If at any time when any cause of action herein specified accrues against any person who is a resident of this state, and he is absent therefrom, such action may be commenced within the times herein respectively limited, after the return of such person into the state.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.200
If defendant be out of state before or departs after cause of action..
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Rademeyer v. Farris (2002)
Most recently applied in Rademeyer v. Farris (March 2002)
Effective: 28 Aug 2009; (RSMo 1939 § 1023, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481); Prior revisions: 1929 § 871; 1919 § 1326; 1909 § 1897
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Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.