If any person, by absconding or concealing himself, or by any other improper act, prevent the commencement of an action, such action may be commenced within the time herein limited, after the commencement of such action shall have ceased to be so prevented.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.280
Limitation not to be extended by improper acts of defendant
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Owen v. General Motors Corp. (2008)
Most recently applied in Levitt v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (April 2017)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1031); Prior revisions: 1929 § 879; 1919 § 1334; 1909 § 1905
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.