The official book where marriages are recorded by a county recorder can be used as proof in court. A certified copy of that record, stamped with the recorder's official seal, counts as valid evidence.
490.580. Marriage s, when. — The record books of marriages to be kept by the respective s, in pursuance of the of law, and copies thereof, by the recorder under his , shall be evidence in all courts.
(RSMo 1939 § 1869)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1705; 1919 § 5392; 1909 § 6336
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