Property damage · Missouri

For Property damage · Missouri, limitation period is five years; section is 516.120; how the statute describes it is An action for taking, detaining or injuring any goods or chattels, including actions for the recovery of specific personal property, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

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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;

— revisor.mo.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25

Source

• revisor.mo.govhttps://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.120

Last verified against source: 2026-08-25. Due for re-check by 2027-08-25. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.