If someone signed a legal paper about land and followed the rules that existed at that time, the paper still counts as valid proof — even if those rules were later changed or gotten rid of.
490.280. s under repealed law. — Every or affecting , and the of the or thereof, made in pursuance of any law in force at the time of such acknowledgment or proof, but afterward repealed, shall be to the same extent, and with like effect, as if such law remained in full force.
(RSMo 1939 § 1839)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1675; 1919 § 5362; 1909 § 6307
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Related Missouri laws
Certified copies of religious records
RSMo 490.270
Deed acknowledged under former law
RSMo 490.290
Records of religious societies
RSMo 490.260
Deed, evidence upon proof of certain facts
RSMo 490.300
Records of corporations and financial institutions
RSMo 490.250
Original deed lost
RSMo 490.310
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