EVERY DEADLINE
23 periods Missouri law measures, gathered out of the file and put in order, shortest first. Each one says what starts it, whose period it is, and what the law attaches to it. The shortest here is 3 business days. The longest is 10 years.
Every period on this page is stated by a section of the file and carries that section's own authority. None of it is a calculation: a period that turns on facts, on service, or on a court's discretion is described the way the section describes it and no further.
23 deadlines
Being stopped1
10 days
Executing and returning a search warrant
- From
- The application for the warrant
- Whose
- The officers
A warrant is executed as soon as practicable, and it expires if it is not executed and returned within ten days after the application was made.
Court and money19
3 business days
Cancelling a home solicitation sale
- From
- Signing
- Whose
- The buyer
The buyer may cancel until midnight of the third business day after signing, counting every day but Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, by notice in any written form to the seller's address; a mailed notice counts when it is mailed.
3 business days
The written reasons for a records denial
- From
- The request for a written statement
- Whose
- The custodian
If access is denied, the custodian provides on request a written statement of the grounds, citing the specific provision of law, by the end of the third business day after that request.
5 days
Delivering possession after an eviction judgment
- From
- The officer receiving the execution
- Whose
- The officer
After judgment, the officer delivers possession to the landlord within five days of receiving the execution.
5 business days
Recovering marked property left after an eviction
- From
- Notice to the property's owner
- Whose
- The property's owner
Property left after the sheriff carries out the judgment and plainly marked as someone else's is offered back to that person, who gets five business days after notice to recover it.
7 days
Final pay requested in writing
- From
- The discharged employee's written request
- Whose
- The employer
If the pay does not arrive within seven days of the request, the employee's wages continue as a penalty from the discharge at the same rate until paid, for no more than sixty days.
10 days
Answering an abandonment notice
- From
- Both the posting on the unit and the mailing
- Whose
- The tenant
A unit is treated as abandoned only if the landlord reasonably believes the tenant moved out for good, rent has been unpaid for thirty days, the notice is posted and mailed by first class and certified mail, and the tenant neither pays nor answers in writing within ten days.
14 days
The landlord's time after a code certification
- From
- The local government's written certification
- Whose
- The landlord
If the landlord disputes in writing that the repair is needed, the tenant may not deduct without written certification from the local government that the condition violates its code, and the landlord then has fourteen days from the certification.
14 days
The landlord's time before repair and deduct
- From
- The tenant's written notice
- Whose
- The landlord
If the landlord does not fix the condition within fourteen days, or as promptly as an emergency requires, a qualifying tenant may have the work done properly and deduct the actual, reasonable cost, with an itemized statement and receipts.
28 calendar days
Quitting unsuitable work soon after starting
- From
- The first day worked
- Whose
- The claimant
Quitting unsuitable work within twenty eight calendar days of the first day worked is among the quits that do not disqualify.
At least 1 month
Ending a month to month tenancy
- From
- The notice being received
- Whose
- The landlord or the tenant
Either side ends a month to month tenancy by written notice stating it ends on a rent paying date at least one month after the notice is received.
1 month
Ending a tenancy at will or for less than a year
- From
- The written notice to vacate
- Whose
- The landlord or the tenant
A tenancy at will, by sufferance, or for less than one year ends on one month's written notice to vacate, and an unwritten rental of a home in a city, town or village is month to month on the same notice.
30 days
Returning the deposit or listing the damages
- From
- The tenancy ending
- Whose
- The landlord
The landlord returns the full security deposit, or gives the tenant a written itemized list of the damages it is being kept for along with the balance; wrongfully withholding it costs twice the amount withheld.
30 days
Written notice of a work accident
- From
- The accident
- Whose
- The employee
No claim for an accident may go forward unless written notice of the time, place and nature of the injury, with the injured person's name and address, was given to the employer within thirty days, unless the employer was not prejudiced by not getting it.
At least 60 days
Notice to the owner of a mobile home renting the lot
- From
- The next rent due date
- Whose
- The landlord
Someone who owns a mobile home and rents the lot under it gets at least sixty days from the next rent due date.
90 days
Suing over a discharge for jury service
- From
- The discharge
- Whose
- The employee
An employee fired in violation may sue within ninety days of the discharge for lost wages and other damages and reinstatement, with a reasonable attorney's fee if the employee wins.
180 days
A Human Rights Act complaint to the commission
- From
- The discriminatory act
- Whose
- The person aggrieved
Before suing under the Missouri Human Rights Act, a person files a signed, verified written complaint with the commission within one hundred eighty days of the discriminatory act.
The warranty term or 1 year from original delivery, whichever ends first
Reporting a defect under the lemon law
- From
- Original delivery of the new vehicle
- Whose
- The consumer
A defect reported to the manufacturer during the express warranty, or within one year of original delivery, whichever ends first, has to be repaired.
Two dates and a comparison, so this one is not worked out for you.The whole of it: The Lemon Law →5 years
Suing on a contract or for an injury
- From
- The claim accruing
- Whose
- The party suing
Actions on contracts, obligations or liabilities other than the ten year kind, on a statutory liability other than a penalty, for trespass or damage to goods, and for other injuries to a person or their rights not arising on contract have five years.
10 years
Suing on a writing to pay money
- From
- The claim accruing
- Whose
- The party suing
An action on any writing, sealed or not, for the payment of money or property has ten years, as does an action for relief not otherwise provided for.
Charges and penalties3
1 year
Petitioning to expunge a misdemeanor or lesser offense
- From
- Completing the sentence imposed for each listed offense
- Whose
- The person convicted
At filing, it has to have been at least one year for a misdemeanor, municipal violation or infraction since the person completed the sentence imposed for each listed offense.
18 months
Petitioning over an arrest that was never charged
- From
- The arrest
- Whose
- The person arrested
Records of an arrest for an eligible offense that was not charged may be petitioned for no earlier than eighteen months after the arrest.
3 years
Petitioning to expunge a felony
- From
- Completing the sentence imposed for each listed offense
- Whose
- The person convicted
At filing, it has to have been at least three years since the person completed the sentence imposed for each listed felony.
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