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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.098 (2026)

Surveys of land error or omissions

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  516.098.  Surveys of land error or omissions — action must be brought when. — Except where fraud is involved, no action to recover damages for an error or omission in the survey of land, nor any action for contribution or indemnity for damages sustained on account of an error or omission may be brought against any person performing the survey more than ten years from the completion of the survey.

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(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., A.L. 2011 S.B. 325)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2023 · leading case: Klinger v. Kightly, 791 P.2d 868 (Utah 1990).
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Klinger v. Kightly, 791 P.2d 868 (Utah 1990). · cites it 2× “052 (1988) (two years after discovery or ten-year statute of repose, whichever occurs first); Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.098 (1986) (five years after date of discovery of surveyor negligence); Mont.”
Douthit v. Sheppard, Morgan & Schwaab, Inc., No. 4:23-cv-00143 (E.D. Mo. Apr. 28, 2023). · cites it 48× “098 bars Plaintiffs’ claims based on Defendant’s 2003/2004 land survey errors.”
Willhite v. Cass Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 692 N.W.2d 92 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005). “5/13-222 (2003) (stating that no action may be brought against professional land surveyor more than four years after claimant “actually knows or should have known of the negligence, errors, omissions, torts, breaches of contract, or other action”); Md.Code Ann., Cts. & Jud.”
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