity from liability for injuries of trespasser on land adjacent to park or trail. (8/28/2021)
537.347	Landowner directly or indirectly invites or permits persons on land for recreation or wildlife management, effect. (8/28/2021)
537.348	Landowner liable, when — definitions. (8/28/2021)
537.349	Liability of landowner to trespasser, immunity where trespasser under influence of drugs or alcohol — limitations. (8/28/2018)
537.350	Double damages for throwing down gates and fences — exception. (8/28/1939)
537.351	Trespassers, no duty of care by owners, exception — liability for physical injury or death, when. (8/28/2012)
537.353	Liability for damage or destruction of field crop products, when — court costs awarded, when. (8/28/2007)
537.354	Prescribed burning act — definitions — immunity from liability, when — inapplicability, when. (8/28/2021)
537.355	Private property, permission by owner to hunt, fish, or recreate, limitation on privilege. (8/28/2008)
537.360	Single damages only recoverable, when. (8/28/1939)
537.370	Penalties, how recovered. (8/28/1939)
537.380	Fires from railroad engines — damages. (8/28/1939)
537.400	Double damages for willful fires. (8/28/1939)
537.410	Damages for backwater caused by boom across stream — attorney's fee. (8/28/1939)
537.420	Tenant for life or years liable for treble damages for waste. (8/28/1939)
537.430	Who may sue. (8/28/1939)
537.440	Heirs may sue for waste, when. (8/28/1939)
537.450	Tenant holding land after having aliened it liable for waste. (8/28/1939)
537.460	Tenants liable to cotenants, when. (8/28/1939)
537.470	Conservators, liable for waste, when. (8/28/1983)
537.480	What damages recovered for waste. (8/28/1939)
537.490	Treble damages if waste was wantonly committed. (8/28/1939)
537.500	Where waste committed pending suit, receiver may take possession. (8/28/1939)
537.510	Actions for waste, brought against whom. (8/28/1939)
537.520	Interest as part of damages. (8/28/1939)
537.523	Institutional vandalism, civil actions for damages or injunction — attorney fees and costs. (8/28/1988)
537.524	Injunction and damages for interference with lawful hunting and trapping. (8/28/1988)
537.525	Tampering with computer data, computer equipment, or computer users — damages — attorney fees, certain expenses, awarded when. (8/28/1987)
537.528	Actions for damages for conduct or speech at public hearings and meetings to be considered on expedited basis — procedural issues. (8/28/2012)
537.550	Limitation on liability for injury or death at fairs or festivals — signs to be posted, content. (8/28/2004)
537.555	No civil liability for forcible entry into a vehicle for purpose of removing an unsupervised minor, when. (7/1/2016)
	COMMONSENSE CONSUMPTION ACT
537.595	Citation — definitions — immunity from liability for claims relating to weight gain or obesity, when, exceptions — petition, contents — effective date. (1/1/2005)
	SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
	State legal expense fund not to broaden state's liability, 105.711 to 105.726
537.600	Sovereign immunity in effect — exceptions. (8/28/2005)
537.602	Supervision of community service work, immunity from liability, when — definitions — community service work not deemed employment and worker not an employee. (8/28/2014)
537.610	Liability insurance for tort claims may be purchased by whom — limitation on waiver of immunity — maximum amount payable for claims out of single occurrence — exception — apportionment of settlements — inflation — penalties. (8/28/2009)
537.615	Liability of state increase to apply, when. (8/28/1999)
537.620	Political subdivisions may jointly create entity to provide insurance — entity created not deemed an insurance company or insurer. (8/28/2021)
537.625	Procedure to form insurance entity. (6/2/1988)
537.630	Director to approve articles and issue license. (8/28/1978)
537.635	Entity to be treated as corporation — not to produce profit — may pay dividends, when. (8/28/1999)
537.640	Director to examine — renewal license fee — amendments to articles. (8/28/2006)
537.645	Director may take charge of entity, when. (8/28/1978)
537.650	Premium tax not required. (8/28/1978)
	TORT VICTIMS' COMPENSATION FUND
537.675	Tort victims' compensation fund established — definitions — notification of punitive damage award to attorney general, lien for deposit into fund — legal services for low-income people. (8/28/2010)
537.678	Percentage of fund to be used to assist uncompensated tort victims — filing of claims, procedure. (8/28/2001)
537.681	Eligibility requirements — waiver of certain requirements, when — incarcerated victim, procedure. (8/28/2001)
537.684	Filing of a claim, determining compensation, procedure — payment of claims. (8/28/2010)
537.687	Medical records submitted, when — violation, penalty. (8/28/2001)
537.690	Petition for review of a decision by the division filed with commission — judicial review permitted, when. (8/28/2001)
537.693	Right of subrogation, payment of a claim — division lien on any compensation received by claimant — rulemaking authority. (8/28/2001)
	RISK MANAGEMENT FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES
537.700	Public entity risk management fund established — definitions — who may participate. (6/20/1986)
537.705	Effect of participation in fund — use of funds, limits — board of trustees, duties — staff — board to be notified of claims, when — board may contract with independent insurance agents. (8/28/1999)
537.710	Board of trustees established — members, appointment, qualifications, terms, liability limited. (6/20/1986)
537.715	Board of trustees — officers. (6/20/1986)
537.720	Board, meetings — quorum — expenses. (6/20/1986)
537.725	Board — records — reports — principal office — seal. (6/20/1986)
537.730	Board — duties — rulemaking authority — subpoena power — prohibited activities. (8/28/1993)
537.735	Fund account, how maintained. (6/20/1986)
537.740	Insufficient contributions, assessment, abatement, deferral — retroactive application. (8/28/1999)
537.745	Construction of provisions. (6/20/1986)
537.750	Exhaustion of fund, claims to be prorated. (6/20/1986)
537.755	Fund money not available for certain purposes, exception. (6/2/1988)
537.756	Maximum amount payable from fund — how calculated. (8/28/1999)
	PRODUCTS LIABILITY
537.760	Products liability claim defined. (7/1/1987)
537.762	Motion to dismiss, defendant whose only liability is as seller in stream of commerce requirements, procedure — order of dismissal to be interlocutory. (8/28/2019)
537.764	State of the art, defined — affirmative defense in cases of strict liability for failure to warn — burden of proof on party asserting defense — action for negligence, when. (7/1/1987)
537.765	Contributory fault as complete bar to plaintiff's recovery abolished — doctrine of comparative fault to apply — fault of plaintiff an affirmative defense to diminish damages — fault defined. (7/1/1987)
	BUSINESS PREMISES SAFETY ACT
537.785	Citation of law — definitions. (8/28/2018)
537.787	Criminal or harmful acts, no duty of business to guard against, when — duty, affirmative defenses. (8/28/2018)
	AGRITOURISM PROMOTION
537.850	Citation of law — definitions. (8/28/2012)
537.856	Signage required — contract warning notice and language, contents — written description of activity required, when. (8/28/2012)
537.859	Immunity from liability, when — affirmative defense. (8/28/2012)
	COVID-19
537.1000	Definitions. (8/28/2021)
537.1005	COVID-19 exposure, immunity from liability, when — assumption of risk, signage — no third-party liability, exceptions. (8/28/2021)
537.1010	Health care providers, immunity from liability, exceptions. (8/28/2021)
537.1015	Covered products, no COVID-19 products liability, when — evidence required for liability — inapplicability, when. (8/28/2021)
537.1020	Punitive damages, when. (8/28/2021)
537.1035	Expiration date — cause of action for COVID-19 exposure, health care services, or covered products created — statute of limitations. (8/28/2021)

- Cross References
	Cities having insurance liable for torts in connection with governmental act, 71.185
	Dams, damages for building or heightening without permission, 236.270
	Division fences, damages, how ascertained when stock breaks through, 272.030 to 272.050
	Dogs, rabid, owner liable for damages of, 322.080
	Ejectment proceedings, Chap. 524
	Frivolous actions, defenses and motion consequences for filing, costs, 514.205
	Habeas corpus law, recovery of penalties no bar to action for damages, 532.700
	Hospital lien on patient's action for damages resulting from injuries, 430.225 to 430.250
	Innkeeper, liability for loss of guest's property, 419.010 to 419.030
	Insurance company, damages for vexations, refusal to pay, 375.420
	Katy Trail, no civil liability for adjoining landowners, when, 258.100
	Liability for torts in connection with operation of aircraft, 305.030 to 305.050
	Livestock running at large, damages resulting from, 270.010 to 270.050, 270.170
	Medical and health care providers, malpractice sections, Chap. 538, certain sections not applicable, 538.300
	Necessary parties in suit for damages against cities over 150,000 population, 507.230
	Nurseries stock, damages for failure to deliver at proper time, 431.050
	Prejudgment interest allowed in tort cases when, procedure, amount, 408.040
	Railroads, failure to construct grade crossings, 389.610; failure to maintain sewer in certain cities, 389.690
	Rearresting person after discharge on habeas corpus, damages, 532.660
	Sheep-killing dogs, owner liable for damages of, 273.020
	Special and exemplary damages, how pleaded, 509.200
	State employees, state legal expense fund coverage, 105.711
	Streams and rivers, no civil liability for adjoining landowners, when, 258.200
	Telephone and telegraph companies, actions against, Chap. 392
	Uniform trade secrets act, misappropriation action for damages displaces tort actions for restitution, 417.463
	Unlawful act, attorney's fees allowable, 392.350
	Withholding employee's wages, corporation and officer liable for damages, 430.360
	Workers' compensation law, Chap. 287