513.280. Every officer executing any deed for lands,tenements or hereditaments, sold under execution, shallacknowledge the same before the circuit court of the county inwhich the estate is situated; but if he die or leave the state,resign or be removed from office, or otherwise disqualified fromacting, before making such acknowledgment, such deed may beproved before such court as other deeds.
(RSMo 1939 § 1376)Prior revisions: 1929 § 1212; 1919 § 1663; 1909 § 2232