Section 442.510 – An estate limited in remainder to the son or daughter of any person to be begotten, how disposed of.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.510. An estate limited in remainder to the son or daughter of any person to be begotten, how disposed of. — When an estate has been or shall be, by any conveyance, limited in remainder to the son or daughter, or to the use of the son or daughter of […]
Section 442.520 – A future estate, on the death of any person without heirs, how defeated.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.520. A future estate, on the death of any person without heirs, how defeated. — A future estate, depending on the contingency of the death of any person without heirs or issue, or children, shall be defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person, capable of taking […]
Section 442.430 – Title acquired by grantor after conveyance inures to grantee.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.430. Title acquired by grantor after conveyance inures to grantee. — Where a grantor, by the terms of his deed, undertakes to convey to the grantee an indefeasible estate in fee simple absolute, and shall not, at the time of such conveyance, have the legal title to the estate sought […]
Section 442.440 – Conveyances to counties for their use — effect.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.440. Conveyances to counties for their use — effect. — All deeds, grants and conveyances made, acknowledged and recorded as other deeds conveying lands, tenements or hereditaments to any county, or the inhabitants of any county, and their successors, or to the governor, or any person, by whatever form of […]
Section 442.450 – Conveyance to more than one — effect.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.450. Conveyance to more than one — effect. — Every interest in real estate granted or devised to two or more persons, other than executors and trustees and husband and wife, shall be a tenancy in common, unless expressly declared, in such grant or devise, to be in joint tenancy. […]
Section 442.460 – The term “heirs” not necessary to convey a fee simple estate.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.460. The term “heirs” not necessary to convey a fee simple estate. — The term “heirs”, or other words of inheritance, shall not be necessary to create or convey an estate in fee simple, and every conveyance of real estate shall pass all the estate of the grantor therein, unless […]
Section 442.350 – Provisions relating to acknowledgment or proof not to extend to last wills and testaments.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.350. Provisions relating to acknowledgment or proof not to extend to last wills and testaments. — None of the foregoing provisions in relation to the acknowledgment, proof or recording of instruments in writing, affecting real estate, shall be construed as extending to last wills and testaments. ——– (RSMo 1939 § […]
Section 442.360 – Powers of attorney, how acknowledged and proved.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.360. Powers of attorney, how acknowledged and proved. — Every letter of attorney or other instrument containing a power to convey real estate, as agent or attorney for the owner thereof, or to execute, as agent or attorney for another, any instrument in writing conveying real estate, or whereby real […]
Section 442.370 – When deemed revoked.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.370. When deemed revoked. — No such letter of attorney, or other instrument, certified and recorded in the manner prescribed in the preceding section, shall be deemed to be revoked by any act of the party by whom it was executed, until the instrument containing such revocation shall be deposited […]
Section 442.380 – Instruments to be recorded.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.380. Instruments to be recorded. — Every instrument in writing that conveys any real estate, or whereby any real estate may be affected, in law or equity, proved or acknowledged and certified in the manner herein prescribed, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in […]