Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.010. Printed statute books, evidence. — The printed statute books of this state, printed under its authority, shall be evidence of the private acts therein contained. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 1812) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1648; 1919 § 5335; 1909 § 6280
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.020. Printed statutes of other states to be received in evidence. — Printed books or pamphlets purporting on their face to be the session or other statutes of any of the United States, or the territories thereof, or of any foreign jurisdiction, and to have been printed and published by […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.030. Certified statute book of other states, evidence, when. — Copies of any act, law, resolution or constitution, contained in any printed statute book of a sister state or territory, shall be received in any of the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the act, law, resolution […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.040. Books containing acts of Congress. — The printed books containing the acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be published by authority of congress, or by authority of the United States, shall be evidence of the laws, public or private, general, local or special, therein contained. […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.050. Printed federal acts received in evidence, when. — Copies of any act, law or resolution contained in any such book, now or hereafter deposited in the office of the secretary of state, certified under the hand and official seal of said secretary, shall be received in evidence. ——– (RSMo […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.060. Printed reports of other states, evidence. — The printed books of cases adjudged in the courts of a sister state may be admitted as evidence of the unwritten or common law of such state. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 1865) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1701; 1919 § 5388; 1909 § […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories 490.065. Expert witness, opinion testimony admissible, requirements for certain actions. — 1. In actions brought under chapter 451, 452, 453, 454, or 455 or in actions adjudicated in juvenile courts under chapter 211 or in family courts under chapter 487, or in all proceedings before the probate division […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.070. Short title. — Sections 490.070 to 490.120 may be cited as “The Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act”. ——– (L. 1949 p. 318 § 1)
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.080. Judicial notice to be taken. — Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory and other jurisdiction of the United States. ——– (L. 1949 p. 318 § 2) CROSS REFERENCE: Foreign law, judicial notice taken, when pleaded, RSMo […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.090. Court may inform itself of laws. — The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel to aid it in obtaining such information. ——– (L. 1949 p. 318 § 3)
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.100. Determination of laws. — The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and shall be reviewable. ——– (L. 1949 p. 318 § 4)
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.110. Presentation of laws to trial court. — Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.120. What law to be issue for the court. — The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in section 490.080 shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the foregoing provisions concerning judicial notice. ——– (L. 1949 p. 318 § 6)
Effective – 28 Aug 2001 490.130. Certified records of courts to be evidence. — The records of judicial proceedings of any court of the United States, or of any state, attested by the clerk thereof, with the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, and certified by the judge, chief justice or […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.140. Justice court records, evidence, when. — Where the docket, files, books and papers of a justice of the peace shall have been delivered to a clerk of the county commission according to law, copies of such docket, files, books or papers, certified by such clerk, shall be evidence. ——– […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.150. Public documents edited by authority of Congress. — Public documents, purporting to be edited or printed by authority of congress, or either house thereof, shall be evidence to the same extent that authenticated copies of the same would be. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 1818) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1654; […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.160. Printed journals of senate and house of this state. — The printed journal of the senate and house of representatives of this state, and all public documents or reports therein contained, and all reports or documents printed by the order of this state, or by either house of the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.170. Printing authority to be stated. — There shall be inserted on the title page of all books and documents printed by state officials, a statement showing by what authority the same are printed. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 1820, A. 1949 S.B. 1148) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1656; 1919 § […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.180. Certified copies of certain official records. — Copies of all papers on file in the office of the secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor and register of lands, or of any matter recorded in either of said offices, certified under the seal of the respective offices, shall be […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.190. Certified copies in offices of auditor and treasurer. — Copies of all papers and documents lawfully deposited in the office either of the treasurer or auditor of the state, when certified by such officer and authenticated by the seal of office, shall be received in evidence in the same […]
