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MO Rev Stat § 432.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.050 - Leases, not in writing, operate as estates at will.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   432.050. Leases, not in writing, operate as estates at will. — All leases, estates, interests of freehold or term of years, or any uncertain interest of, in, to or out of any messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments, made or created by livery and seisin only, or by parole, and not put in writing and signed by the parties so making or creating the same, or their agents lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only, and shall not, either in law or equity, be deemed or taken to have any other or greater force. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3352)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2965; 1919 § 2167; 1909 § 2781  (1957) To meet the requirements of this section, a lease may be made up of several writings such as letters, etc., and it is not necessary that all of such writings be signed by lessor and lessee. Midland Realty Co. v. Manzella (A.), 308 S.W.2d 326.
MO Rev Stat § 432.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.060 - Leases to be assigned in writing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   432.060. Leases to be assigned in writing. — No leases, estates, interests, either of freehold or term of years, or any uncertain interest of, in, to or out of any messuages, lands, tenements or hereditaments, shall at any time hereafter be assigned, granted or surrendered, unless it be by deed or note in writing, signed by the party so assigning, granting or surrendering the same, or their agents lawfully authorized by writing, or by operation of law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3353)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2966; 1919 § 2168; 1909 § 2782
MO Rev Stat § 432.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.080 - Duplicate copies to be made and preserved.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   432.080. Duplicate copies to be made and preserved. — In every case of contract entered into by any county, city, town, village, school township, school district or other municipal corporation, or by any officer or agent on their behalf, duplicate copies of the same shall be executed as above provided, one of which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county commission of the proper county, or in such office or with such officer of the city, town, village, school township, school district or other municipal corporation as may be charged with the keeping of the contracts thereof, and shall not be taken thence except to be used for the purposes of evidence in some legal matter or cause; and in case of variance between such copies, the one on file shall control in the construction of the contract. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3350)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2963; 1919 § 2165; 1909 § 2779
MO Rev Stat § 432.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.200 - Title.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.200. Title. — Sections 432.200 to 432.295 shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act". ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.210 - Scope.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.210. Scope. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, sections 432.200 to 432.295 apply to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.  2. Sections 432.200 to 432.295 shall not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by:  (1) A law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts; and  (2) The uniform commercial code other than sections 400.1-107, 400.1-206, 400.2-101 to 400.2-725, and 400.2A-101 to 400.2A-532.  3. Sections 432.200 to 432.295 apply to an electronic record or electronic signature otherwise excluded from the application of sections 432.200 to 432.295 under subsection 2 of this section to the extent it is governed by a law other than those specified in subsection 2 of this section.  4. A transaction subject to sections 432.200 to 432.295 is also subject to other applicable substantive law. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.215 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.215 - Prospective application.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.215. Prospective application. — Sections 432.200 to 432.295 apply to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after August 28, 2003. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.220 - Use of electronic records and electronic signatures — variation by agreement.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.220. Use of electronic records and electronic signatures — variation by agreement. — 1. Sections 432.200 to 432.295 do not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.  2. Sections 432.200 to 432.295 apply only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties' conduct.  3. A party that agrees to conduct a transaction by electronic means may refuse to conduct other transactions by electronic means. The right granted by this subsection shall not be waived by agreement.  4. Except as otherwise provided in sections 432.200 to 432.295, the effect of any of its provisions may be varied by agreement. The presence in certain provisions of sections 432.200 to 432.295 of the words "unless otherwise agreed", or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions shall not be varied by agreement.  5. Whether an electronic record or electronic signature has legal consequences is determined by sections 432.200 to 432.295 and other applicable law. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.225 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.225 - Construction and application.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.225. Construction and application. — Sections 432.200 to 432.295 shall be construed and applied:  (1) To facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law;  (2) To be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices; and  (3) To effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of sections 432.200 to 432.295 among states enacting it. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.230 - Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.230. Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures, and electronic contracts. — 1. A record or signature shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.  2. A contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.  3. If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.  4. If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.235 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.235 - Provision of information in writing — presentation of records.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.235. Provision of information in writing — presentation of records. — 1. If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record.  2. If a law other than sections 432.200 to 432.295 requires a record to be posted or displayed in a certain manner, to be sent, communicated, or transmitted by a specified method, or to contain information that is formatted in a certain manner, the following rules apply:  (1) The record shall be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the other law;  (2) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2) of subsection 4 of this section, the record shall be sent, communicated, or transmitted by the method specified in the other law;  (3) The record shall contain the information formatted in the manner specified in the other law.  3. If a sender inhibits the ability of a recipient to store or print an electronic record, the electronic record is not enforceable against the recipient.  4. The requirements of this section shall not be varied by agreement, but:  (1) To the extent a law other than sections 432.200 to 432.295 requires information to be provided, sent, or delivered in writing but permits that requirement to be varied by agreement, the requirement under subsection 1 of this section that the information be in the form of an electronic record capable of retention may also be varied by agreement; and  (2) A requirement under a law other than sections 432.200 to 432.295 to send, communicate, or transmit a record by first class mail, postage prepaid, may be varied by agreement to the extent permitted by the other law. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.240 - Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.240. Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature. — 1. An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature was attributable.  2. The effect of an electronic record or electronic signature attributed to a person under subsection 1 of this section is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances at the time of its creation, execution, or adoption, including the parties' agreement, if any, and otherwise as provided by law. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.245 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.245 - Effect of change or error.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.245. Effect of change or error. — If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply:  (1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record;  (2) In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:  (a) Promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person;  (b) Takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person's reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and  (c) Has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person;  (3) If neither subdivision (1) nor subdivision (2) of this section applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of mistake, and the parties' contract, if any; and  (4) Subdivisions (2) and (3) of this section shall not be varied by agreement. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.250 - Notarization and acknowledgment.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.250. Notarization and acknowledgment. — If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.255 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.255 - Retention of electronic records — originals.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.255. Retention of electronic records — originals. — 1. If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which:  (1) Accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and  (2) Remains accessible for later reference.  2. A requirement to retain a record in accordance with subsection 1 of this section does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated, or received.  3. A person may satisfy subsection 1 of this section by using the services of another person if the requirements of that subsection are satisfied.  4. If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented, or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with subsection 1 of this section.  5. If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with subsection 1 of this section.  6. A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with subsection 1 of this section satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit or like purposes, unless a law enacted after August 28, 2003, specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose.  7. This section does not preclude a governmental agency of this state from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.260 - Admissibility of evidence.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.260. Admissibility of evidence. — In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature shall not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.265 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.265 - Automated transaction.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.265. Automated transaction. — In an automated transaction, the following rules apply:  (1) A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements;  (2) A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance;  (3) The terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to it. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.270 - Time and place of sending and receipt.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.270. Time and place of sending and receipt. — 1. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it:  (1) Is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record;  (2) Is in a form capable of being processed by that system; and  (3) Enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender or enters a region of the information processing system designated or used by the recipient which is under the control of the recipient.  2. Unless otherwise agreed between a sender and the recipient, an electronic record is received when:  (1) It enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and  (2) It is in a form capable of being processed by that system.  3. Subsection 2 of this section applies even if the place the information processing system is located is different from the place the electronic record is deemed to be received under subsection 4 of this section.  4. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender's place of business and to be received at the recipient's place of business. For purposes of this subsection, the following rules apply:  (1) If the sender or recipient has more than one place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction;  (2) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the sender's or recipient's residence, as the case may be.  5. An electronic record is received under subsection 2 of this section even if no individual is aware of its receipt.  6. Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in subsection 2 of this section establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.  7. If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under subsection 1 of this section or purportedly received under subsection 2 of this section was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law. Except to the extent permitted by the other law, the requirements of this subsection shall not be varied by agreement. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 432.295 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 432 - Contracts Required to Be in Writing|Section 432.295 - Severability clause.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   432.295. Severability clause. — If any provision of sections 432.200 to 432.295 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of sections 432.200 to 432.295 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of sections 432.200 to 432.295 are severable. ­­-------- (L. 2003 H.B. 254)
MO Rev Stat § 433.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 433 - Suretyship|Section 433.010 - Surety may require obligee to sue principal — notice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   433.010. Surety may require obligee to sue principal — notice. — Any person bound as surety for another in any bond, bill or note, for the payment of money or delivery of property, may, at any time after an action has accrued thereon, require, in writing, the person having such right of action forthwith to commence suit against the principal debtor and other parties liable. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3318)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2931; 1919 § 12687; 1909 § 11269
MO Rev Stat § 433.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 433 - Suretyship|Section 433.020 - Notice, how served.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   433.020. Notice, how served. — The notice required above shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to the person having the right of action on the instrument, or leaving a copy at his usual place of abode with some person of the family over the age of fifteen years. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3320)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2933; 1919 § 12689; 1909 § 11271
MO Rev Stat § 433.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 433 - Suretyship|Section 433.030 - Surety shall be discharged, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   433.030. Surety shall be discharged, when. — If such suit is not commenced within thirty days after the service of such notice, and proceeded in with due diligence, in the ordinary course of law, to judgment and execution, such surety shall be exonerated from liability to the person so notified. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3319)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2932; 1919 § 12688; 1909 § 11270
MO Rev Stat § 433.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVIII - Contracts and Contractual Relations|Chapter 433 - Suretyship|Section 433.040 - Sureties may not require suit against principal in fidelity bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   433.040. Sureties may not require suit against principal in fidelity bond. — Sections 433.010 and 433.030 shall not extend to the bond of any personal representative, guardian, conservator, officer or other person given to secure the performance of the duties of his office, trust, place of business, nor to any bond with a collateral condition, except bond with conditions exclusively for the payment of money or the delivery of property, or for the performance of any covenant or agreement for the payment of money or delivery of property. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3321, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2934; 1919 § 12690; 1909 § 11272