490.570. Letters of attorney, how acknowledged and proved--read in evidence, when.

Letters of attorney, how acknowledged and proved--read in evidence,when.

490.570. Every letter of attorney, or other instrument ofwriting containing a power to do any act or business whatever,other than the conveyance of real estate, as agent or attorneyfor another, may be acknowledged or proved and certified, in thesame manner as deeds conveying or affecting real estate are, bylaw, required to be acknowledged or proved and certified, and,when so acknowledged or proved and certified, may, with thecertificate of acknowledgment or proof, be read in evidencewithout further proof of the execution thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 1863)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1699; 1919 § 5386; 1909 § 6330