Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.010
Actions for recovery of lands commenced, when
Missouri · Revised Statutes of Missouri Chapter 516 — Statutes of Limitation · Status: effective · Effective 1939-08-28
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No action for the recovery of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, shall be commenced, had or maintained by any person, whether citizen, denizen, alien, resident or nonresident of this state, unless it appear that the plaintiff, his ancestor, predecessor, grantor or other person under whom he claims was seized or possessed of the premises in question, within ten years before the commencement of such action.