{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-516.040","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.040","heading":"Possession of land under color of title, effect.","body":"The possession, under color of title, of a part of a track or lot of land, in the name of the whole tract claimed, and exercising, during the time of such possession, the usual acts of ownership over the whole tract so claimed, shall be deemed a possession of the whole of such tract.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.040","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"722c55235812e601b9ea1ef5a507e0082d61b059746f65e1e3f611021c5c00b4","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-516.030","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-516.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}