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 be had to prove the execution thereof.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.300
Proof, when grantor and witnesses are dead
Known as the Private Landowner Protection Act
The act spans §§ 442–442 (78 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 3421); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3034; 1919 § 2193; 1909 § 2804
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.