{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.410","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.410","heading":"Objection that no demand has been made not available, when.","body":"It shall not hereafter be available to a party as an objection that no demand for the subject matter of a suit was made prior to its institution, unless it is expressly set up by way of defense in the answer or replication, and is also accompanied with a tender of the amount that is due; in which case, if the plaintiff will further prosecute his suit, and shall not recover a greater sum than is tendered, he shall pay all costs. This provision shall be applicable as well to actions for property as for money; when property is tendered the damages for its detention, if any, shall also be tendered.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.410","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"1ab5cb32473e25d6a2115d6a4384272044b57cfe9da0ec18fe77dad61e5f8085","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.400","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.420"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}