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, […]
Section 442.290 – What facts certificate of proof shall set forth.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.290. What facts certificate of proof shall set forth. — The certificate of such proof shall set forth the following matters: (1) The fact that such subscribing witness was personally known to at least one judge of the court, or to the officer granting the certificate, to be the person […]
Section 442.300 – Proof, when grantor and witnesses are dead.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.300. Proof, when grantor and witnesses are dead. — No proof, by evidence of the handwriting of the party and of a subscribing witness, shall be taken, unless the court or officer taking the same shall be satisfied that all the subscribing witnesses to such instrument are dead or cannot […]
Section 442.150 – Proof or acknowledgment, by whom taken.
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 442.150. Proof or acknowledgment, by whom taken. — The proof or acknowledgment of every conveyance or instrument in writing affecting real estate in law or equity, including deeds of married women, shall be taken by some one of the following courts or officers: (1) If acknowledged or proved within this […]
Section 442.155 – Acknowledgment of instruments not affecting lands — certificate — curative provision.
Effective – 28 Aug 1951 442.155. Acknowledgment of instruments not affecting lands — certificate — curative provision. — 1. All officers within or without the state of Missouri now by the laws of this state authorized to take the proof or acknowledgment of any conveyance or other instrument in writing affecting real estate, shall have […]
Section 442.160 – Acknowledgments of instruments by persons in military service — form — instruments previously acknowledged validated, when.
Effective – 12 Jun 1991 442.160. Acknowledgments of instruments by persons in military service — form — instruments previously acknowledged validated, when. — 1. Any commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer, of any of the Armed Forces of the United States, whether or not on active duty, may take proof or acknowledgment of […]
Section 442.180 – Certificate to be endorsed on conveyance.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 442.180. Certificate to be endorsed on conveyance. — Every court or officer taking the proof or acknowledgment of any conveyance or instrument of writing affecting real estate, or the relinquishment of the dower of a married woman, shall grant a certificate thereof, and cause the same to be endorsed on […]