Section 442.410 – Deeds to be recorded, where record lost — fees.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.410. Deeds to be recorded, where record lost — fees. — And in case any person or persons may have any deed or deeds or other instrument of writing, the record of which is lost or destroyed, it shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds, upon the request […]
Section 442.420 – “Grant, bargain and sell”, how construed.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.420. “Grant, bargain and sell”, how construed. — The words “grant, bargain and sell”, in all conveyances in which any estate of inheritance in fee simple is limited, shall, unless restrained by expressed terms contained in such conveyances, be construed to be the following expressed covenants on the part of […]
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 […]
Section 442.250 – Copies to be read in evidence.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.250. Copies to be read in evidence. — Copies of such instruments or of the record of the same, duly certified by the recorder of the county in which the same may have been recorded, shall, upon proof of the loss or destruction of the original instrument, be read in […]
Section 442.260 – Proof of execution of instruments.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.260. Proof of execution of instruments. — The proof of the execution of any instrument in writing, conveying real estate, or whereby any real estate may be affected in law or equity, shall be: (1) By the testimony of a subscribing witness; or (2) When all the subscribing witnesses are […]
Section 442.270 – When proof of subscribing witness shall be taken.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.270. When proof of subscribing witness shall be taken. — No proof by a subscribing witness shall be taken, unless such witness shall be personally known to at least one judge of the court, or to the officer taking the proof, to be the person whose name is subscribed to […]
Section 442.280 – What subscribing witness shall prove before certificate shall be granted.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.280. What subscribing witness shall prove before certificate shall be granted. — No certificate of such proof shall be granted, unless such subscribing witness shall prove that the person whose name is subscribed thereto as a party is the person who executed the same; that such person executed the instrument, […]