Missouri Laws 442.040 – Person under eighteen years of age may join in conveyance with adult spouse
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 442.040
- adult: shall be construed as meaning any person who is eighteen years of age or older. See Missouri Laws 442.010
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- minor: shall be construed as meaning any person who is less than eighteen years of age. See Missouri Laws 442.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- real estate: shall be construed as coextensive in meaning with lands, tenements and hereditaments, and as embracing all chattels real and as including a manufactured home as defined in section 700. See Missouri Laws 442.010
When any person under eighteen years of age is married to an adult who has or claims any interest in real estate and wishes to convey, encumber, lease or otherwise dispose or affect the same, the minor shall be deemed of age for the purpose of joining with his adult spouse in the execution of any instrument affecting the spouse’s real estate.