§ 694.060.Time For Commencing Action After Operative Date
Title 9. Enforcement of Judgments · Division 1 · Chapter 20. Transitional Provisions · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
Full Text of § 694.060
Plain-English Summary
Some creditor remedies depend on filing a separate action, and the 1983 transition needed a rule for actions that could have been brought under the old law right before the changeover. Section 694.060 gave such a party a one-year window, running from the operative date, to commence an action under § 708.210 — notwithstanding the time limit § 708.230 otherwise imposes — so long as the action could have been commenced under prior law on the day before the operative date.
That one-year grace period expired in 1984. Like the rest of this chapter, this section now functions as a historical record of how the transition preserved a narrow category of claims that might otherwise have been cut off by the changeover, rather than as a rule with any remaining operative effect.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did this section extend the ordinary time limit for bringing an action under § 708.210?
Yes, for one year after the operative date, notwithstanding the time limit in § 708.230, but only for actions that could have been commenced under prior law the day before the operative date.
Is this one-year window still available?
No. It ran out in 1984, so the section now serves only as a historical explanation of how the 1983 transition treated this category of claims.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.