Missouri
For Missouri, public project retainage cap (%) is 5%; private project retainage cap (%) is no statutory cap; release deadline is 30 days after acceptance and receipt of required documentation; escrow required is not addressed in RSMo § 34.057; milestone reduction is public owner may reduce or eliminate retainage if work is proceeding satisfactorily, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- State
- Missouri our reading
- Public project retainage cap (%)
- 5%
- Private project retainage cap (%)
- no statutory cap
- Release deadline
- 30 days after acceptance and receipt of required documentation
- Escrow required
- not addressed in RSMo § 34.057
- Milestone reduction
- public owner may reduce or eliminate retainage if work is proceeding satisfactorily
- Statutory citation
- RSMo § 34.057 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Retainage withheld on any construction contract or subcontract for public works projects shall not exceed five percent of the value of the contract or subcontract.
— revisor.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Statutory citation
34.057. Public works contracts — prompt payment by public owner to contractor, engineer, architect, or surveyor
— all from revisor.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17
Source
- revisor.mo.govhttps://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?bid=905&hl=§ion=34.057