If a written document about real estate has been properly acknowledged and certified, it can be used as evidence in court without needing extra proof that it is real or valid.
490.410. s affecting . — Every , or affecting , which shall be acknowledged or , and as herein prescribed, may, together with the s of or , and , be , without further proof.
(RSMo 1939 § 3435)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3048; 1919 § 2207; 1909 § 2818
Instruments affecting real estate in foreign language, translation , when, 442.140
(1952) This section means that a is that the was duly ; that is that it was signed and delivered. Baker v. Baker, 363 Mo. 318, 251 S.W.2d 31.
(1955) , given by purchaser of land to insure against forbidden use, which was executed by in manner prescribed by , acknowledged and , held and imported a . Cook v. Tide Water Associated Oil Co. (A.), 281 S.W.2d 415.
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