When old court records from a justice of the peace are handed over to a county clerk, official copies of those records — stamped and certified by the clerk — can be used as evidence in court.
490.140. Justice court records, , when. — Where the , files, books and papers of a shall have been delivered to a of the according to law, copies of such docket, files, books or papers, by such clerk, shall be evidence.
(RSMo 1939 § 1867)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1703; 1919 § 5390; 1909 § 6334
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Related Missouri laws
Certified records of courts to be evidence
RSMo 490.130
Public documents edited by authority of Congress
RSMo 490.150
What law to be issue for the court
RSMo 490.120
Printed journals of senate and house of this state
RSMo 490.160
Presentation of laws to trial court
RSMo 490.110
Printing authority to be stated
RSMo 490.170
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