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

For Personal injury · Missouri, limitation period is five years; section is 516.120; how the statute describes it is for any other injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract and not herein otherwise enumerated, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Personal injury _(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:** for any other injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract and not herein otherwise enumerated _(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;

## 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/).