{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-510.190","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.190","heading":"Right of trial by jury — waiver.","body":"1. The right of trial by jury as declared by the constitution or as given by a statute shall be preserved to the parties inviolate. In particular, any issue as to whether a release, composition, or discharge of plaintiff's original claim was fraudulently or otherwise wrongfully procured shall be tried by jury unless waived.\n2. Parties shall be deemed to have waived trial by jury:\n(1) By failing to appear at the trial;\n(2) By filing with the clerk written consent in person or by attorney;\n(3) By oral consent in court, entered on the minutes;\n(4) By entering into trial before the court without objection.\n3. In actions against the state when a statute provides for trial without a jury, the court, with the consent of both parties, may order a trial with a jury whose verdict has the same effect as if trial by jury had been a matter of right.\n4. In actions where an infant or a mentally incapacitated person is a party and where an infant or mentally incapacitated person is represented by a legal representative, trial by jury shall be deemed to be waived under the circumstances set forth in subsection 2.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=510.190","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"9aa0b65806bb1a33e75e93f7acf5feb4188d7959e18fbbc5cb26777af43fb2e3","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-510.180","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-510.200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}