{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-490.040","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.040","heading":"Books containing acts of Congress.","body":"The printed books containing the acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be published by authority of congress, or by authority of the United States, shall be evidence of the laws, public or private, general, local or special, therein contained.","path":["Title XXXIII - EVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS","Chapter 490 - Evidence"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=490.040","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"c8d07cea4075a8a5e886b684106119a237bf76ba0cd56eb55ac65706184c4056","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-490.030","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-490.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}