All deeds, conveyances, powers of attorney, or other instruments in writing under seal, purporting to convey any land, or any estate or interest therein, or whereby the same may be affected in law or equity, executed and acknowledged in conformity with the provisions of any law in force in this state, or in the district or territory of Louisiana, or in the territory of Missouri, at the time of its execution and acknowledgment, and which deed has been duly recorded in the proper office more than thirty years before March 28, 1874, shall, together with the certificate of acknowledgment or proof, be received in evidence in all the courts of this state without further proof of the execution thereof.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.380
Deeds recorded thirty years before 1874
Known as the The Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act
The act spans §§ 490–490 (79 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1875); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1711; 1919 § 5398; 1909 § 6342
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.