# Fraud · Missouri — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Fraud · Missouri, limitation period is five years; when the clock starts is the cause of action in such case to be deemed not to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party, at any time within ten years, of the facts constituting the fraud; section is 516.120; how the statute describes it is An action for relief on the ground of fraud, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Fraud _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Missouri _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** five years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** An action for relief on the ground of fraud _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** the cause of action in such case to be deemed not to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party, at any time within ten years, of the facts constituting the fraud _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 516.120 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 516.120. What actions within five years. — Within five years: (1) All actions upon contracts, obligations or liabilities, express or implied, except those mentioned in section <https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.110> 516.110 , and except upon judgments or decrees of a court of record, and except where a different time is herein limited; (2) An action upon a liability created by a statute other than a penalty or forfeiture; (3) An action for trespass on real estate; (4) An action for taking, detaining or injuring any goods or chattels, including actions for the recovery of specific personal property, or for any other injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract and not herein otherwise enumerated; (5) An action for relief on the ground of fraud, the cause of action in such case to be deemed not to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party, at any time within ten years, of the facts constituting the fraud.

## Source

- https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.120

Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25.
Part of [Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim](https://referencesource.org/state-civil-statute-of-limitations/).