{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-527.020","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.020","heading":"Power to construe.","body":"Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.","path":["Title XXXVI - STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS","Chapter 527 - Declaratory Judgments; Actions Involving Land Titles; Lis Pendens; Change of Name"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=527.020","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"5502acd374d7930d0dc17f25d1ca6e05edde78982338a371bb1e029f8b69e0de","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-527.010","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-527.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}