When certain officials — like people who manage a deceased person's estate, guardians, or court-appointed helpers — have to file a bond (a kind of promise backed by money), a certified copy of that bond can be used in court just like the original paper. The copy has to be officially stamped and signed by the officer who keeps the original.
490.480. Copies of of and others. — Copies of all bonds required by law to be given by , administrators, , guardians, and , for the faithful of their duties as such, and the bonds of principals and required to be taken in the course of any in any of the courts of this state, by and with the of the officer to whom by law the of the same is , shall be , to all intents and purposes, as the originals themselves.
(RSMo 1939 § 1854, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1690; 1919 § 5377; 1909 § 6321
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