2018 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements
Chapter 492 - Oaths and Affirmations, Depositions and Perpetuation of Testimony
Section 492.420 Depositions may be taken to perpetuate testimony, when.

Universal Citation:
MO Rev Stat § 492.420 (2018)
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Effective 28 Aug 1939

Title XXXIII EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

Chapter 492

492.420. Depositions may be taken to perpetuate testimony, when. — Depositions of witnesses to perpetuate testimony may be taken, whether the person desiring the taking of the same is a party, or expects to be a party, to a suit pending or about to be commenced or not, in any court of this state, and the object is to perpetuate the contents of any lost deed or other instrument of writing, or the remembrance of any fact, matter or thing necessary to the recovery, security or defense of any estate or property, real or personal, or any interest therein, or any other personal right.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1953)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1789; 1919 § 5476; 1909 § 6419

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