Assault or battery · Missouri
For Assault or battery · Missouri, limitation period is two years; section is 516.140; how the statute describes it is an action for libel, slander, injurious falsehood, assault, battery, false imprisonment, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Assault or battery our reading
- State
- Missouri verified
- Limitation period
- two years verified
- How the statute describes it
- an action for libel, slander, injurious falsehood, assault, battery, false imprisonment verified
- Section
- 516.140 verified
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What the source says
516.140. What actions within two years. — Within two years: an action for libel, slander, injurious falsehood, assault, battery, false imprisonment, criminal conversation, malicious prosecution or actions brought under section
— revisor.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- revisor.mo.govhttps://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.140