{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-524.160","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 524.160","heading":"Defendant may recover compensation for improvements, when.","body":"If a judgment or decree of dispossession shall be given in an action for the recovery of possession of premises, or in any real action in favor of a person having a better title thereto, against a person in the possession, held by himself or by his tenant, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, such person may recover, in a court of competent jurisdiction, compensation for all improvements made by him in good faith on such lands, tenements or hereditaments, prior to his having had notice of such adverse title.","path":["Title XXXVI - STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS","Chapter 524 - Ejectment"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=524.160","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"a50fa2869476b9d1bf20211a4e2c763cf4067b471bbb8595bfbfa419c7f9e735","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-524.150","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-524.170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}