When a marriage contract is filed with the county recorder's office, everyone is considered to be aware of what it says regarding property in that county. If the contract is not filed, it only applies to the people who signed it or people who already knew about it — it does not affect anyone else's rights to the property.
451.240. Contract so shall , to whom. — When any such is deposited in the for , it shall, as to all property affected by it in the county where the same is deposited, impart full notice to all persons of its contents; and no such contract shall be valid or affect any property except between the and such as have thereof, until it shall be , as herein prescribed.
(RSMo 1939 § 3375)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2988; 1919 § 7313; 1909 § 8294
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