# Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.040: 446.040 Destroyed corners, how established

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.040

## Section

- **Citation:** Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.040
- **Heading:** 446.040 Destroyed corners, how established
- **Jurisdiction:** Missouri
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MO Code / Chapter 446 / Section 446.040

## Text

446.040. Destroyed corners, how established. — When the corner or corners of any survey shall have been destroyed or obliterated by time or accident, the owner of such survey, or of any other lands, the title of which may be affected by the loss of any such corner, or if the corner is a corner of the United States Public Land Survey, the state land surveyor may call on a judge of the circuit court, other than a municipal judge, of the county in which the land shall be situate, for the purpose of establishing such corners by testimony.

(RSMo 1939 § 1974, A. 1949 S.B. 1126, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1981 H.B. 414) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1810; 1919 § 5497; 1909 § 6440 CROSS REFERENCE: Corners lost, reestablished, rules, 60.315

## Nearby sections

- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.010 446.010 Decayed corners — surveyed when.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.010.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.020 446.020 Surveyor's notes — contents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.020.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.030 446.030 Surveyor — duties — fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.030.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.040 446.040 Destroyed corners, how established.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.040.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.050 446.050 Attendance of surveyor and witnesses — judge's duty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.050.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.060 446.060 Examination of witnesses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.060.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.070 446.070 Adjournment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.070.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.080 446.080 Examination reduced to writing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.080.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.090 446.090 Notice to take depositions, how given.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.090.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.100 446.100 Evidence of notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.100.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.110 446.110 Surveyors to re-mark decayed corners, when.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.110.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.120 446.120 Plat and certificate of survey.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.120.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.130 446.130 Plat and certificate recorded.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.130.md)
- [Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.140 446.140 Duty of recorder.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MO_C446_S446.140.md)

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