Effective - 28 Aug 1939
490.500. Record copy of lost instrument. — In all cases where the original of any bond, contract or other instrument, for the recording of which provision has been made by law, shall appear to be lost, or not within control of the party wishing to use the same, the record thereof, or a transcript of such record, certified by the custodian thereof, under the seal of his office, may be read in evidence without further proof, in like manner and with like effect as in the case of the loss of duly recorded instruments affecting real estate.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1856)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1692; 1919 § 5379; 1909 § 6323
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements
Section 490.010 - Printed statute books, evidence.
Section 490.020 - Printed statutes of other states to be received in evidence.
Section 490.030 - Certified statute book of other states, evidence, when.
Section 490.040 - Books containing acts of Congress.
Section 490.050 - Printed federal acts received in evidence, when.
Section 490.060 - Printed reports of other states, evidence.
Section 490.065 - Expert witness, opinion testimony admissible, requirements for certain actions.
Section 490.070 - Short title.
Section 490.080 - Judicial notice to be taken.
Section 490.090 - Court may inform itself of laws.
Section 490.100 - Determination of laws.
Section 490.110 - Presentation of laws to trial court.
Section 490.120 - What law to be issue for the court.
Section 490.130 - Certified records of courts to be evidence.
Section 490.140 - Justice court records, evidence, when.
Section 490.150 - Public documents edited by authority of Congress.
Section 490.160 - Printed journals of senate and house of this state.
Section 490.170 - Printing authority to be stated.
Section 490.180 - Certified copies of certain official records.
Section 490.190 - Certified copies in offices of auditor and treasurer.
Section 490.200 - Copies from United States land offices.
Section 490.210 - Copies of letters received by register of land office.
Section 490.220 - Office records of the United States or sister state.
Section 490.230 - Exemplification by President and others.
Section 490.235 - Printed copies of utility tariffs, evidence, when.
Section 490.240 - Records of cities and towns.
Section 490.250 - Records of corporations and financial institutions.
Section 490.260 - Records of religious societies.
Section 490.270 - Certified copies of religious records.
Section 490.280 - Instruments under repealed law.
Section 490.290 - Deed acknowledged under former law.
Section 490.300 - Deed, evidence upon proof of certain facts.
Section 490.310 - Original deed lost — certified copy of deed, evidence when.
Section 490.320 - Copy of deed, when evidence.
Section 490.330 - Evidence offered to reject such copy.
Section 490.340 - Certain recorded instruments to impart notice, when.
Section 490.350 - Copies of recorded instruments.
Section 490.360 - Evidence of execution of real estate instrument.
Section 490.370 - Recitals in deeds, evidence of heirship in certain cases.
Section 490.380 - Deeds recorded thirty years before 1874.
Section 490.390 - Copies evidence when original lost.
Section 490.400 - Sheriff's deed in tax sale, evidence of what.
Section 490.410 - Acknowledged instruments affecting realty.
Section 490.420 - Certified copy thereof read in evidence.
Section 490.430 - Shall not be conclusive evidence, when.
Section 490.440 - Shall not be received in evidence until.
Section 490.450 - Error in name.
Section 490.460 - Copies of public contracts.
Section 490.470 - Copies of official bonds.
Section 490.480 - Copies of bonds of administrators and others.
Section 490.490 - When original shall be produced.
Section 490.500 - Record copy of lost instrument.
Section 490.510 - Proof of endorsement of notes.
Section 490.520 - Proof of partnership.
Section 490.530 - Affidavit taken in another state before notary public or associate circuit judge.
Section 490.540 - Affidavit taken in another state before clerk or judge.
Section 490.550 - Affidavit to be filed in court before trial.
Section 490.560 - Notary's certificate of protest.
Section 490.570 - Letters of attorney, how acknowledged and proved — read in evidence, when.
Section 490.580 - Marriage records, evidence when.
Section 490.590 - Marriage contracts.
Section 490.600 - Certified copy, evidence when.
Section 490.620 - Person, when presumed to be dead.
Section 490.630 - Evidence, when translated into English, may be read.
Section 490.640 - Comparison of disputed with genuine writings.
Section 490.650 - Account book, when produced.
Section 490.660 - Short title.
Section 490.670 - Business defined.
Section 490.680 - Records, competent evidence, when.
Section 490.690 - Interpretation and construction.
Section 490.700 - Courts to take judicial notice of population.
Section 490.720 - Definitions, admissibility of TDD, TTY, or TT communications.
Section 490.722 - Admissibility of communication through TDD, TTY, or TT.