Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.460 (2026)

Copies of public contracts

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490.460. Copies of public contracts. — Copies of contracts entered into by individuals with the state, or any officer thereof, or with any county, or with any person for the benefit of any county, under or by authority of any law, or the lawful order of any court, the originals of which are, by law or the lawful order of any court, in the custody and keeping of any officer, duly certified and attested by the official seal of such officer, or, if such officer have no official seal, then verified by the affidavit of such officer, may be sued upon, and shall be received in evidence, to all intents and purposes, as the originals themselves.

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(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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1972–2016 · leading case: Janc v. Coordinating Bd. for Higher Educ. (In Re Janc), 251 B.R. 525 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2000).

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Janc v. Coordinating Bd. for Higher Educ. (In Re Janc), 251 B.R. 525 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2000). · cites it 12× “The Debtor advances another argument, similar to one based on waiver by participation, which states that: CBHE entered into various agreements with DOE; these agreements require CBHE to submit to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court; and therefore, pursuant to Mo.Rev.Stat. §…”

Joanne Jones, Quincy Dwayne Jones, Chris Jones, & Anthony Jones v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 508 S.W.3d 159 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). “290 (certain documents certified by authorized PSC representative under PSC seal) or § 490.460 (public contracts) because the letter is not a contract and is not certified or sealed by or on behalf of the PSC, but by and on behalf of the Highway Commission as its record.”

Vs Dicarlo Constr. Co., Inc. v. State, 485 S.W.2d 52 (Mo. 1972). “” *56 Our conclusion that the General Assembly intends that suit may be maintained on contracts with the State is fortified by some of the language in § 490.460, V.A.M. S. That provision is in the section of the statutes on evidence and it dates back to 1835, R.”

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