{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-511.220","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.220","heading":"If answer or motion filed, cause to proceed.","body":"If the answer or motion is filed within the time so limited, the cause shall proceed as it would have done had the defendant appeared to the summons and filed his answer or motion to the petition; if not, the judgment shall be made absolute.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 511 - Judgments"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=511.220","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"e339298787c932fd77f7b9299e6c229a2841627ff7e34fa0b78d421102248673","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-511.210","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-511.230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}