If a land office register or receiver got letters from their bosses in the U.S. land department about official business, copies of those letters can be used as evidence in a Missouri court case, as long as the register or receiver signs off saying the copies are correct.
490.210. Copies of received by of . — Copies of any letter or letters received by the register or of any land office, as aforesaid, from any superior officer in the land of the United States, concerning the of the said register or receiver, by the said register or receiver to be correct, shall be in the trial of any in any court in this state.
(RSMo 1939 § 1823)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1659; 1919 § 5346; 1909 § 6291
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Related Missouri laws
Copies from United States land offices
RSMo 490.200
Office records of the United States or sister state
RSMo 490.220
Certified copies in offices of auditor and treasurer
RSMo 490.190
Exemplification by President and others
RSMo 490.230
Printed copies of utility tariffs, evidence, when
RSMo 490.235
Certified copies of certain official records
RSMo 490.180
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