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Section 490.380 – Deeds recorded thirty years before 1874.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.380. Deeds recorded thirty years before 1874. — All deeds, conveyances, powers of attorney, or other instruments in writing under seal, purporting to convey any land, or any estate or interest therein, or whereby the same may be affected in law or equity, executed and acknowledged in conformity with the […]

Section 490.390 – Copies evidence when original lost.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.390. Copies evidence when original lost. — Copies of the record of such instruments, and of the certificates of acknowledgment or proof thereof, duly certified by the recorder of the county in which the same may have been recorded as aforesaid, when it shall be shown to the court, by […]

Section 490.400 – Sheriff’s deed in tax sale, evidence of what.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.400. Sheriff’s deed in tax sale, evidence of what. — All deeds heretofore executed, or that may hereafter be executed, by any sheriff to a purchaser of land sold for delinquent and back taxes, shall be prima facie evidence that the persons named therein as defendants in the suit to […]

Section 490.410 – Acknowledged instruments affecting realty.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.410. Acknowledged instruments affecting realty. — Every instrument in writing, conveying or affecting real estate, which shall be acknowledged or proved, and certified as herein prescribed, may, together with the certificates of acknowledgment or proof, and relinquishment, be read in evidence, without further proof. ­­——– (RSMo 1939 § 3435) Prior […]

Section 490.420 – Certified copy thereof read in evidence.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.420. Certified copy thereof read in evidence. — Where any such instrument is acknowledged or proved, certified and recorded, in the manner herein prescribed, and it shall be shown to the court by the oath or affidavit of the party wishing to use the same, or of anyone knowing the […]

Section 490.270 – Certified copies of religious records.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.270. Certified copies of religious records. — Copies of the register referred to in section 490.260, certified by the pastor or other head of any such society or congregation, or by the clerk or other keeper of such register, and verified by his affidavit in writing, shall be received in […]

Section 490.280 – Instruments under repealed law.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.280. Instruments under repealed law. — Every instrument of writing conveying or affecting real estate, and the certificate of the acknowledgment or proof thereof, made in pursuance of any law in force at the time of such acknowledgment or proof, but afterward repealed, shall be evidence to the same extent, […]

Section 490.290 – Deed acknowledged under former law.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.290. Deed acknowledged under former law. — Any deed or conveyance, duly acknowledged or proved and recorded, according to any law in force at the time of taking such acknowledgment or proof, although not declared by such law to be evidence, shall be received in evidence, if it appear to […]

Section 490.210 – Copies of letters received by register of land office.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.210. Copies of letters received by register of land office. — Copies of any letter or letters received by the register or receiver of any land office, as aforesaid, from any superior officer in the land department of the United States, concerning the official action of the said register or […]

Section 490.220 – Office records of the United States or sister state.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.220. Office records of the United States or sister state. — All records and exemplifications of office books, kept in any public office of the United States, or of a sister state, not appertaining to a court, shall be evidence in this state, if attested by the keeper of said […]