When no seal is provided, the clerk may use his private seal for the authentication of any record, process or proceeding required by law to be authenticated by the seal of the court; and the attestation of the clerk, stating that he has no seal of office, and that he has affixed his private seal, shall be received as sufficient authentication, without requiring any proof of such private seal, or that it was affixed.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.030
Private seal used, when
Known as the Judicial Privacy Act
The act spans §§ 476.001 to 476.806 (112 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1992); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1828; 1919 § 2325; 1909 § 3847
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.