445.020. Plat, how drawn--shall show what. - Missouri Statutes

Plat, how drawn--shall show what.

445.020. Every plat hereafter constructed, which isauthorized or required by law to be recorded, or intended to formpart of any proceedings for the partition of real estate, shallbe drawn to a scale, the scale to be noted on the plat, havewritten on its face as its title, and show the block, section,United States survey, or part thereof, it purports to represent.If the land platted be less than a whole block, section, orUnited States survey, the plat shall be corrected in such manneras to show the position of such land relatively to the remainderof the block, section, or United States survey, as the case maybe; and if such land be intersected by a quarter-section,section, or United States survey line, such line shall beindicated on the plat and distinguished by suitable words andfigures, and shall be done in such manner that the preciselocation of the land purported to be platted can be determined oninspecting the plat; provided, however, that the provisions ofthis section shall not apply to any plat issued by authority ofthe United States, or the state of Missouri.

(RSMo 1939 § 12808)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11184; 1919 § 9286; 1909 § 10293