If a copy of a federal law or resolution is kept in the Missouri Secretary of State's office, a signed and sealed copy of it can be used as proof in court.
490.050. Printed federal acts , when. — Copies of any act, law or contained in any such book, now or hereafter deposited in the office of the , under the hand and of said , shall be received in evidence.
(RSMo 1939 § 1816)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1652; 1919 § 5339; 1909 § 6284
(1956) Where in on first denied and then admitted of crime but stated he remembered very little about it and his attorney's questions tended to elicit answers that he had not been , the of his conviction was . State v. Barnholtz (Mo.), 287 S.W.2d 808.
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Related Missouri laws
Books containing acts of Congress
RSMo 490.040
Printed reports of other states, evidence
RSMo 490.060
Expert witness, opinion testimony admissible, requirements for certain actions
RSMo 490.065
Short title
RSMo 490.070
Certified statute book of other states, evidence, when
RSMo 490.030
Judicial notice to be taken
RSMo 490.080
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