{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.470","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.470","heading":"Additional parties made defendants when required for counterclaim or cross-claim.","body":"When the presence of parties other than those to the original action is required for the granting of complete relief in the determination of a counterclaim or cross-claim, the court shall order them to be brought in as defendants as provided in this code if jurisdiction of them can be obtained.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.470","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"6a0b0da8dee84fe0689a69cd0a32123ff9348d4e3005153b2d66bd55b2ade3b6","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.460","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}