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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.110

What action shall be commenced within ten years

Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Great Plains Trust Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad (2007)

Most recently applied in DeCoursey v. American General Life Insurance (May 2016)

Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1013)

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Within ten years:

(1) An action upon any writing, whether sealed or unsealed, for the payment of money or property;

(2) Actions brought on any covenant of warranty contained in any deed of conveyance of land shall be brought within ten years next after there shall have been a final decision against the title of the covenantor in such deed, and actions on any covenant of seizin contained in any such deed shall be brought within ten years after the cause of such action shall accrue;

(3) Actions for relief, not herein otherwise provided for.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.