{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-521.470","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 521.470","heading":"Defendant may plead to merits, when.","body":"Every defendant not served with a summons may, at any time before final judgment against him, appear and plead to the merits of the action on such terms as the court may direct.","path":["Title XXXVI - STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS","Chapter 521 - Attachments"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=521.470","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"62da1be2605880a98dfbf9a72f6f8f065ec56f696c012135e60a04e41fa8d0fc","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-521.460","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-521.480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}