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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-111 - Release of liens.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-111. Release of liens. —
1. In the case of a sale of a unit where delivery of an original sale certificate is required pursuant to subsection 3 of section 448.4-102, a seller shall, before conveying a unit, record or furnish to the purchaser releases of all liens affecting that unit and its common element interest which the purchaser does not expressly agree to take subject to or assume, or shall provide a surety bond or substitute collateral for or insurance against the lien. This subsection does not apply to any real estate which the declarant has the right to withdraw.
2. Before conveying real estate to the association, the declarant shall have that real estate released from:
(1) All liens the foreclosure of which would deprive unit owners of any right of access to or easement of support of their units; and
(2) All other liens on that real estate unless the original sale certificate describes certain real estate which may be conveyed subject to liens in specified amounts.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-113 - Express warranties of quality.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-113. Express warranties of quality. —
1. Express warranties made by any seller to a purchaser of a unit, if relied upon by the purchaser, are created as follows:
(1) Any affirmation of fact or promise which relates to the unit, its use, or rights appurtenant thereto, area improvements to the condominium which would directly benefit the unit, or the right to use or have the benefit of facilities not located in the condominium, creates an express warranty that the unit and related rights and uses will conform to the affirmation or promise;
(2) Any model or description of the physical characteristics of the condominium, including plans and specifications of or for improvements, creates an express warranty that the condominium will conform to the model or description;
(3) Any description of the quantity or extent of the real estate comprising the condominium, including plats or surveys, creates an express warranty that the condominium will conform to the description, subject to customary tolerances; and
(4) A provision that a buyer may put a unit only to a specified use is an express warranty that the specified use is lawful.
2. Neither formal words, such as "warranty" or "guarantee", nor a specific intention to make a warranty, are necessary to create an express warranty of quality, but a statement purporting to be merely an opinion or commendation of the real estate or its value does not create a warranty.
3. Any conveyance of a unit transfers to the purchaser all express warranties of quality made by previous sellers.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-114 - Implied warranties of quality.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-114. Implied warranties of quality. —
1. A declarant and any person in the business of selling real estate for his own account warrants that a unit will be in at least as good condition at the earlier of the time of the conveyance or delivery of possession as it was at the time of contracting, reasonable wear and tear excepted.
2. A declarant and any person in the business of selling real estate for his own account impliedly warrants that a unit and the common elements in the condominium are suitable for the ordinary uses of real estate of its type and that any improvements made or contracted for by him, or made by any person before the creation of the condominium, shall be:
(1) Free from defective materials; and
(2) Constructed in accordance with applicable law, according to sound engineering and construction standards, and in a workmanlike manner.
3. In addition, a declarant warrants to a purchaser of a unit which may be used for residential use that an existing use, continuation of which is contemplated by the parties, does not violate applicable law at the earlier of the time of conveyance or delivery of possession.
4. Warranties imposed by this section may be excluded or modified as specified in section 448.4-115.
5. For purposes of this section, improvements made or contracted for by an affiliate of a declarant are made or contracted for by the declarant.
6. Any conveyance of a unit transfers to the purchaser all of any declarant's implied warranties of quality.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-115 - Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-115. Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality. —
1. Except as limited by subsection 2 of this section with respect to a purchaser of a unit which may be used for residential use, implied warranties of quality:
(1) May be excluded or modified by agreement of the parties; and
(2) Are excluded by expression of disclaimer, such as "as is", "with all faults", or other language which in common understanding calls the buyer's attention to the exclusion of warranties.
2. With respect to a purchaser of a unit which may be occupied for residential use, no general disclaimer of implied warranties of quality is effective, but a declarant may disclaim liability in an instrument signed by the purchaser for a specified defect or specified failure to comply with applicable law, if the defect or failure entered into and became a part of the basis of the bargain.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-116 - Statute of limitations for warranties.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-116. Statute of limitations for warranties. —
1. A judicial proceeding for breach of any obligation arising under section 448.4-113 or 448.4-114 shall be commenced within six years after the cause of action accrues, but the parties may agree to reduce the period of limitation to not less than two years. With respect to a unit which may be occupied for residential use, an agreement to reduce the period of limitation shall be evidenced by a separate instrument executed by the purchaser.
2. Subject to subsection 3 of this section, a cause of action for breach of warranty of quality, regardless of the purchaser's lack of knowledge of the breach, accrues:
(1) As to a unit, at the time the purchaser to whom the warranty is first made enters into possession if a possessory interest was conveyed or at the time of acceptance of the instrument of conveyance if a nonpossessory interest was conveyed; and
(2) As to each common element, at the time the common element is completed or, if later, (a) as to a common element which may be added to the condominium, or any portion thereof, at the time the first unit therein is conveyed to a bona fide purchaser, or (b) as to a common element within any other portion of the condominium, at the time the first unit in the condominium is conveyed to a bona fide purchaser.
3. If a warranty of quality explicitly extends to future performance or duration of any improvement or component of the condominium, the cause of action accrues at the time the breach is discovered or at the end of the period for which the warranty explicitly extends, whichever is earlier.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-117 - Effect of violations on rights of action — attorney's fees.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-117. Effect of violations on rights of action — attorney's fees. —
If a declarant or any other person subject to sections 448.1-101 to 448.4-120 fails to comply with any provision hereof or any provision of the declaration or bylaws, any person or class of persons adversely affected by such failure to comply has a claim for appropriate relief. Punitive damages may be awarded in the case of a willful, wanton and malicious failure to comply with any provision of sections 448.1-101 to 448.4-120. The court, in an appropriate case, may award reasonable attorney's fees.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-118 - Labeling of promotional material.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-118. Labeling of promotional material. —
If any improvement contemplated in a condominium is labeled "NEED NOT BE BUILT" on a plat or plan, or is to be located within a portion of the condominium with respect to which the declarant has reserved a development right, no promotional material shall be displayed or delivered to prospective purchasers which describes or portrays that improvement unless the description or portrayal of the improvement is conspicuously labeled or identified as "NEED NOT BE BUILT".
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-119 - Declarant's obligation to complete and restore.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-119. Declarant's obligation to complete and restore. —
1. The declarant shall complete all improvements labeled "SHALL BE BUILT" on plats or plans prepared pursuant to section 448.2-109.
2. The declarant is subject to liability for the prompt repair and restoration, to a condition compatible with the remainder of the condominium, of any portion of the condominium affected by the exercise of rights reserved pursuant to or created by sections 448.2-110, 448.2-111, 448.2-112, 448.2-113, 448.2-115, and 448.2-116.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property › Chapter 448 - Condominium Property › Section 448.4-120 - Substantial completion of units.

Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY
Chapter 448
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
448.4-120. Substantial completion of units. —
In the case of a sale of a unit where delivery of an original sale certificate is required, a contract of sale may be executed, but no interest in that unit may be conveyed until the declaration is recorded and the unit is substantially completed, as evidenced by a recorded certificate of substantial completion executed by a registered and licensed architect or engineer, or by issuance of a certificate of occupancy authorized by law.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 177)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.010 - Marriage a civil contract.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.010. Marriage a civil contract. —
Marriage is considered in law as a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3360)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2973; 1919 § 7298; 1909 § 8279
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.020 - Certain marriages prohibited — official issuing licenses to certain persons guilty of misdemeanor.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
451.020. Certain marriages prohibited — official issuing licenses to certain persons guilty of misdemeanor. —
All marriages between parents and children, including grandparents and grandchildren of every degree, between brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood, between uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, first cousins, and between persons who lack capacity to enter into a marriage contract, are presumptively void; and it shall be unlawful for any city, county or state official having authority to issue marriage licenses to issue such marriage licenses to the persons heretofore designated, and any such official who shall issue such licenses to the persons aforesaid knowing such persons to be within the prohibition of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and this prohibition shall apply to persons born out of lawful wedlock as well as those in lawful wedlock. It shall be presumed that marriages between persons who lack capacity to enter into a marriage contract are prohibited unless the court having jurisdiction over such persons approves the marriage.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3361, A.L. 1961 p. 343, A.L. 1969 H.B. 564, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2974; 1919 § 7299; 1909 § 8280
(1955) Mental capacity to enter into marriage must be determined as of date of marriage and testimony that spouse was mentally ill at such time did not show insanity. Forbis v. Forbis (A.), 274 S.W.2d 800.
(2000) When a second marriage takes place prior to the annulment of a previous voidable marriage, a decree annulling the first marriage does not relate back to the time of that marriage so as to validate a second marriage contracted before the annulment decree. Everetts v. Apfel, 214 F.3d 990 (8th Cir.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.022 - Public policy, same sex marriages prohibited — license may not be issued.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
451.022. Public policy, same sex marriages prohibited — license may not be issued. —
1. It is the public policy of this state to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman.
2. Any purported marriage not between a man and a woman is invalid.
3. No recorder shall issue a marriage license, except to a man and a woman.
4. A marriage between persons of the same sex will not be recognized for any purpose in this state even when valid where contracted.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 768 § 6, A.L. 2001 H.B. 157)
(1998) Section is unconstitutional because title of bill was not clearly stated and bill contained more than one subject. St. Louis Health Care Network v. State, 968 S.W.2d 145 (Mo.banc).
(2014) Section is unconstitutional under the federal due process clause as significantly interfering with the fundamental right of marriage and creates a gender-based classification that is unconstitutional under the federal equal protection clause. Lawson v. Kelly, 58 F.Supp.3d 923 (W.D.Mo.).
(2014) The right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment couples of the same sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty. Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S.Ct. 2584.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.030 - Bigamous marriage void.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.030. Bigamous marriage void. —
All marriages, where either of the parties has a former wife or husband living, shall be void, unless the former marriage shall have been dissolved.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3362)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2975; 1919 § 7300; 1909 § 8281
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.080 - Recorder to issue license — form of.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
451.080. Recorder to issue license — form of. —
1. The recorders of the several counties of this state, and the recorder of the city of St. Louis, shall, when applied to by any person legally entitled to a marriage license, issue the same which may be in the following form:
State of Missouri
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ss.
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County of ______
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This license authorizes any judge, associate circuit judge, licensed or ordained preacher of the gospel, or other person authorized under the laws of this state, to solemnize marriage between A B of ______, county of ______ and state of ______, who is ______ the age of eighteen years, and C D of ______, in the county of ______, state of ______, who is ______ the age of eighteen years.
2. If the man is under eighteen or the woman under eighteen, add the following:
The custodial parent or guardian, as the case may be, of the said A B or C D (A B or C D, as the case may require), has given his or her assent to the said marriage.
Witness my hand as recorder, with the seal of office hereto affixed, at my office, in ______, the ______ day of ______, 20______, recorder.
3. On which such license the person solemnizing the marriage shall, within fifteen days after the issuing thereof, make as near as may be the following return, and return such license to the officer issuing the same:
State of Missouri
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ss.
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County of ______
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This is to certify that the undersigned ______ did at ______, in said county, on the ______ day of ______ A.D. 20______, unite in marriage the above-named persons.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3365, A.L. 1974 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 11, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 2001 H.B. 157)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2978; 1919 § 7303; 1909 § 8284
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.090 - Issuance of license prohibited, when — parental consent, when required — proof of age.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
451.090. Issuance of license prohibited, when — parental consent, when required — proof of age. —
1. No recorder shall issue a license authorizing the marriage of any male or female under sixteen years of age nor shall a license be issued authorizing the marriage of any male or female twenty-one years of age or older to a male or female under eighteen years of age.
2. No recorder shall issue a license authorizing the marriage of any male or female under the age of eighteen years, except with the consent of his or her custodial parent or guardian, which consent shall be given at the time, in writing, stating the residence of the person giving such consent, signed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths.
3. The recorder shall state in every license whether the parties applying for same, one or either or both of them, are of age, or whether the male is under the age of eighteen years or the female under the age of eighteen years, and if the male is under the age of eighteen years or the female is under the age of eighteen years, the name of the custodial parent or guardian consenting to such marriage. Applicants shall provide proof of age to the recorder in the form of a certified copy of the applicant's birth certificate, passport, or other government-issued identification, which shall then be documented by the recorder.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3370, A.L. 1974 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 11, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 2018 S.B. 655)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2983; 1919 § 7308; 1909 § 8289
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.100 - Marriages solemnized by whom.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
451.100. Marriages solemnized by whom. —
Marriages may be solemnized by any clergyman, either active or retired, who is in good standing with any church or synagogue in this state. Marriages may also be solemnized, without compensation, by any judge, including a municipal judge. Marriages may also be solemnized by a religious society, religious institution, or religious organization of this state, according to the regulations and customs of the society, institution or organization, when either party to the marriage to be solemnized is a member of such society, institution or organization.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3363, A.L. 1945 p. 1145, A.L. 1969 p. 545, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1989 H.B. 898, A.L. 1998 H.B. 987)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2976; 1919 § 7301; 1909 § 8282
CROSS REFERENCE:
Penalty for illegally solemnizing marriage, 451.115
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.110 - Certificate of marriage to be given.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.110. Certificate of marriage to be given. —
Every person solemnizing marriages under this chapter shall issue and deliver to the parties to such marriage a certificate thereof, which shall be furnished in blank by the officer who issues such license, setting forth the names and residence of the parties and the date of such marriage, and the county from which the license was issued and the date of same; and such certificates shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated in all courts of this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3369)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2982; 1919 § 7307; 1909 § 8288
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.115 - Marriages illegally solemnized — penalty.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
451.115. Marriages illegally solemnized — penalty. —
Every person who shall solemnize any marriage, having knowledge of any fact which renders such marriage unlawful or criminal in either of the parties under any law of this state, or, having knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that either of the parties shall be under the age of legal consent, or is prohibited by section 451.020 from entering into such marriage, or where to his knowledge, any other legal impediment exists to such marriage, and every person not authorized by law to solemnize marriages who shall falsely represent that he is so authorized, and who, by any pretended marriage ceremony which he may perform, shall deceive any innocent person or persons into the belief that they have been legally married, shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 4652, A.L. 1982 S.B. 785, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4264; 1919 § 3514; 1909 § 4728
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.120 - Penalty for solemnizing marriage without license, or failing to keep a record thereof.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
451.120. Penalty for solemnizing marriage without license, or failing to keep a record thereof. —
Any person who shall solemnize any marriage wherein the parties have not obtained a license, as provided by this chapter, or shall fail to keep a record of the solemnization of any marriage, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, and in addition shall be subject to a civil action by the parent, conservator or other person having care or custody of the person so married, to whom services are due wherein the recovery shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars; and any recorder who shall issue a license contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a like punishment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3371, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2984; 1919 § 7309; 1909 § 8290
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.130 - Penalty for failure to issue, record or return license.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
451.130. Penalty for failure to issue, record or return license. —
1. If any recorder willfully neglect or refuse to issue a license to any person legally entitled thereto on application, on payment or tender of the fee provided for in section 451.150, or shall fail to refuse to record such license, with the return thereon, as herein provided, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.
2. Every officer or person who shall fail to return a license within fifteen days after the issuing of the same, or who shall make a false return thereon, or any recorder who shall willfully make a false record of any marriage license or return thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in the preceding part of this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3367, A.L. 2001 H.B. 157)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2980; 1919 § 7305; 1909 § 8286
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.150 - Licenses to be recorded — fee.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 15 Jun 1987, see footnote
451.150. Licenses to be recorded — fee. —
The recorder shall record all marriage licenses issued in a well-bound book kept for that purpose, with the return thereon, for which he shall receive a fee of ten dollars to be paid for by the person obtaining the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3366, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1447, A.L. 1986 H.B. 931, A.L. 1987 H.B. 384 Revision)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2979; 1919 § 7304; 1909 § 8285
Effective 6-15-87
CROSS REFERENCES:
Recorder to keep index of marriage contracts and marriage certificates, 59.450
Recording fees, 193.195
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.151 - Additional fee for issuing marriage license or certified copies — amount to be collected by county recorder, duty to deposit — how.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1992
451.151. Additional fee for issuing marriage license or certified copies — amount to be collected by county recorder, duty to deposit — how. —
1. In addition to any other fee for the issuance of a marriage license there is hereby imposed a fee of twenty dollars to be paid by the person applying for such license. Such fee shall be collected by the recorder of deeds at the time the marriage license is issued.
2. In addition to any other fee for a certified copy of a marriage license there is hereby imposed a fee of seven dollars to be paid by the person applying for such certified copy. Such fee shall be collected by the recorder of deeds at the time the certified copy is issued. The recorder of deeds shall have the authority to differentiate, for fee imposition purposes, between a certified copy and a mere photocopy copy.
3. The recorder of deeds shall, at the end of each month, forward fifteen dollars for the issuance of a marriage license to the director of the department of revenue for deposit in the children's trust fund established in section 210.173, and five dollars for the issuance of a marriage license shall be paid to the county treasurer and deposited in a special trust fund to be expended only to provide financial assistance to shelters for victims of domestic violence, established pursuant to sections 455.200 to 455.230. The recorder of deeds shall at the end of each month forward seven dollars for each certified copy of a marriage license to the children's trust fund established in section 210.173.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1370, et al. § 9, A.L. 1992 H.B. 894)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.160 - Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.160. Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded. —
The reputed father and mother of children who were born before the ceremony of marriage is performed, as provided by this chapter, may, at the time of solemnization of said marriage, give to the officer the names of their children then living, or the descendants of such as may be dead; and it shall be the duty of such officer to record such names with his certificate of marriage.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3372)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2985; 1919 § 7310; 1909 § 8291
CROSS REFERENCE:
Issue of void or dissolved marriage legitimate, 474.080
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.170 - Lost record of marriage supplied, how.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.170. Lost record of marriage supplied, how. —
In any county in this state where the record of any marriage has been lost or destroyed, such record may be supplied by the minister or officer who solemnized any such marriage, by filing in the recorder's office of such county a certificate showing the names of the persons by him married, the date of such marriage, and the county in which the same was solemnized.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3641)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3251; 1919 § 10613; 1909 § 10424
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.180 - New certificate obtained, how.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.180. New certificate obtained, how. —
In all counties in this state where records of marriages have been destroyed by fire or otherwise, any person whose record of marriage has been destroyed, or the heirs or descendants of such person, may obtain from the officer or minister who solemnized such marriage a certificate, showing dates, names of parties married, and witnesses present at said solemnization of marriage, so far as said officer or minister may be able to certify the same; and the record of said certificate shall be prima facie evidence of said marriage in all the courts of this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3645)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3255; 1919 § 10617; 1909 § 10428
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.190 - Record supplied by certificate of witnesses, how.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.190. Record supplied by certificate of witnesses, how. —
If the minister or officer who solemnized any marriage, the record of which has been lost or destroyed, be dead, refuse to give a certificate as required by section 451.170, or his whereabouts be unknown, it shall be lawful for two credible persons who witnessed such marriage to make affidavit to the fact, giving the names of the persons, the name of the minister or officer officiating, and the date of such marriage, which shall be filed and recorded in the recorder's office of such county, which affidavit, or certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of such marriage in any court in this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3642)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3252; 1919 § 10614; 1909 § 10425
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.200 - Certificates and affidavits recorded when records lost or destroyed — fee.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.200. Certificates and affidavits recorded when records lost or destroyed — fee. —
The recorders in such counties in this state wherein such records have been lost or destroyed shall file and record the certificates or affidavits provided for in sections 451.170 and 451.180, for which they shall be allowed the same fee as for recording other certificates of marriage, and shall furnish copies of such certificates or affidavits when required.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3643)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3253; 1919 § 10615; 1909 § 10426
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.210 - Rerecording where marriage records are destroyed — fee.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.210. Rerecording where marriage records are destroyed — fee. —
In all counties of this state where the records of marriages have been burned or otherwise destroyed, the recorder of deeds or other officer whose duty it may be to record certificates of marriages shall purchase at the expense of his county a substantially bound book in which he shall record certificates of marriage, produced, and shown to him to be genuine, by any party or parties whose record of marriage has been burned or otherwise destroyed, and the heirs and descendants of such party or parties may produce the certificate of marriage herein contemplated, and have the same recorded, and the recorder or officer recording shall receive therefor the sum of fifty cents for each certificate recorded.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3644)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3254; 1919 § 10616; 1909 § 10427
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.220 - Marriage contracts to be in writing, acknowledged or proved.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.220. Marriage contracts to be in writing, acknowledged or proved. —
All marriage contracts whereby any estate, real or personal, in this state, is intended to be secured or conveyed to any person or persons, or whereby such estate may be affected in law or equity, shall be in writing, and acknowledged by each of the contracting parties, or proved by one or more subscribing witnesses.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3373)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2986; 1919 § 7311; 1909 § 8292
CROSS REFERENCES:
Conveyance avoided if bar of inheritance rights fails, 474.130
Interrupted contract bars inheritance rights, when, 474.120
(1958) Postnuptial property settlement agreement whereby wife waived any right, title or interest which she might have in or to personalty or realty of husband was valid between the parties though not acknowledged and effected relinquishment of wife's dower. Chapman v. Corbin (A.), 316 S.W.2d 880.
(1962) Where marriage contract was entered into after the wedding and in the presence of guests and at a time when the wife did not have time to read it and did not understand what it contained and she testified that she signed it in order to avoid a fuss in the presence of wedding guests, it was held invalid because of duress. Wilson v. Wilson (A.), 354 S.W.2d 532.
(1968) Anticipatory, preparatory, collateral, and ancillary acts performed in reliance on a verbal contract, generally are not sufficient part performance to call for an exception to the provisions of the statute of frauds; but if the verbal agreement is sufficiently established, the acts are done with the knowledge of the other party, and if the changes in circumstances resulting from such acts are of such nature that the consequences thereof are, or may be, disastrous, the court may enforce the contract, even though the acts are not, strictly speaking, in execution of the contract. Pointer v. Ward (Mo.), 429 S.W.2d 269.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.230 - How acknowledged or proved — to be recorded, where.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.230. How acknowledged or proved — to be recorded, where. —
Such marriage contracts shall be acknowledged or proved before the same officer and certified in the same manner as deeds of conveyance for land are or shall be required by law to be acknowledged or proved and certified; and they shall be recorded, with the certificate of proof or acknowledgment, in the office of the recorder of each county where any estate is situated which is intended to be conveyed or affected thereby.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3374)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2987; 1919 § 7312; 1909 § 8293
CROSS REFERENCE:
Marriage contracts to be received in evidence, when, 490.590
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.240 - Contract so recorded shall impart notice, to whom.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.240. Contract so recorded shall impart notice, to whom. —
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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(RSMo 1939 § 3375)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2988; 1919 § 7313; 1909 § 8294
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.260 - Rents of married person's real estate exempt from liability for spouse's debts, when.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
451.260. Rents of married person's real estate exempt from liability for spouse's debts, when. —
The rents, issues and products of the real estate of any married person, and all moneys and obligations arising from the sale of such real estate, and the interest of such person's spouse in such person's right in any real estate which belonged to such person before marriage, or which he or she may have acquired by gift, grant, devise or inheritance during coverture, shall, during coverture, be exempt from attachment or levy of execution for the sole debts of his or her spouse; and no conveyance made during coverture by such spouse of such rents, issues and products, or of any interest in such real estate, shall be valid, unless the same be by deed executed by the spouse jointly with the
*
other spouse, and acknowledged by him or her in the manner now provided by law; provided, such annual products may be attached or levied upon for any debt or liability of his or her spouse, created for necessaries for the spouse and family, and for debts for labor or materials furnished upon or for the cultivation or improvement of such real estate.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3389, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3002; 1919 § 7327; 1909 § 8308
*Word "the" appears here in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.270 - Property of married person exempt from debts of spouse incurred before marriage.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
451.270. Property of married person exempt from debts of spouse incurred before marriage. —
A spouse's property, except such as may be acquired from the other spouse, shall be exempt from all debts and liabilities contracted or incurred by his or her spouse before their marriage.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3391, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3004; 1919 § 7329; 1909 § 8310
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women › Section 451.290 - Wife deemed femme sole, when.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 451
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
451.290. Wife deemed femme sole, when. —
A married woman shall be deemed a femme sole so far as to enable her to carry on and transact business on her own account, to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, and to enforce and have enforced against her property such judgments as may be rendered for or against her, and may sue and be sued at law or in equity, with or without her husband being joined as a party; provided, a married woman may invoke all exemption and homestead laws now or hereafter in force for the protection of personal and real property owned by the head of a family, except in cases where the husband has claimed such exemption and homestead rights for the protection of his own property.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3385)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2998; 1919 § 7323; 1909 § 8304
CROSS REFERENCE:
Estate of wife conveyed and dower relinquished, how, covenant, when binding on wife or husband, 442.030
(1955) Wife held entitled to sue husband under § 451.250 for premarital personal tort committed by him in automobile accident. Hamilton v. Fulkerson (Mo.), 285 S.W.2d 642.
(1957) Wife may sue her husband who abandoned her without her fault to recover value of her necessities which she provided herself and may also sue him for conversion of her personal property. Smith v. Smith (A.), 300 S.W.2d 275.
(1957) Wife held entitled to sue administrator of deceased husband for personal injuries resulting from negligence of husband during coverture. Ennis v. Truhitte (Mo.), 306 S.W.2d 549.
(1959) One spouse cannot maintain civil action for damages against the other for personal injuries resulting from negligent acts committed during the marriage. Browner v. Browner (Mo.), 327 S.W.2d 808. Deatheridge v. Deatheridge (Mo.), 328 S.W.2d 624.
(1960) Recovery allowed in action by minor child for personal injuries and by father for medical bills and loss of earnings of minor child resulting from alleged negligence of defendant's intestate, the child's mother, in operation of motor vehicle. Doctrine of introfamily immunity from suit expired upon death of mother and wife and did not extend to decedent's estate, Brennecke v. Kilpatrick (Mo.), 336 S.W.2d 68.
(1963) Wife allowed to recover in action for damages for loss of consortium caused by defendant's negligent injury of her husband. Novak v. Kansas City Transit, Inc. (Mo.), 365 S.W.2d 539, overruling Bernhardt v. Perry, 276 (Mo.), 612, 208 S.W. 462.
(1972) After divorce, a former wife may not recover damages from her former husband for a wrongful act committed during marriage. Ebel v. Ferguson (Mo.), 478 S.W.2d 334.
(1986) The court abolished the doctrine of interspousal immunity as a bar to claims for intentional torts. Townsend v. Townsend (Mo.), 708 S.W.2d 646.
(1986) The doctrine of spousal immunity is no longer available as a bar to negligence actions. S.A.V. v. K.G.V. (Mo.), 708 S.W.2d 651.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 452 - Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and Separate Maintenance › Section 452.025 - Verified pleadings, form and content.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 452
Effective - 28 Aug 2004
452.025. Verified pleadings, form and content. —
1. All pleadings required to be verified under this chapter may at the time of execution be made by the acknowledgment thereof by the petitioner or respondent made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state, and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under official seal, attached or annexed to the pleading in form and content substantially as follows:
THE STATE OF ______
COUNTY OF ______
(The undersigned), of lawful age, being duly sworn on his/her oath, states that he/she is the petitioner/respondent named above and that the facts stated in the ______ are true according to his/her best knowledge and belief.
__________________
Petitioner/Respondent.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, 20______
My commission expires:
__________________
______ Notary Public
2. All references in this chapter regarding a "verified" document shall be satisfied by compliance with the requirements of subsection 1 of this section.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 452 - Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and Separate Maintenance › Section 452.075 - Remarriage of former spouse ends alimony.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 452
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
452.075. Remarriage of former spouse ends alimony. —
When a divorce has been granted, and the court has made an order or decree providing for the payment of alimony and maintenance, the remarriage of the former spouse shall relieve the spouse obligated to pay support from further payment of alimony to the former spouse from the date of the remarriage, without the necessity of further court action, but the remarriage shall not relieve the former spouse from the provisions of any judgment or decree or order providing for the support of any minor children.
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(L. 1957 p. 390 § 1, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537)
(1977) Subsequent remarriage terminated alimony even though such marriage was annulled because of fraud. Glass v. Glass (A.), 546 S.W.2d 738.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 452 - Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and Separate Maintenance › Section 452.080 - Decree for alimony — a lien, when.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 452
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
452.080. Decree for alimony — a lien, when. —
Upon a decree of divorce, the court may, in its discretion, decree alimony in gross or from year to year. When alimony is decreed in gross, such decree shall be a general lien on the realty of the party against whom the decree may be rendered, as in the case of other judgments. When such decree is for alimony from year to year, such decree shall not be a lien on the realty as aforesaid, but an execution in the hands of the proper officer, issued for the purpose of enforcing such decree, shall constitute a lien on the real and personal property of the defendant in such execution, so long as the same shall lawfully remain in the possession of such officer unsatisfied. In lieu of the lien of such decree for alimony from year to year, it is hereby provided that the party against whom such decree may be rendered shall be required to give security ample and sufficient for such alimony; but where default has been made in giving such security, the decree for alimony from year to year shall be a lien as in case of general judgments.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1520, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1356; 1919 § 1807; 1909 § 2376
(1977) Statute allowing award of maintenance in gross was not repealed by the dissolution of marriage statutes and § 452.335 does not preclude award of maintenance in gross. Carr v. Carr (A.), 556 S.W.2d 511.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXX - Domestic Relations › Chapter 452 - Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and Separate Maintenance › Section 452.110 - Decree as to alimony only subject to review.

Title XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 452
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
452.110. Decree as to alimony only subject to review. —
No petition for review of any judgment for divorce, rendered in any case arising pursuant to this chapter, shall be allowed, any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding; but there may be a review of any order or judgment touching the alimony and maintenance of the spouse, and the care, custody and maintenance of the children, or any of them, as in other cases.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1525, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1361; 1919 § 1812; 1909 § 2381