If someone needs to make a sworn written statement (affidavit) outside of Missouri but still inside the United States, it can be done in front of a clerk or judge of an official court. The clerk uses an official court seal to confirm it. If a judge is used instead, a court clerk must also sign and seal a document proving that judge is really a judge.
490.540. taken in another state before or judge. — Any such affidavits, taken out of this state and in the United States, may be taken before any clerk of a , and shall be , under the of such clerk, or before any judge of any court of record, to be certified by such judge, and the of such judge shall be certified under the official seal of the clerk of such court.
(RSMo 1939 § 1860)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1696; 1919 § 5383; 1909 § 6327
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