Every instrument in writing that conveys any real estate, or whereby any real estate may be affected, in law or equity, proved or acknowledged and certified in the manner herein prescribed, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which such real estate is situated.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.380
Instruments to be recorded
Known as the Private Landowner Protection Act
The act spans §§ 442–442 (78 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case In Re Major (1998)
Most recently applied in United States v. U.S. Bank National Association (July 2016)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 3426); Prior revisions: 1929 § 3039; 1919 § 2198; 1909 § 2809
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.