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RSMo 490.530effective 28 Aug 1939

Affidavit taken in another state before notary public or associate circuit judge

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If someone needs to make a sworn written statement (an affidavit) while outside Missouri but still in the US, they can do it in front of a notary public or a local judge. If done before a judge, extra paperwork is needed to prove that the judge was a real official with the power to give oaths, and that their signature is real.

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490.530. taken in another state before or . — Any such affidavits, taken out of this state and in the United States, may be taken before a notary public, or before any associate circuit judge, and when taken before such associate circuit judge shall be accompanied by a of the of such associate circuit judge, by the of state, or by the certificate and seal of the of the same in the state where the affidavit was made, certifying that such associate circuit judge had full power and to at the time such affidavit was taken, and that the signature of such is .

(RSMo 1939 § 1859)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1695; 1919 § 5382; 1909 § 6326

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