Missouri § 446.040 Destroyed corners, how established.

Missouri Statutes

§ 446.040 — Destroyed corners, how established.

Missouri § 446.040

Title XXIXOWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY

Ch. 446Establishment and Evidence of Boundaries and Titles to Land

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.040 (2026).

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When the corner or corners of any survey shall have been destroyed or obliterated by time or accident, the owner of such survey, or of any other lands, the title of which may be affected by the loss of any such corner, or if the corner is a corner of the United States Public Land Survey, the state land surveyor may call on a judge of the circuit court, other than a municipal judge, of the county in which the land shall be situate, for the purpose of establishing such corners by testimony.

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When the corner or corners of any survey shall have been destroyed or obliterated by time or accident, the owner of such survey, or of any other lands, the title of which may be affected by the loss of any such corner, or if the corner is a corner of the United States Public Land Survey, the state land surveyor may call on a judge of the circuit court, other than a municipal judge, of the county in which the land shall be situate, for the purpose of establishing such corners by testimony.

Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 1974, A. 1949 S.B. 1126, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1981 H.B. 414) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1810; 1919 § 5497; 1909 § 6440 CROSS REFERENCE: Corners lost, reestablished, rules, 60.315