442.180. Every court or officer taking the proof oracknowledgment of any conveyance or instrument of writingaffecting real estate, or the relinquishment of the dower of amarried woman, shall grant a certificate thereof, and cause thesame to be endorsed on such conveyance or instrument of writing.
(RSMo 1939 § 3413)Prior revisions: 1929 § 3026; 1919 § 2185; 1909 § 2796