Effective - 28 Aug 1939
445.040. Duty of recorder when plat delivered — certified copies to be evidence. — 1. It shall also be the duty of the recorder to record all plats delivered to him for record, in a book to be called a "plat book", and, when necessary to preserve uniformity, he shall reduce the scale of the original plat, and on each copy so made he shall endorse the following certificate under his hand:
"This plat is truly copied from the original. (Signed)______, recorder."
2. Copies of the record of plats from said plat book, properly certified under the hand and official seal of the recorder, shall be evidence in all courts of justice.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12807)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11183; 1919 § 9285; 1909 § 10292
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property
Section 445.010 - Plats of cities, towns, villages — shall show what.
Section 445.020 - Plat, how drawn — shall show what.
Section 445.030 - Plat to be acknowledged and recorded — acceptance by city.
Section 445.040 - Duty of recorder when plat delivered — certified copies to be evidence.
Section 445.050 - When new county established or county lines changed, plat to be recorded, where.
Section 445.070 - Penalty for selling lots before plat recorded — plat shall vest fee, when.
Section 445.080 - Penalty for recording an imperfect plat.
Section 445.090 - Persons incurring penalty may be proceeded against, how.
Section 445.120 - Penalty for violation of certain provisions.