If a county's marriage record gets lost or destroyed, the minister or official who performed the wedding can fix this. They do it by turning in a written certificate to the county recorder's office. That certificate needs to include the names of the people who got married, the date of the wedding, and the county where it took place.
451.170. Lost of marriage supplied, how. — In any county in this state where the record of any marriage has been lost or destroyed, such record may be supplied by the minister or officer who any such marriage, by in the of such county a showing the names of the persons by him married, the date of such marriage, and the county in which the same was solemnized.
(RSMo 1939 § 3641)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3251; 1919 § 10613; 1909 § 10424
Tap any gold-underlined word to see what it means.
Related Missouri laws
Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded
RSMo 451.160
New certificate obtained, how
RSMo 451.180
Additional fee for issuing marriage license or certified copies
RSMo 451.151
Record supplied by certificate of witnesses, how
RSMo 451.190
Licenses to be recorded
RSMo 451.150
Certificates and affidavits recorded when records lost or destroyed
RSMo 451.200
Legal information, not legal advice. Always confirm with the official source at revisor.mo.gov.