{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.8-114","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 400.8-114","heading":"Evidentiary rules concerning certificated securities.","body":"The following rules apply in an action on a certificated security against the issuer:\n(1) Unless specifically denied in the pleadings, each signature on a security certificate or in a necessary indorsement is admitted;\n(2) If the effectiveness of a signature is put in issue, the burden of establishing effectiveness is on the party claiming under the signature, but the signature is presumed to be genuine or authorized;\n(3) If signatures on a security certificate are admitted or established, production of the certificate entitles a holder to recover on it unless the defendant establishes a defense or a defect going to the validity of the security;\n(4) If it is shown that a defense or defect exists, the plaintiff has the burden of establishing that the plaintiff or some person under whom the plaintiff claims is a person against whom the defense or defect cannot be asserted.","path":["Title XXVI - TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=400.8-114","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"e4c110d7e1d81bbc3597a49962b21d335beac0679953deefdd749bd11447c007","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.8-113","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.8-115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}