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

For Written contract · Missouri, limitation period is five years; section is 516.120; how the statute describes it is All actions upon contracts, obligations or liabilities, express or implied, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Written contract _(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:** All actions upon contracts, obligations or liabilities, express or implied _(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;

## 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/).