Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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