When government workers like sheriffs or court clerks are required by law to file an official bond (a promise backed by money to do their job correctly), a certified copy of that bond can be used in court just like the original document.
490.470. Copies of official . — Copies of all bonds required by law to be given by sheriffs, collectors, county treasurers, collectors of the revenue, clerks of the supreme court, districts of the , and county , recorders, and all other officers of or under the state, who are required by law to give for the faithful performance of their duties, by the of the officer in whose the bond is required by law to be kept, may be sued upon, and shall be , to all intents and purposes, as the originals themselves.
(RSMo 1939 § 1852, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1688; 1919 § 5375; 1909 § 6319
Effective 1-02-79
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