Missouri Laws 432.080 – Duplicate copies to be made and preserved
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 432.080
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
In every case of contract entered into by any county, city, town, village, school township, school district or other municipal corporation, or by any officer or agent on their behalf, duplicate copies of the same shall be executed as above provided, one of which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county commission of the proper county, or in such office or with such officer of the city, town, village, school township, school district or other municipal corporation as may be charged with the keeping of the contracts thereof, and shall not be taken thence except to be used for the purposes of evidence in some legal matter or cause; and in case of variance between such copies, the one on file shall control in the construction of the contract.