{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.420","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.420","heading":"What a pleading shall state as a counterclaim.","body":"A pleading shall state as a counterclaim any claim, not the subject of a pending action, which at the time of filing the pleading the pleader has against any opposing party, if it arises out of the transaction or occurrences that is the subject matter of the opposing party's claim and does not require for its adjudication the presence of third parties of whom the court cannot acquire jurisdiction.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.420","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"475bc4b3cb36950934476709f504857056534a86c570462e6401a3199e401092","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.410","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.430"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}