Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.300: Deed, evidence upon proof of certain facts.

Such deed or conveyance, acknowledged or proved and recorded, according to law, though not recorded within one year from the date thereof, or twenty years before it is offered, may be read in evidence, upon proof of such facts and circumstances as, together with the certificate of acknowledgment or proof, shall satisfy the court that the person who executed the instrument is the person therein named as grantor.