# Missouri — Anti-SLAPP special motion deadlines, fee-shifting and discovery stay by state

For Missouri, deadline to file the motion is No later than sixty days after a party is served with a complaint, crossclaim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts a cause of action to which this section applies, or at a later time upon a showing of good cause, a party may file a special motion to dismiss the cause of action or part of the cause of action; attorney's fees for the prevailing party is On a motion under subsection 5 of this section, the court shall award costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and reasonable litigation expenses related to the motion:; effect on discovery is All other proceedings between the moving party and responding party in an action, including discovery and a pending hearing or motion, are stayed on the filing of a motion under subsection 5 of this section; statute is Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.529, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Missouri _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Deadline to file the motion:** No later than sixty days after a party is served with a complaint, crossclaim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts a cause of action to which this section applies, or at a later time upon a showing of good cause, a party may file a special motion to dismiss the cause of action or part of the cause of action. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Attorney's fees for the prevailing party:** On a motion under subsection 5 of this section, the court shall award costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and reasonable litigation expenses related to the motion: _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effect on discovery:** All other proceedings between the moving party and responding party in an action, including discovery and a pending hearing or motion, are stayed on the filing of a motion under subsection 5 of this section _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.529 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> No later than sixty days after a party is served with a complaint, crossclaim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts a cause of action to which this section applies, or at a later time upon a showing of good cause, a party may file a special motion to dismiss the cause of action or part of the cause of action.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Deadline to file the motion

> No later than sixty days after a party is served with a complaint, crossclaim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts a cause of action to which this section applies, or at a later time upon a showing of good cause, a party may file a special motion to dismiss the cause of action or part of the cause of action.

### Attorney's fees for the prevailing party

> On a motion under subsection 5 of this section, the court shall award costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and reasonable litigation expenses related to the motion:

### Effect on discovery

> All other proceedings between the moving party and responding party in an action, including discovery and a pending hearing or motion, are stayed on the filing of a motion under subsection 5 of this section; and

## Source

- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=537.529

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
Part of [Anti-SLAPP special motion deadlines, fee-shifting and discovery stay by state](https://referencesource.org/anti-slapp-motion-provisions-by-state/).