2018 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property
Chapter 442 - Titles and Conveyance of Real Estate
Section 442.140 Execution of deeds in foreign language — translation — recording.

Universal Citation: MO Rev Stat § 442.140 (2018)

Effective 28 Aug 1939

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY

Chapter 442

442.140. Execution of deeds in foreign language — translation — recording. — 1. All deeds, mortgages or other instruments of writing conveying or affecting real estate, and all proofs and acknowledgments of the same executed in a foreign country, and in accordance with the laws of this state, may be made and taken in the language of such country.

2. And the same, accompanied with a sworn translation in English of the same, by the recorder of land titles in the county where recorded, shall be entitled to record and be received in evidence in any court in this state, in like manner as if the same were originally written in the English language.

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(RSMo 1939 § 3412)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3025; 1919 § 2184; 1909 § 2795

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