{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.100","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.100","heading":"Failure to deny, effect.","body":"Averments in a pleading to which a responsive pleading is required, other than those as to the amount of damage, are admitted when not denied in the responsive pleadings. When a reply is filed, whether required or not, all affirmative defenses of the answer which are not denied in the reply are deemed admitted. Averments in a pleading to which a responsive pleading is not filed and is not required shall be taken as denied or avoided.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.100","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"283c70eca12e5c0a471a2d8e803a16bc0bdaaf0fcf83ae1c8b5f858fc5ba7245","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.090","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}