If the original marriage contract has been lost or a person cannot get access to it, a certified copy from the recorder's office can be used as evidence in court instead.
490.600. , when. — When it shall appear to the court that such , or and , is lost or is not in the power of the wishing to use it, a copy thereof, under the hand and of the , may be .
(RSMo 1939 § 1871)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1707; 1919 § 5394; 1909 § 6338
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