Section 516.380 – Actions on penal statutes to be brought in one year.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 516.380. Actions on penal statutes to be brought in one year. — All actions and suits, upon any statute, for any penalty or forfeiture given in whole or in part to any person who will prosecute for the same, shall be commenced within one year after the commission of the […]
Section 516.390 – When penalty goes to the state, within two years.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 516.390. When penalty goes to the state, within two years. — If the penalty is given in whole or in part to the state, or to any county or city, or to the treasury thereof, a suit therefor may be commenced, by or in behalf of the state, county or […]
Section 516.400 – When penalty goes to party aggrieved, three years.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 516.400. When penalty goes to party aggrieved, three years. — All actions upon any statute for any penalty or forfeiture, given in whole or in part to the party aggrieved, shall be commenced within three years after the commission of the offense, and not after. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 3788) […]
Section 516.410 – Sections 516.380 to 516.400 construed.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 516.410. Sections 516.380 to 516.400 construed. — Sections 516.380 to 516.400 shall not apply to any bill, complaint, information, indictment or action, which is or shall be limited by any statute to be brought, had, commenced or prosecuted within a shorter or longer time than is prescribed in said sections; […]
Section 516.420 – When not to apply to corporations.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 516.420. When not to apply to corporations. — None of the provisions of sections 516.380 to 516.420 shall apply to suits against moneyed corporations or against the directors or stockholders thereof, to recover any penalty or forfeiture imposed, or to enforce any liability created by the act of incorporation or […]