Upon the application of any grantee in any instrument in writing required to be recorded or of any person claiming under such grantee, verified by the oath of the applicant, that any witness to such instrument residing in the county where such application is made refuses to appear and testify touching the execution thereof, and that such instrument cannot be proved without his evidence, any court or officer authorized to take the acknowledgment or proof of such instrument may issue a subpoena requiring such witness to appear before such court or officer and testify touching the execution thereof.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.330
Subscribing witnesses, when and how summoned to prove execution of instrument
Known as the Private Landowner Protection Act
The act spans §§ 442.010 to 442.606 (78 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 3424); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3037; 1919 § 2196; 1909 § 2807
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.