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	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