{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.230","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.230","heading":"Pleading written instrument.","body":"Whenever a claim, defense, or counterclaim is founded upon a written instrument, the same may be pleaded according to legal effect, or may be recited at length in the pleading, or a copy may be attached to the pleading as an exhibit.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.230","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"641c2417504f9673e05b6f1fb09bc9f8d351c8af3dd8f1126fd178c96920437f","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.220","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.240"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}