Nothing contained in any statute of limitation shall extend to any lands given, granted, sequestered, or appropriated to any public, pious, or charitable use, or to any lands belonging to this state. This section shall be construed to prohibit any judgment granting adverse possession to a claimant where the defendant possesses an interest in land described in a recorded deed and is a public utility as defined in section 386.020, or is a rural electric cooperative as defined in chapter 394, or is an organization operating under section 394.200.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.090
Statute not to extend to certain lands
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case MacDonough-Webster Lodge No. 26 v. Wells (2003)
Most recently applied in Roy v. Woodstock Community Trust, Inc. (January 2014)
Effective: 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories; (RSMo 1939 § 1011, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1045, A.L. 2007 S.B. 416); Prior revisions: 1929 § 859; 1919 § 1314; 1909 § 1886
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.