Civil actions, other than those for the recovery of real property, can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in the following sections, after the causes of action shall have accrued; provided, that for the purposes of sections 516.100 to 516.370, the cause of action shall not be deemed to accrue when the wrong is done or the technical breach of contract or duty occurs, but when the damage resulting therefrom is sustained and is capable of ascertainment, and, if more than one item of damage, then the last item, so that all resulting damage may be recovered, and full and complete relief obtained.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.100
Period of limitation prescribed
Applied in 43 court decisions — leading case Fernandi v. Strully (1961)
Most recently applied in Spencer Knapp v. FAG Bearings, LLC (June 2023)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1012); Prior revisions: 1929 § 860; 1919 § 1315; 1909 § 1887
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.