Proceedings to establish title when records, deeds are lost ordestroyed.
527.190. 1. Any person or persons claiming an estate orinterest in any lands or real estate in this state, and whosedeeds, mortgages, or other written evidence of title or interest,or the record thereof, have been lost or destroyed, may apply bypetition to the circuit court of the county in which the land orany part thereof lies, or the record was destroyed, setting forthin said petition a description of said lands, the nature andextent of his, her or their interest or estate therein, and adescription of his or her or their deeds, mortgages or otherevidence of title, and give the date and contents of said deeds,mortgages or other written evidence of title, and the name ornames of the person or persons who executed the same, and theinterest therein conveyed to the said claimant, as fully andparticularly as said petitioner shall be able.
2. The said petitioner or petitioners shall also set forthin his, her or their petition the manner in which his, her ortheir deed or deeds, or other evidence of title in and to thelands described in said petition, were lost and destroyed, andpraying the said court to hear and make a record of such evidenceas the said petitioner or petitioners shall produce, touching orconcerning his, her or their alleged estate or interest in and tosaid lands described in his, her or their petition; and uponhearing such testimony and proof of title as is produced by thesaid petitioner or petitioners, in support of his, her or theirinterest and estate in and to said lands described in the saidpetition, the estate or interest of the said petitioner shall beadjudged and determined by the said court, according to theevidence adduced by the said petitioner or petitioners in supportof the estate or interest in which he, she or they may have inand to the said lands described in the said petition, which saidpetition shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner orpetitioners, or by the affidavit of some person petitioning inhis, her or their behalf.
Proceedings to establish title when records, deeds are lost ordestroyed.
527.190. 1. Any person or persons claiming an estate orinterest in any lands or real estate in this state, and whosedeeds, mortgages, or other written evidence of title or interest,or the record thereof, have been lost or destroyed, may apply bypetition to the circuit court of the county in which the land orany part thereof lies, or the record was destroyed, setting forthin said petition a description of said lands, the nature andextent of his, her or their interest or estate therein, and adescription of his or her or their deeds, mortgages or otherevidence of title, and give the date and contents of said deeds,mortgages or other written evidence of title, and the name ornames of the person or persons who executed the same, and theinterest therein conveyed to the said claimant, as fully andparticularly as said petitioner shall be able.
2. The said petitioner or petitioners shall also set forthin his, her or their petition the manner in which his, her ortheir deed or deeds, or other evidence of title in and to thelands described in said petition, were lost and destroyed, andpraying the said court to hear and make a record of such evidenceas the said petitioner or petitioners shall produce, touching orconcerning his, her or their alleged estate or interest in and tosaid lands described in his, her or their petition; and uponhearing such testimony and proof of title as is produced by thesaid petitioner or petitioners, in support of his, her or theirinterest and estate in and to said lands described in the saidpetition, the estate or interest of the said petitioner shall beadjudged and determined by the said court, according to theevidence adduced by the said petitioner or petitioners in supportof the estate or interest in which he, she or they may have inand to the said lands described in the said petition, which saidpetition shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner orpetitioners, or by the affidavit of some person petitioning inhis, her or their behalf.
Proceedings to establish title when records, deeds are lost ordestroyed.
527.190. 1. Any person or persons claiming an estate orinterest in any lands or real estate in this state, and whosedeeds, mortgages, or other written evidence of title or interest,or the record thereof, have been lost or destroyed, may apply bypetition to the circuit court of the county in which the land orany part thereof lies, or the record was destroyed, setting forthin said petition a description of said lands, the nature andextent of his, her or their interest or estate therein, and adescription of his or her or their deeds, mortgages or otherevidence of title, and give the date and contents of said deeds,mortgages or other written evidence of title, and the name ornames of the person or persons who executed the same, and theinterest therein conveyed to the said claimant, as fully andparticularly as said petitioner shall be able.
2. The said petitioner or petitioners shall also set forthin his, her or their petition the manner in which his, her ortheir deed or deeds, or other evidence of title in and to thelands described in said petition, were lost and destroyed, andpraying the said court to hear and make a record of such evidenceas the said petitioner or petitioners shall produce, touching orconcerning his, her or their alleged estate or interest in and tosaid lands described in his, her or their petition; and uponhearing such testimony and proof of title as is produced by thesaid petitioner or petitioners, in support of his, her or theirinterest and estate in and to said lands described in the saidpetition, the estate or interest of the said petitioner shall beadjudged and determined by the said court, according to theevidence adduced by the said petitioner or petitioners in supportof the estate or interest in which he, she or they may have inand to the said lands described in the said petition, which saidpetition shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner orpetitioners, or by the affidavit of some person petitioning inhis, her or their behalf.
