Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 516.380 (2026)
Actions on penal statutes to be brought in one year
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516.380. Actions on penal statutes to be brought in one year. — All actions and suits, upon any statute, for any penalty or forfeiture given in whole or in part to any person who will prosecute for the same, shall be commenced within one year after the commission of the offense, and not after.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3786)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3396; 1919 § 3741; 1909 § 4949
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1976–2024 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Laszewski v. R.L. Persons Constr., Inc., 136 S.W.3d 863 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004).
State Ex Rel. Laszewski v. R.L. Persons Constr., Inc., 136 S.W.3d 863 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). “Third, Respondents argue that Laszewski’s claim was governed by either the one-year statute of limitations applicable to penal laws in Section 516.380 or the two-year statute of limitations as set forth in Section 290.”
Glen v. Fairway Indep. Mortg. Corp., 265 F.R.D. 474 (E.D. Mo. 2010). “Sections 516.380 through 516.420 provide limitations periods for actions on penal statutes.”
Boyle v. Missouri Real Est. Comm'n, 537 S.W.2d 603 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976). “Sims and their testimony itself simply raised fact and credibility questions finally resolved by the Administrative Hearing Commission, Missouri Real Estate Commission v.”
Custom Hardware Eng'g & Consulting, Inc. v. Dowell, 919 F. Supp. 2d 1018 (E.D. Mo. 2013). “Mo.Rev.Stat. § 516.380. The record shows that Dowell was terminated on February 20, 2009, and re *1031 ceived his last paycheck sometime thereafter.”
Schwartz v. Bann-Cor Mortg., 197 S.W.3d 168 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). “Borrowers contend the proper statute of limitations is as follows: None of the provisions of sections 516.380 to 516.420 shall apply to suits against moneyed corporations or against the directors or stockholders thereof, to recover any penalty or forfeiture imposed, or to…”
Cooper v. Minor, 16 S.W.3d 578 (Mo. 2000). “103 provides that for actions on penal statutes, the statute of limitations “shall not be tolled by the filing or pen-dency of any administrative complaint or action and no such suit may be brought or maintained unless commenced within the time prescribed by” sections 516.380,…”
State ex rel. Griffin v. R.L. Persons Constr., Inc., 193 S.W.3d 424 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). “Among their arguments in Laszew-ski, Respondents contended that Laszew-ski’s claim was governed by either the one-year statute of limitations applicable to penal laws in section 516.380 or the two-year statute of limitations for unpaid wages, set forth in section 290.”
Div. of Labor Standards, Dep't of Labor & Indus. Relations v. Walton Constr. Mgmt. Co., 984 S.W.2d 152 (Mo. Ct. App. 1998). “420 provides: None of the provisions of sections 516.380 to 516.420 shall apply to suits against moneyed corporations or against the directors or stockholders thereof, to recover any penalty or forfeiture imposed, or to enforce any liability created by the act of incorporation…”
Sean A. Brady v. John R. Ashcroft & David M. Minnick (Mo. Ct. App. 2022). “400 – provide: All actions and suits, upon any statute, for any penalty or forfeiture given in whole or in part to any person who will prosecute for the same, shall be commenced within one year after the commission of the offense, and not after. § 516.”
Fango, LLC & Imani Butler v. Douglas M. Jacoby & John R. Ashcroft (Mo. Ct. App. 2024). “2022) (“We conclude that the statutes of limitation found in §§ 516.380, .390, and .400 do not apply to the Enforcement Section's administrative enforcement petition.”
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