If a property deed or document has been on file at the county recorder's office for at least 10 years, and someone has been using or claiming that property based on it for 10 years in a row, that document is treated as good proof in court that it is real and was properly signed.
490.360. of of . — Whenever the s in the of any county shall contain a record of any writing, instrument or , to affect any real estate, or any right or interest in or to the same, and such real estate, right or interest in or to the same shall have been claimed or enjoyed by any person, by or through such writing, instrument or deed, for a period of ten years, such writing, instrument or deed, and a thereof, and of the time of its record, shall be of the execution of such writing, instrument or deed, and of its and time of record; provided, the said shall have been made at least ten years next before such writing, instrument or deed, or certified copy thereof, is offered in evidence.
(RSMo 1939 § 1850)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1686; 1919 § 5373; 1909 § 6318
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Copies evidence when original lost
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