When, by the ordinance or custom of any religious society or congregation in this state, a register is required to be kept of marriages, births, baptisms, deaths or interments, such register shall be admitted as evidence.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.260
Records of religious societies
Known as the The Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act
The act spans §§ 490–490 (79 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Cappo v. Allstate Life Insurance Co. (1991)
Most recently applied in Cappo v. Allstate Life Insurance Co. (April 1991)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1829); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1665; 1919 § 5352; 1909 § 6297
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.