{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-442.300","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.300","heading":"Proof, when grantor and witnesses are dead.","body":"No proof, by evidence of the handwriting of the party and of a subscribing witness, shall be taken, unless the court or officer taking the same shall be satisfied that all the subscribing witnesses to such instrument are dead or cannot be had to prove the execution thereof.","path":["Title XXIX - OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY","Chapter 442 - Titles and Conveyance of Real Estate"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=442.300","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"df758338858071e15c5925ec7295c2d17566b84c3a9064818048b5c94cf4899b","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-442.290","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-442.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}