{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-516.280","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.280","heading":"Limitation not to be extended by improper acts of defendant.","body":"If any person, by absconding or concealing himself, or by any other improper act, prevent the commencement of an action, such action may be commenced within the time herein limited, after the commencement of such action shall have ceased to be so prevented.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 516 - Statutes of Limitation"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=516.280","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"248d15d513de30bd469e96a13533429e8f7abe1c41760a5d329fd61fb36a82aa","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-516.270","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-516.290"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}