Missouri Statutes
§ 451.240 — Contract so recorded shall impart notice, to whom.
Missouri § 451.240
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XXXDOMESTIC RELATIONS
Ch. 451Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 451.240 (2026).
Text
When any such marriage contract is deposited in the recorder's office for record, it shall, as to all property affected by it in the county where the same is deposited, impart full notice to all persons of its contents; and no such contract shall be valid or affect any property except between the parties thereto and such as have actual notice thereof, until it shall be deposited for record, as herein prescribed.
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Legislative History
(RSMo 1939 § 3375)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2988; 1919 § 7313; 1909 § 8294
Nearby Sections
15
§ 451.010
Marriage a civil contract.§ 451.020
Certain marriages prohibited — official issuing licenses to certain persons guilty of misdemeanor.§ 451.030
Bigamous marriage void.§ 451.080
Recorder to issue license — form of.§ 451.100
Marriages solemnized by whom.§ 451.110
Certificate of marriage to be given.§ 451.150
Licenses to be recorded — fee.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 451.240, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/451/451.240.