{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.300","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.300","heading":"Failure to state a claim or defense, raised on motion, when.","body":"The objections of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted or to state a legal defense to a claim may be raised by motion when these objections appear on the face of the pleadings.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.300","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"8feb2f238bf5cf687da1d0692f15d0334bed5910953ba049297463c7b77f020c","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.290","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}