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 Title XXIX OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY

 Chapter 442 Titles and Conveyance of Real Estate 
GENERALLY
442.010   Definitions. (3/1/2011)
442.012   Solar energy is a property right — eminent domain not permitted — easement requirements. (8/28/1979)
442.014   Private landowner protection act — definitions — conservation easement permitted, when, validity — applicability. (8/28/2011)
442.015   Conveyance or encumbrance of manufactured homes, requirements — affidavit of affixation — deemed real estate, when — detachment or severance from real estate, effect of. (3/1/2011)
442.020   Conveyances of lands. (8/28/1939)
442.025   Conveyance to self and others to create joint estate. (8/28/1953)
442.030   Conveyance of property of spouse — covenants. (8/28/2001)
442.035   Conveyance of estates by the entireties by minors or disabled persons, conservator's powers and duties. (7/1/1997)
442.040   Person under eighteen years of age may join in conveyance with adult spouse. (1/7/1975)
442.055   Contamination of premises, radioactive or hazardous material — disclosure to prospective lessees, purchasers, or transferees — penalty. (8/28/2018)
442.060   Private or public corporations may convey real estate. (8/28/1939)
442.070   Person may convey, notwithstanding adverse possession. (8/28/1939)
442.080   Conveyances by persons under eighteen years of age binding, when. (1/7/1975)
442.090   Conveyances by minor veterans valid when necessary to obtain advantage of federal law. (8/28/1999)
442.095   Sections 442.090 to 442.120 applicable to whom. (8/28/1999)
442.100   Disability of minority removed to enable veterans to acquire or convey property. (7/24/1945)
442.110   Honorable discharge of veteran, evidence necessary. (7/24/1945)
442.120   Loans to underage servicemen authorized. (7/24/1945)
442.130   Execution of deeds and other conveyances — marital status of grantor required on written instruments. (8/28/2022)
442.135   Descriptions of subdivided property, contents. (8/28/2019)
442.140   Execution of deeds in foreign language — translation — recording. (8/28/1939)
442.145   Personal appearance, acknowledgement by communication technology. (8/28/2020)
442.150   Proof or acknowledgment, by whom taken. (8/28/1949)
442.155   Acknowledgment of instruments not affecting lands — certificate — curative provision. (8/28/1951)
442.160   Acknowledgments of instruments by persons in military service — form — instruments previously acknowledged validated, when. (6/12/1991)
442.180   Certificate to be endorsed on conveyance. (8/28/1939)
442.190   Certificate, how made. (8/28/1939)
442.200   Identity of persons making acknowledgments, how ascertained. (8/28/1939)
442.210   Certificate of acknowledgment — contents. (8/28/2024)
442.220   Conveyances of bounty lands, how acknowledged. (8/28/1939)
442.230   Such instrument valid. (8/28/1939)
442.240   Such instrument, filed for record, to impart notice. (8/28/1939)
442.250   Copies to be read in evidence. (8/28/1939)
442.260   Proof of execution of instruments. (8/28/1939)
442.270   When proof of subscribing witness shall be taken. (8/28/1939)
442.280   What subscribing witness shall prove before certificate shall be granted. (8/28/1939)
442.290   What facts certificate of proof shall set forth. (8/28/1939)
442.300   Proof, when grantor and witnesses are dead. (8/28/1939)
442.310   Certificate of proof, when granted. (8/28/1939)
442.320   Certificate to recite evidence required by section 442.310. (8/28/1939)
442.330   Subscribing witnesses, when and how summoned to prove execution of instrument. (8/28/1939)
442.340   Remedy against persons refusing to appear and answer. (8/28/1939)
442.350   Provisions relating to acknowledgment or proof not to extend to last wills and testaments. (8/28/1939)
442.360   Powers of attorney, how acknowledged and proved. (8/28/1939)
442.370   When deemed revoked. (8/28/1939)
442.380   Instruments to be recorded. (8/28/1939)
442.390   Notice imparted from time of filing for record. (8/28/1939)
442.400   Not valid until recorded. (8/28/1939)
442.403   Restrictive covenants relating to discrimination invalid — effect — no liability by existence of covenant in document filed by specific date — refusal to record, when — certificate of release of prohibited covenants. (8/28/2022)
442.404   Political signs, homeowners' associations not to prohibit — reasonable restrictions and removal permitted, when — solar panels and sale signs not to be prohibited or restricted, exceptions — owning or pasturing chickens. (8/28/2024)
442.410   Deeds to be recorded, where record lost — fees. (8/28/1939)
442.420   "Grant, bargain and sell", how construed. (8/28/1939)
442.430   Title acquired by grantor after conveyance inures to grantee. (8/28/1939)
442.440   Conveyances to counties for their use — effect. (8/28/1939)
442.450   Conveyance to more than one — effect. (8/28/1939)
442.460   The term "heirs" not necessary to convey a fee simple estate. (8/28/1939)
442.470   Entails not allowed — the remainder in fee simple — to whom it shall pass. (8/28/1939)
442.480   Remainder to take effect on death of person without heirs — how construed. (8/28/1939)
442.490   Remainder limited to heirs of a person having a life estate — how disposed of. (8/28/1939)
442.500   Lineal and collateral warranties abolished. (8/28/1939)
442.510   An estate limited in remainder to the son or daughter of any person to be begotten, how disposed of. (8/28/1939)
442.520   A future estate, on the death of any person without heirs, how defeated. (8/28/1939)
442.530   Value of life estates — how computed. (8/28/1939)
442.540   Rule of calculation. (8/28/1939)
442.550   Examples. (8/28/1939)
442.555   Rule against perpetuities, application of modified. (1/2/1979)
442.557   General power of appointment exercisable at death of donee, perpetuities period to run from death of donee. (8/28/1993)
442.558   Transfer fee covenants not to run with title to real property — lien void, when. (8/28/2008)
ALIENS
442.560   Aliens and corporations of foreign countries may acquire, hold and alienate real estate — exception. (8/28/1995)
442.566   Definitions. (8/28/1993)
442.571   Aliens or foreign business, limitations on owning agricultural land — violation — acquisitions submitted to department, when — rulemaking authority. (8/28/2015)
442.576   Duties of director of agriculture and attorney general — court to order divestiture — when to be accomplished — failure. (10/11/2013)
442.581   Lease deemed to be ownership, when. (8/28/1978)
442.586   Lands owned by resident aliens — cessation of residence — failure to divest, effect. (8/28/1999)
442.591   Exceptions. (8/28/1979)
442.592   Report required — content — failure to file, civil penalty, venue — foreign person, defined — rules, procedure. (8/28/1995)
PSYCHOLOGICALLY IMPACTED REAL PROPERTY
442.600   Psychologically impacted real property, defined — disclosure to buyer not mandatory — no cause of action for failure to disclose. (8/28/1991)
442.606   Methamphetamine production, seller of property to disclose to buyer such production and certain criminal convictions. (8/28/2001)
 - Cross References
Disposal of lands by United States, laws not to affect, Const. Art. III § 43
Homestead, conveyance requirements, 513.475
Initials, abbreviation or misspelling of name in conveyance, effect, 490.450
Recording of instruments and records generally, 59.330 to 59.660
Sale under junior judgment, effect, 513.255
Signs for sale or lease of real property displayed by owner, restriction by ordinance prohibited, 67.317

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