490.460. Copies of public contracts. - Missouri Statutes

Copies of public contracts.

490.460. Copies of contracts entered into by individualswith the state, or any officer thereof, or with any county, orwith any person for the benefit of any county, under or byauthority of any law, or the lawful order of any court, theoriginals of which are, by law or the lawful order of any court,in the custody and keeping of any officer, duly certified andattested by the official seal of such officer, or, if suchofficer have no official seal, then verified by the affidavit ofsuch officer, may be sued upon, and shall be received inevidence, to all intents and purposes, as the originalsthemselves.

(RSMo 1939 § 1853)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1689; 1919 § 5376; 1909 § 6320

(1972) When state enters into a validly authorized contract it lays aside privilege of sovereign immunity. U.S. Di Carlo Construction Co., Inc. v. State (Mo.), 485 S.W.2d 52.