Section 431.020 – Instrument of writing to import consideration — due and payable as specified.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 431.020. Instrument of writing to import consideration — due and payable as specified. — All instruments of writing made and signed by any person or his agent, whereby he shall promise to pay to any other, or his order, or unto bearer, any sum of money or property therein mentioned, […]
Section 431.030 – Provisions limiting time for bringing suits prohibited.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 431.030. Provisions limiting time for bringing suits prohibited. — All parts of any contract or agreement hereafter made or entered into which either directly or indirectly limit or tend to limit the time in which any suit or action may be instituted, shall be null and void. ——– (RSMo 1939 […]
Section 431.040 – Fraud in sale of nursery stock — damages recoverable.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 431.040. Fraud in sale of nursery stock — damages recoverable. — Any person, firm or corporation doing business in this state as nurserymen or tree dealers, who shall falsely represent the grade or variety of any fruit trees, vines, shrubs, plants or bulbs which they sell, shall be guilty of […]
Section 431.050 – Failure of nurserymen to deliver at proper time and season, contract voidable.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 431.050. Failure of nurserymen to deliver at proper time and season, contract voidable. — Any nurserymen or tree dealers who shall sell and contract to deliver any fruit trees, vines, shrubs, plants or bulbs for planting, and shall fail to deliver said fruit trees, vines, shrubs, plants or bulbs at […]
Section 431.055 – Persons competent to contract when eighteen years of age.
Effective – 07 Jan 1975 431.055. Persons competent to contract when eighteen years of age. — The legal age at which a person becomes competent to contract in Missouri is eighteen years and any rule or provision of the common law to the contrary is hereby abrogated. ——– (L. 1974 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 3 […]
Section 431.056 – Minor’s ability to contract for certain purposes — conditions — immunity from liability, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 2020, 4 histories 431.056. Minor’s ability to contract for certain purposes — conditions — immunity from liability, when. — 1. A minor shall be qualified and competent to contract for housing, employment, purchase of an automobile, receipt of a student loan, admission to high school or postsecondary school, obtaining medical and […]
Section 431.010 – Private seals abolished.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 431.010. Private seals abolished. — The use of private seals in written contracts, conveyances of real estate, and all other instruments of writing heretofore required by law to be sealed (except the seals of corporations), is hereby abolished, but the addition of a private seal to any such instrument shall […]