Source: http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/chapters/chapText059.html
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 13147', '§ 11526', '§ 10551', '§ 10364', '§ 13155', '§ 13147', '§ 11541', '§ 10566', '§ 10379', '§ 13152', '§ 11531', '§ 10556', '§ 10369', '§ 13150', '§ 11529', '§ 10554', '§ 10367', '§ 13151', '§ 11530', '§ 10555', '§ 10368', '§ 13148', '§ 11527', '§ 10552', '§ 10365', '§ 13180', '§ 11561', '§ 10584', '§ 10397', '§ 13153', '§ 11532', '§ 10557', '§ 10370', '§ 13181', '§ 11562', '§ 10585', '§ 10398', '§ 7745', '§ 7597', '§ 9007', '§ 2', '§ 15662', '§ 15663', '§ 13189', '§ 11570', '§ 10593', '§ 13186', '§ 11567', '§ 10590', '§ 10403', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 59', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 13160', '§ 6', '§ 6', '§ 11542', '§ 10567', '§ 10380', '§ 17', '§ 13185', '§ 11566', '§ 10589', '§ 10402', '§ 13162', '§ 11544', '§ 10569', '§ 10382', '§ 13163', '§ 11545', '§ 10570', '§ 10383', '§ 13171', '§ 11552', '§ 10577', '§ 10390', '§ 13172', '§ 11553', '§ 10578', '§ 10391', '§ 13165', '§ 11547', '§ 10572', '§ 10385', '§ 13188', '§ 11569', '§ 10592', '§ 13166', '§ 13167', '§ 11548', '§ 10573', '§ 10386', '§ 13164', '§ 11546', '§ 10571', '§ 10384', '§ 13169', '§ 11550', '§ 10575', '§ 10388', '§ 13170', '§ 11551', '§ 10576', '§ 10389', '§ 13168', '§ 11549', '§ 10574', '§ 10387', '§ 13175', '§ 11556', '§ 10579', '§ 10392', '§ 13176', '§ 11557', '§ 10580', '§ 10393', '§ 13177', '§ 11558', '§ 10581', '§ 10394', '§ 13173', '§ 11554', '§ 13174', '§ 11555', '§ 13182', '§ 11563', '§ 10586', '§ 10399', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 3635', '§ 3245', '§ 10607', '§ 10418', '§ 3636', '§ 3246', '§ 10608', '§ 10419', '§ 3637', '§ 3247', '§ 10609', '§ 10420', '§ 1', '§ 3646', '§ 3256', '§ 10618', '§ 10429', '§ 3647', '§ 3257', '§ 10619', '§ 10430', '§ 3648', '§ 3258', '§ 10620', '§ 10431', '§ 3649', '§ 3259', '§ 10621', '§ 10432', '§ 13183', '§ 11564', '§ 10587', '§ 10400', '§ 13184', '§ 11565', '§ 10588', '§ 10401', '§ 1']

←Chapter: 58
Chapter: 60→ August 28, 2016
Requests for records dated after December 31, 1969 to be made atoriginal recorder's office.
59.003. All requests for records filed or recorded by the recorder of deeds under this chapter dated after December 31, 1969, shall be made to the office of the recorder of deeds in which the record was originally recorded.
(L. 2010 H.B. 1643)
59.005. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
59.010. There shall be an office of recorder in each county in the state to be styled "The Office of the Recorder of Deeds".
(RSMo 1939 § 13147, A.L. 1941 p. 524, A.L. 1945 p. 1424)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11526; 1919 § 10551; 1909 § 10364
Election--term of office (first, second and third class counties).
59.020. In all counties of the first and second classes, and in counties of the third class where the offices of clerk of the circuit court and recorder of deeds are separate, the qualified electors thereof, in the November election in the year 1946 and every four years thereafter, shall elect some suitable person as recorder who shall hold office for four years and until his successor is elected, commissioned, and qualified. He shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of January next following the election.
(RSMo 1939 § 13155, L. 1945 p. 1424 § 13147a, A.L. 1959 S.B. 70)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11541; 1919 § 10566; 1909 § 10379
Qualifications when offices of clerk of the court and recorder ofdeeds are separate.
59.021. A candidate for county recorder where the offices of the clerk of the court and recorder of deeds are separate, except in any city not within a county or any county having a charter form of government, shall be at least twenty-one years of age, a registered voter, and a resident of the state of Missouri as well as the county in which he or she is a candidate for at least one year prior to the date of the general election. Upon election to office, the person shall continue to reside in that county during his or her tenure in office.
(L. 2011 H.B. 186)
Vacancy when offices of clerk of the court and recorder of deeds areseparate, how filled.
59.022. In the event of a vacancy caused by death or resignation in the office of county recorder where the offices of the clerk of the court and recorder of deeds are separate, except in any city not within a county or any county with a charter form of government, the county commission shall appoint a deputy recorder or a qualified person to serve as an interim recorder of deeds until the unexpired term is filled under section 105.030.
Separation of offices of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds (certainsecond class counties)--office to be placed on ballot, when.
59.041. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or chapter 478, or any other provision of law in conflict with the provisions of this section, in any county which becomes a county of the second class after September 28, 1987, and wherein the offices of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds are combined, such combination shall continue until the governing body of the county authorizes the separation of the offices as provided in section 59.042.
Vote required to separate offices of circuit court clerk and recorderof deeds, when.
59.042. In any county where the offices of clerk of the circuit court and the recorder of deeds are combined, the governing body of said county, by public vote, may authorize the separation of the two offices. In all counties where the offices are separated after August 28, 2003, the qualified voters shall elect a separate recorder of deeds at the next general election. Thereafter, the recorder of deeds shall be elected pursuant to section 59.020.
(L. 2001 S.B. 288, A.L. 2003 S.B. 186)
Circuit court clerk elected, when.
59.043. In all counties where the recorder of deeds and the clerk of the circuit court are separated after December 31, 2003, in the next November general election, and every four years thereafter, the qualified voters of such county shall elect some suitable person as circuit court clerk who shall hold office for four years until a successor is elected, commissioned and qualified. Such person shall enter upon the duties of office on the first day of January next following the election.
Certain recorders to be paid statutory compensation.
59.044. In any county, except counties with a charter form of government, counties of the first classification, and any city not within a county, where the recorder of deeds is separate from that of the clerk of the circuit court, each recorder of deeds shall be paid the statutory compensation provided for by sections 50.333 and 50.334.
59.080. No recorder shall enter upon or officiate in his office before he has given such security, upon pain of forfeiting the sum of three hundred dollars, one-half to the county and the other half to him who shall sue for the same, to be recovered by civil action.
(RSMo 1939 § 13152)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11531; 1919 § 10556; 1909 § 10369
Circuit clerk to be ex officio recorder, exceptions (fourth classcounties).
59.090. 1. In all counties of the fourth class, the clerks of the circuit court shall be ex officio recorder for their respective counties, unless the governing body of such county has separated the two offices pursuant to sections 59.042 and 59.043.
59.100. Every recorder elected as provided in section 59.020, before entering upon the duties of the office as recorder, shall enter into bond to the state, in a sum set by the county commission of not less than one thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, not less than two, to be approved by the commission, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties enjoined on such person by law as recorder, and for the delivering up of the records, books, papers, writings, seals, furniture and apparatus belonging to the office, whole, safe and undefaced, to such officer's successor.
(RSMo 1939 §§ 13150, 13155, A.L. 1959 S.B. 70, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1528, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11529; 1919 § 10554; 1909 § 10367
Sureties on bonds of county officers, qualifications, 107.010 to 107.070
Bond of clerk--deposited, recorded (fourth class counties).
59.110. Such bonds shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and by him recorded.
(RSMo 1939 § 13151)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11530; 1919 § 10555; 1909 § 10368
Place of office--record books.
59.120. The recorder shall keep his office at the seat of justice, and the county commission shall provide the same with suitable books, in which the recorder shall record all instruments of writing authorized and required to be recorded. If there is no courthouse or other suitable county building at the seat of justice, the county commission shall provide an office for the recorder at any other place in the county where there is a courthouse and courts of record are held.
(RSMo 1939 § 13148)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11527; 1919 § 10552; 1909 § 10365
59.130. Every recorder of deeds shall have a seal of office, and shall have power to take the acknowledgment of proof of deeds and instruments of writing.
(RSMo 1939 § 13180, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11561; 1919 § 10584; 1909 § 10397
Seal used by ex officio recorder.
59.140. When the clerk of the circuit court is ex officio recorder of the county, he shall use the seal of said court in all cases in which his official seal is to be affixed.
(RSMo 1939 § 13153)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11532; 1919 § 10557; 1909 § 10370
59.150. Hereafter whenever, under any law of this state relating to the duties of the recorder of deeds in any county of this state, it becomes necessary for any person to be sworn to any statement, affidavit or other papers of any kind, the recorder of deeds shall be authorized to administer an oath to any person in matters relating to the duties of his office, with like effect as clerks of courts of record; provided, he use his seal of office to the jurat, as clerks of courts of record do. He shall receive the same compensation allowed by law for like service as clerks of courts are now allowed.
(RSMo 1939 § 13181)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11562; 1919 § 10585; 1909 § 10398
Office hours, cities of 300,000 or more population.
59.160. It shall hereafter be the duty of recorders of deeds, in cities which now have, or may hereafter have, a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over to keep their offices open for the transaction of business between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the afternoon Monday through Friday, except on days which are now or which may be hereafter declared public holidays by the laws of this state.
(RSMo 1939 § 7745, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1716)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7597; 1909 § 9007
Instruments where recorded or filed in counties of first classhaving two recording offices.
59.163. In any county of the first class in which the recorder of deeds is required by law to keep offices both at the county seat and at another place within the county, all deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, and other instruments affecting real property situated in that range in the county where the office outside of the county seat is located shall be recorded in such office and not at the county seat; and the proper place to file, or to file for record if goods are or are to become fixtures, is as follows:
Abstract of instruments in branch offices not required to be kept(first class counties).
59.167. Any recorder of deeds of a county of the first class who is required by law to keep an office at the county seat and also at another place within his county is not required to make or keep at his office at the county seat any abstract or index of instruments or papers recorded or filed in the office outside of the county seat and no such abstract or index of instruments recorded at the county seat is required to be made or kept at the office outside of the county seat, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.
(L. 1957 p. 347 § 2)
Branch of Jackson County recorder's office in Kansas City--recordingof documents at county seat of Jackson County permitted.
59.170. The recorder of deeds for Jackson County, Missouri, shall open an office at Kansas City, in which may be recorded deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages and other instruments affecting real property situated in that county, and in which may be filed or filed for record all financing statements and other instruments or statements incidental thereto affecting personal property, fixtures, or other collateral. Deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, and other instruments affecting real property, and financing statements and other instruments incidental thereto affecting personal property, fixtures, or other collateral may also be recorded or filed for record at the recorder's office located at the county seat of any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants.
(RSMo 1939 § 15662, A.L. 1965 p. 170, A.L. 1969 H.B. 677, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1707)
County commission to provide office and supplies.
59.180. It shall be the duty of the county commission to furnish a suitable room in which the office shall be kept, and to furnish all fuel, books, stationery, and supplies required in and about the office, and all deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, and other instruments affecting real property situated in range thirty-three, or fixtures attached or to be attached thereto, shall be recorded in a well-bound book or books, to be kept at the office in Kansas City.
(RSMo 1939 § 15663, A.L. 1965 p. 170, A.L. 1969 H.B. 677)
Recorder or deputy prohibited from making abstracts of title--penalty.
59.200. Every recorder of deeds or the deputy of any such officer, who shall engage in the business of making abstracts of instruments of record in his office affecting the title to lands, for profit or hire, or who shall furnish to any person or persons any written extract, excerpt, memoranda or copy of any such instrument of record, for profit or hire, otherwise than under and in pursuance of the statutes defining his duties as such officer and in his official capacity, duly authenticating each extract, excerpt, memoranda or copy of every such instrument so furnished under the seal of his office, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars.
(RSMo 1939 § 13189)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11570; 1919 § 10593
Accounts audited and settled by county commission.
59.210. It shall be the duty of the county commission to audit and settle the accounts of recorders for books purchased for the use of their offices, and allow, in their discretion, such sums as shall be reasonable, to be paid out of the county treasury.
(RSMo 1939 § 13186)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11567; 1919 § 10590; 1909 § 10403
Compensation of recorder of deeds (St. Louis City).
59.220. Beginning January 1, 1998, in the city of St. Louis, the recorder of deeds shall receive as total compensation an annual salary of fifty-eight thousand three hundred dollars and beginning January 1, 1999, in the city of St. Louis, the recorder of deeds shall receive as total compensation an annual salary of sixty-four thousand one hundred thirty dollars. Thereafter, the compensation of the recorder of deeds of the city of St. Louis may be annually increased by an amount equal to the annual salary adjustment for employees of the city of St. Louis as approved by the board of alderman of said city.
(L. 1945 p. 574 §§ 2, 3, A. 1949 H.B. 2017, A.L. 1957 p. 322, A.L. 1973 H.B. 685, A.L. 1978 S.B. 775, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1480)
Fees, record of and disposition of (certain first class counties).
59.227. The recorder of deeds in counties of the first class not having a charter form of government shall keep a full, true and faithful account of all fees of every kind received and shall make a report thereof at the end of each year to the county commission. All fees, charges and moneys collected or received by the recorder of deeds shall be paid by him into the county treasury.
(L. 1973 H.B. 685)
Fees received--reports--deposited where (second class counties).
59.230. The recorder of deeds in counties of the second class shall keep a full, true and faithful account of all fees of every kind received and shall make a report thereof every year to the county commission. All fees received by him each year of his official term shall be paid by him into the county treasury, to form a part of the jury fund of the county, except that whenever there is in the county treasury to the credit of the jury fund six thousand dollars or more, the aforementioned fees received by the recorder of deeds shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
(L. 1945 p. 1560 § 1, A.L. 1951 p. 381, A.L. 1959 S.B. 196, A.L. 1967 p. 137)
Fees to be collected--affidavit required--report, contents of(second class and certain first class counties).
59.240. The recorder of deeds of each county of the first class not having a charter form of government and of each county of the second class shall charge, receive and collect in all cases every fee, charge, or money due his office by law. He shall also, when he makes and files the report required by section 59.227 or by section 59.230 at the end of each year of his official term, verify the same by affidavit, and the report shall show the source and amount of every fee or charge collected. All fees, charges and moneys collected by the recorder of deeds shall be the property of the county.
(L. 1945 p. 1560 § 2, A.L. 1967 p. 137, A.L. 1973 H.B. 685)
Record of conveyances to county assessor (second class andcertain first class counties).
59.245. In all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government and in all counties of the second class, the recorder of deeds shall furnish the county assessor, upon the recording of conveyances of real estate, the legal descriptions and the names and addresses of the grantees of the property conveyed for the purpose of maintaining current tax lists and for properly sending out annual tax statements.
(L. 1951 p. 381 § 59.241, A.L. 1967 p. 137, A.L. 1973 H.B. 685, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1327)
Accounting of fees collected--annual report--moneys collectedproperty of county.
59.250. 1. The recorder of deeds in counties wherein there is a separate circuit clerk and recorder, shall keep a full, true and faithful account of all fees of every kind received. The recorder shall make a report thereof each year to the county commission.
Marginal release of deeds of trust book kept, certain counties.
59.255. The recorder of deeds in each county wherein the offices of circuit clerk and recorder of deeds are separate and the circuit clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds in each county wherein the offices are combined shall keep in his or her office a record known as the "Marginal Release of Deeds of Trust" in which was recorded, at the time of the execution of a marginal release of a deed of trust, executed prior to August 28, 1991, the names of the grantors and grantees, the book and page of release, the date of release and to whom delivered.
(L. 1959 S.B. 171 § 1, A.L. 1965 p. 172, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)
Deputy recorders--appointment--qualifications--certain counties.
59.257. The recorder of deeds in counties wherein there is a separate circuit clerk and recorder is entitled to appoint the deputies that the recorder of deeds, with the approval of the county commission, deems necessary for the prompt and proper discharge of the duties of his office. The deputies shall possess the same qualifications as the recorder and may, in the name of their principal, perform the duties of the recorder of deeds, but all recorders of deeds and their sureties are responsible for the official conduct of their deputies. The deputies appointed pursuant to this section shall receive the salaries that are fixed by the recorder of deeds, with the approval of the county commission, from the general revenue of the county. The appointment of every deputy shall be in writing, endorsed with an oath of office similar to that taken by the recorder of deeds and subscribed to by the deputy appointed, and filed by the recorder with the county commission.
(L. 1969 H.B. 119, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)
Circuit clerk to collect and report fees as recorder, when.
59.260. It shall be the duty of the circuit clerk and recorder of counties wherein the offices are combined to charge and collect for the county in all cases every fee accruing to his or her office as recorder of the county to which he or she may be entitled under the law, and shall at the end of each month, file with the county clerk a report of all fees charged and accruing to his office during such month, together with the names of persons paying such fees. It shall be the duty of the circuit clerk and recorder, upon the filing of said report, to forthwith pay over to the county treasurer all moneys that shall have been collected by him or her as recorder during the month and required to be shown in such monthly report as herein provided, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be filed with the county clerk; and every such circuit clerk and recorder shall be liable on his or her official bond for all fees collected and not accounted for by him or her, and paid into the county treasury as herein provided.
(L. 1945 p. 1529 § 3, L. 1945 p. 1532 § 3, A.L. 1949 H.B. 2017, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)
Deputies--compensation (certain first class counties).
59.270. The recorder of deeds of all counties of the first class not having a charter form of government shall appoint such assistants and deputies as he deems necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of his office, and may set their compensation within the limits of the allocations made for that purpose by the county commission. The compensation for the assistants and deputies shall be paid in equal installments out of the county treasury in the same manner as other county employees are paid.
Deputies--appointment--qualifications--compensation (second classcounties).
59.290. The recorder of deeds, in counties of the second class, is entitled to appoint the deputies that the recorder of deeds, with the approval of the county commission, deems necessary for the prompt and proper discharge of the duties of his office. The deputies shall possess the qualifications of clerks of courts of record, and may, in the name of their principal, perform the duties of the recorder of deeds, but all recorders of deeds and their sureties are responsible for the official conduct of their deputies. The deputies, appointed as herein provided, shall receive the salaries that are fixed by the recorder of deeds, with the approval of the county commission. The appointment of every deputy shall be in writing, endorsed with an oath of office, similar to that taken by the recorder and subscribed to by the deputy appointed, and filed by the recorder of deeds with the county commission.
(L. 1945 p. 1560 § 3, A.L. 1959 S.B. 70)
Deputies, counties wherein clerk is ex officiorecorder--appointment--qualifications.
59.300. The circuit clerk and recorder in counties wherein the offices are combined, as recorder of the county, may appoint in writing one or more deputies, to be approved by the circuit judge of the circuit court, which appointment with the like oath of office as their principals, to be taken by them and endorsed thereon shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. Such deputy recorders shall possess the qualifications of clerks of courts of record, and may, in the name of their principals, perform the duties of recorders of deeds, but all circuit clerks and recorders and their sureties shall be responsible for the official conduct of their deputies.
(RSMo 1939 § 13160, A.L. 1945 p. 1529 § 6, A.L. 1945 p. 1532 § 6, A. 1949 H.B. 2017, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11542; 1919 § 10567; 1909 § 10380
Documents for recording--page, defined--size of type orprint--signature requirements--recorder's fee.
59.310. 1. The county recorder of deeds may refuse any document presented for recording that does not meet the following requirements:
Recorder's fees (St. Louis City)--page, defined--size of typeor print--signature requirements.
59.313. 1. The recorder of deeds in a city not within a county may refuse any document presented for recording that does not meet the following requirements:
Donation for homeless, recording of certain instruments (JacksonCounty).
User fee and an additional fee required to record--collection,deposit, distribution, use of--state treasurer, commissioner ofadministration, secretary of state, duties.
2. An additional fee of three dollars shall be charged and collected by every recorder in this state, over and above any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to the recording of any instruments specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of section 59.330. The fees collected from this additional three dollars per recorded instrument shall be forwarded monthly by each recorder of deeds to the state director of revenue, and the fees so forwarded shall be deposited by the director in the state treasury.
3. The state treasurer and the commissioner of administration shall establish an appropriate account within the state treasury and in accordance with the state's accounting methods. Any receipt required by this section to be deposited in the state treasury shall be credited as follows:
(1) The amount of one dollar for each fee collected under subsection 1 of this section shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited to the "Missouri Land Survey Fund" which is hereby created to be utilized for the purposes of sections 60.510 to 60.620 and section 60.670. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and may approve disbursements from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180. Any funds previously collected by the state treasurer to be utilized for the purposes of sections 60.510 to 60.620 and section 60.670 shall transfer to the Missouri land survey fund. Any portion of the fund not immediately needed for the purposes authorized shall be invested by the state treasurer as provided by the constitution and laws of this state. All income, interest, and moneys earned from such investments shall be deposited in the Missouri land survey fund. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year is exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of unexpended balances to the general revenue fund;
(2) The amount of one dollar for each fee collected under subsection 1 of this section to an account to be utilized by the secretary of state for additional preservation of local records; and
(3) The amount of three dollars collected under subsection 2 of this section into the Missouri housing trust fund as designated in section 215.034.
(L. 1969 p. 123 § 17, A.L. 1985 H.B. 320, A.L. 1989 H.B. 786, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1745, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251)
Recorder's funds may be used for matching funds requirements for grants for preservation of local records, 109.221
Fee to be paid before record made, exceptions.
59.320. The recorder shall not be bound to make any record for which a fee may be allowed by law other than records made for a political subdivision of this state, unless such fee shall have been paid or tendered by the party requiring the record to be made. The recorder may make records for political subdivisions of this state or any officer thereof without payment or tender of payment prior to the making of the record and may bill the political subdivision on a monthly basis for fees due for the making of such records.
(RSMo 1939 § 13185, A.L. 1986 H.B. 931)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11566; 1919 § 10589; 1909 § 10402
One dollar filing fee required, used for county employees'retirement system or general revenue account.
59.321. In addition to any other fee, the recorder of deeds in all counties and any city not within a county shall collect one dollar on all documents or instruments that are recorded. The recorder of deeds in all counties, except in counties with a charter form of government and any city not within a county, shall forward the fee to the county employees' retirement system pursuant to section 50.1190, provided, however, that the recorder of deeds in any county with a charter form of government and any city not within a county whose employees are not members of the county employees' retirement system shall deposit the fee to the general revenue of that county or city not within a county. The provisions of this section shall become effective September 1, 2003.
(L. 2003 H.B. 221 merged with S.B. 346)
What shall be recorded--legal description required, when--validity.
59.330. 1. It shall be the duty of recorders to record:
Certain personal identifying information not to be included in certaindocuments for recording, exceptions.
59.331. The preparer of a document shall not include an individual's sensitive personal identifying information in a document that is prepared and presented for recording in the office of the recorder of deeds. "Sensitive personal identifying information" includes federal Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, and credit card account numbers. This section does not apply to state or federal tax liens, military separation or discharge papers, and other documents required by law to contain such information that are filed or recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds. Should any person's sensitive personal identifying information appear on any document prepared or submitted for recording, the preparer, submitter, or anyone in an agency relationship with the person may redact, remove, or delete the sensitive personal identifying information before submission to the recorder of deeds. Any such redaction, removal, or deletion shall not in any way affect the legal status of the transaction described in the document. The recorder of deeds shall not alter or modify any document in the official record except as otherwise provided by law.
(L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al., A.L. 2006 S.B. 932)
Redaction or removal of sensitive personal identifying informationpermitted, when, procedure (Jackson County)
59.332. 1. Should any sensitive personal identifying information, as defined in section 59.331, appear in any record or image viewable on any publicly available internet website maintained or sponsored by a recorder of deeds, any person may apply to the recorder of deeds for redaction or removal of that sensitive personal identifying information. Any such application shall be made in writing, signed by the applicant, his or her attorney, or legal guardian, and shall specifically identify the document or documents containing the sensitive personal identifying information. The application shall be accompanied by a legible copy of each recorded document affected by the application, upon which the sensitive personal identifying information that is to be redacted is highlighted or otherwise indicated. Upon receipt of an application submitted in compliance with this section, the recorder of deeds may redact or remove the affected document from the records viewable on the publicly available internet website.
2. The provisions of this section shall only apply to any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants.
(L. 2006 S.B. 932)
Bankruptcy, certified copies of papers to be recorded--fees.
59.335. Any recorder of deeds shall receive for record and record any certified copy of any matter in reference to bankruptcy which any act of Congress of the United States may provide for as being necessary to be filed in the county or counties wherein lands of a bankrupt are situated in order to be notice of said bankruptcy. Such certified copy shall be recorded in the record of deeds and indexed in the general index of deeds in the name of the bankrupt, as grantor, and in the name of the trustee in bankruptcy or receiver, if any, as grantee. The recorder of deeds shall charge and collect the same fee for recording such certified copy as is provided by law for recording a deed of the same length.
(L. 1951 p. 367)
Records to be recorded in separate books by classes.
59.340. The several classes of instruments of writing mentioned in the several subdivisions of section 59.330 shall be recorded in separate books, according to their classification therein.
(RSMo 1939 § 13162)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11544; 1919 § 10569; 1909 § 10382
Conveyances of personal property recorded, how.
59.350. Instruments in writing, conveying chattels or personal property alone, which by any law of this state are required to be recorded or admitted of record in any recorder's office in this state, shall be recorded in a series of volumes separate from those used for recording conveyances of real estate.
(RSMo 1939 § 13163)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11545; 1919 § 10570; 1909 § 10383
Land patents recorded.
59.380. All patents for lands lying within the state of Missouri, granted to any person or persons by the President of the United States or the governor of this state, may be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the lands are situated; and the recorder shall be allowed the same fees for recording such patents as are allowed by law for recording deeds or other instruments of writing.
(RSMo 1939 § 13171)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11552; 1919 § 10577; 1909 § 10390
Copies of land patents received in evidence.
59.390. All copies of patents so recorded, or which may have been heretofore recorded, duly certified by the recorder, under his official seal, shall be received in all courts in this state as prima facie evidence of the contents of such patents.
(RSMo 1939 § 13172)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11553; 1919 § 10578; 1909 § 10391
Manner of recording.
59.400. The recorder shall record, without delay, every deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, commission or other writing delivered to him for record, with the acknowledgment, proofs and certificates written on or under the same, with the plats, surveys, schedules and other papers therein referred to, and thereto annexed, in the order of time when the same shall have been delivered for record, by writing them word for word, in a fair hand, noting all interlineations and erasures and words visibly written on erasures, and noting the day and time of the day, month and year, when the instrument so recorded was delivered to him, or brought to his office for record; and the same shall be considered as recorded from the time it was so delivered.
(RSMo 1939 § 13165, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1528)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11547; 1919 § 10572; 1909 § 10385
Photographic copies deemed recording--to be bound.
59.410. Wherever the statutes require deeds, mortgages, conveyances, deeds of trust, bonds, covenants, documents, marriage contracts, certificates of marriage, commissions, official bonds, statements, records, plats, surveys, schedules, papers, patents, or other instruments of writing to be recorded, the making of photographic copies of such deeds or other instruments of writing shall be deemed recording within the meaning of this chapter. Such photographic copies shall be bound, paged and indexed wherever it is so provided for deeds or other instruments recorded by hand, and such photographic copies when bound together shall be deemed record books within the meaning of this chapter.
(RSMo 1939 § 13188)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11569; 1919 § 10592
Photographic copies of records, deemed transcribing, 109.100
Manner of recording (first class counties and certain cities).
59.420. In all cities in this state which now have or which may hereafter have or contain six hundred thousand inhabitants or more and in all counties in class one, the recorder shall record, without delay, every deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, commission or other writing delivered to him for record, with the acknowledgment, proofs and certificates written on or under the same, by writing them, word for word, in a fair hand, or by typewriting them or by photostating them, noting at the foot of such record all interlineations and erasures, and the words visibly written on erasures, and noting, at the foot of the record, the day and time of the day, month and year when the instrument so recorded was delivered to him, or brought to his office for record; and the same shall be considered as recorded from the time it was so delivered. Except when otherwise provided by law it shall be the duty of the recorder to deliver to the person holding his receipt therefor every instrument so recorded within sixty days from the date upon which it was presented for recording.
(RSMo 1939 § 13166, A.L. 1945 p. 1426)
Certificate on instrument recorded.
59.430. The recorder shall certify, on or under such deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, commission or other instrument, so recorded, the day and time of the day, month and year, when he received it, and the book and page or pages of the book in which it is recorded, and, when recorded, deliver it to the party or his order.
(RSMo 1939 § 13167)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11548; 1919 § 10573; 1909 § 10386
Abstract and index of deeds.
59.440. The recorder of each county in this state shall keep in his office a well-bound book or books, to be known as "The Abstract and Index of Deeds", which shall have appropriate columns properly ruled and headed for each of the following items, namely: Names of grantors and grantees, date of instrument, date of filing instrument for record, nature of instrument, book and page where recorded, description of land conveyed or affected; said books shall be divided into two equal parts, the front part to be alphabetically arranged for the names of grantors, and the back part to be alphabetically arranged for the names of grantees.
(RSMo 1939 § 13164)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11546; 1919 § 10571; 1909 § 10384
Index to marriage contracts and certificates.
59.450. The recorder shall, in like manner, make, keep and preserve a similar index to all the books of record in his office wherein marriage contracts and certificates of marriages are recorded.
(RSMo 1939 § 13169)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11550; 1919 § 10575; 1909 § 10388
Index to officers' commissions and bonds.
59.460. He shall, in like manner, make, keep and preserve a similar index to all the books of record wherein commissions and office bonds are recorded, containing the names of the officers appointed, and of the obligee and obligators in any bond recorded.
(RSMo 1939 § 13170)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11551; 1919 § 10576; 1909 § 10389
Index to instruments on file.
59.470. When any instrument of writing conveying or affecting real estate authorized by law to be recorded shall be filed in the recorder's office for record, the recorder shall enter the same in the names of the grantors and grantees in both parts of the abstract and index of deeds, filling each appropriate column with the several items contained in such instrument in alphabetical order, in the names of the grantors and grantees; and if the instrument be made by the sheriff, in the name of the sheriff, and the defendant in the execution, or of the person whose land is sold, and of the grantee; and if made by an executor or administrator, in the name of the executor or administrator, and of the testator or intestate, and of the grantee; and if by attorney, in the name of such attorney and of his constituent and of the grantee; and if by a commissioner, in the name of such commissioner, and of the person whose land is sold, and of the grantee.
(RSMo 1939 § 13168)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11549; 1919 § 10574; 1909 § 10387
Recording of discharges from Armed Forces--definitions--duties ofrecorders--certain discharge records open records--disclosure ofrecords, when.
59.480. 1. As used in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
Certified copy of deeds for land in different counties to berecorded, when.
59.510. Whenever any deed or other instrument of writing, conveying or affecting real estate situate in two or more counties in this state, has been or shall be duly recorded in any one of said counties, or where any new county heretofore has been or may hereafter be erected and organized, and such real estate or any part thereof shall be situate within such newly organized county, and the deed or other instrument of writing conveying or affecting such real estate has been or may be duly recorded in the county or counties from which such newly organized county has been or shall be taken, any person interested therein may procure from the recorder of deeds of such county a duly certified copy of such record, with his seal of office thereto affixed, and cause such certified copy, together with the certificate thereof, to be recorded in any other county where such real estate may be situated, in the same manner as the original instrument is or may be by law required to be recorded.
(RSMo 1939 § 13175)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11556; 1919 § 10579; 1909 § 10392
Certified copy of record notice to purchasers.
59.520. The record of such copy and certificate shall, after the same has been duly made, thereafter impart notice to all persons of the contents of such record and of the original instrument from which such record has been made, and all subsequent purchasers and mortgagees shall be deemed to purchase with notice thereof; but this section shall not be so construed as to affect or impair in any wise the notice which the original record of such deed or other instrument of writing may have imparted or may hereafter impart of the contents of such original record.
(RSMo 1939 § 13176)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11557; 1919 § 10580; 1909 § 10393
Force and effect of certified copy.
59.530. After such certified copy of such record, together with the certificate thereof, shall have been duly recorded as aforesaid, copies thereof, duly certified by the recorder of the proper county, with his seal of office thereto affixed, shall be received in evidence in the same manner and shall have the same force and effect as by law is or may be given to copies of the record of other deeds and instruments of writing affecting real estate which have been or may be hereafter duly recorded in the county in which such real estate is situated.
(RSMo 1939 § 13177)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11558; 1919 § 10581; 1909 § 10394
United States land patents.
59.540. It shall be the duty of the register of the United States land office of the state of Missouri, and he is hereby required, immediately after this section shall take effect, to forward by some convenient and safe means to the recorder of deeds in the various counties, and in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, all government land patents now on file or which may hereafter be filed in said office, affecting the title to any real estate in said counties or city, noting on the records of said office the disposition of such patents and the date when the same was forwarded.
(RSMo 1939 § 13173)
Prior revision: 1929 § 11554
United States land patents--duties of recorders.
59.550. It shall be the duty of the various recorders of this state to receive and receipt for such patents as may be forwarded to them by the register of the United States land office, and to list and preserve the same in their office until such time as they may be withdrawn on application of the owner of the property described in such patent; provided, that nothing in sections 59.540 and 59.550 shall prevent any person from having any patent withdrawn and recorded in such office upon payment to the recorder of the necessary recording fee.
(RSMo 1939 § 13174)
Prior revision: 1929 § 11555
New abstract and index of deeds, when made--fee.
59.560. When the county commission of any county in this state shall consider it necessary to provide a new abstract and index of deeds for the recorder's office of such county, in conformity to the provisions of this chapter, such commission may, by an order duly entered of record, direct the same to be done by the recorder or some other competent person, and when any such abstract and index shall become so worn and defaced as to be illegible, such commission shall, by order as aforesaid, direct the recorder or some other competent person to copy the same in a suitable book; the person making the new abstract and index shall be entitled to a fee of eight cents for each instrument entered in both parts of such abstract and index, and the person copying such abstract and index shall be allowed a fee of ten cents for every hundred words and figures, all of said fees to be paid out of the county treasury.
(RSMo 1939 § 13182)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11563; 1919 § 10586; 1909 § 10399
Electronic format for documents may be established.
59.563. The recorder of deeds in any municipality or county of this state may establish an electronic format for the recording or filing of documents which such recorder has a constitutional or statutory duty to maintain. Such documents may be recorded, filed, transmitted, stored and maintained in an electronic format as prescribed by the recorder of deeds of any municipality or county. No document presented pursuant to this section shall be required to be submitted in duplicate. Nothing in this section shall require any recorder of deeds to establish, accept or transmit any document in an electronic format.
(L. 1999 H.B. 795 § 1)
Electronically transmitted signature valid, when.
59.565. 1. Any statutory requirement that a document be signed by any person shall be satisfied by an electronically transmitted signature that is:
Fees, collection procedure.
59.567. The recorder of deeds in any municipality or county may establish a new revenue collection procedure of prepaid accounts for the payment of required recording or filing fees, including but not limited to the acceptance of credit or debit cards for such purpose. No person establishing an account pursuant to this section shall be entitled to payment of any interest on such account. Funds in prepayment accounts shall be refundable upon written order of the authorized party designated to transfer moneys from such account.
(L. 1999 H.B. 795 § 3)
Records rebound, when.
59.570. When the county commission of any county in this state shall deem it necessary, it shall have power to order any of the books or records in or belonging to the office of recorder of deeds of such county to be rebound, and to allow a reasonable compensation therefor, to be paid out of the county treasury.
(RSMo 1939 § 3635)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3245; 1919 § 10607; 1909 § 10418
Records transcribed, when.
59.580. When any of the books or records in or belonging to the office of recorder of deeds in any county are obliterated, torn, or in a ruinous condition, or when the writing in any such book or record is from any cause becoming so obscured, defaced or faded as to endanger its legibility, the county commission of any such county shall, by its proper order duly entered of record, direct the recorder of deeds to transcribe any such book or record in a new and suitable book, or in new and suitable books, to be provided by the county commission.
(RSMo 1939 § 3636)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3246; 1919 § 10608; 1909 § 10419
New record books--designation--certification--validity.
59.590. Such new book or books shall be designated by the same letter or letters or the same figure or figures as that from which the transcript is to be made; and the recorder shall, at the end of every such new book containing such transcript, certify, under his hand and seal of office, that the same has been truly copied from the book or record of the corresponding letter or letters or figure or figures of his office, after which any book or record containing any such transcript, or copy therefrom duly certified, shall be entitled to the same faith and credit to which the book or record transcribed was entitled.
(RSMo 1939 § 3637)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3247; 1919 § 10609; 1909 § 10420
Recorder to furnish assessor with list of mortgages and deeds oftrust (second and certain third class counties).
59.605. It shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds in each county of the second class and the recorder of deeds in each county of the third class wherein the office is separate from the office of circuit clerk to furnish the assessor, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, a list of all real estate mortgages or deeds of trust recorded during the preceding month. The list shall contain the name of the grantor, a brief description of the real estate and the amount of the mortgage or deed of trust.
(L. 1975 S.B. 70 § 1)
Rerecording of conveyances--when--by whom.
59.610. In all counties of this state in which the records of deeds have been or shall hereafter be destroyed by fire or otherwise, it shall be lawful for the recorder of deeds to employ a suitable person to rerecord all conveyances that have been recorded, together with the certificate of record thereof.
(RSMo 1939 § 3646)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3256; 1919 § 10618; 1909 § 10429
Rerecording destroyed marriage records, 451.210
Rerecording--free of charge, when.
59.620. Such conveyances as have been spread of record, together with the certificate of record thereof, shall be rerecorded free of charge to the holders thereof, provided the same be offered for record within five years after the destruction of the record.
(RSMo 1939 § 3647)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3257; 1919 § 10619; 1909 § 10430
Compensation for rerecording copyist.
59.630. The person employed as provided by section 59.610 shall receive such compensation as the county commission shall deem reasonable, not to exceed eight hundred dollars per annum, to be paid out of the county treasury, so long as his services may be required.
(RSMo 1939 § 3648)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3258; 1919 § 10620; 1909 § 10431
Rerecorded conveyances admissible in evidence.
59.640. The record of such rerecorded conveyances shall impart notice to the same extent and shall be admissible in evidence with like effect as the original record.
(RSMo 1939 § 3649)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3259; 1919 § 10621; 1909 § 10432
Neglect of duty--liability.
59.650. If any recorder to whom any deed or other writing, proved or acknowledged according to law, is delivered for record
(1) Neglects or refuses to make an entry thereof as required by section 59.470, or
(2) Neglects or refuses to record the deed or other writing within a reasonable time after receiving the same, or
(3) Records any deed or other instrument in writing before another first brought into his office and entitled to be recorded, or
(4) Records any deed or other instrument of writing untimely or in any manner other than as herein directed, or
(5) Neglects or refuses to provide and keep in his office such an index as required by this chapter, he shall pay to the party aggrieved double the damages which may be occasioned thereby, to be recovered by civil action on the official bond of the recorder.
(RSMo 1939 § 13183, A.L. 1957 p. 322)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11564; 1919 § 10587; 1909 § 10400
Neglect of duty--penalty.
59.660. If any recorder shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties required of him by this chapter, or shall willfully perform them in any other manner than is required by law, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and proceeded against accordingly; and shall, moreover, forfeit and pay to the use of the county a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, to be recovered by civil action.
(RSMo 1939 § 13184)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11565; 1919 § 10588; 1909 § 10401
Waiver of state's rights of reverter in certain property (ScottCounty).
59.700. The state of Missouri hereby waives all rights to its possibility of reverter in the real property particularly described in the quitclaim deed in book 279 at pages 76-77 of the office of the recorder of deeds of Scott County.
(L. 2001 S.B. 86 § 1)
Additional five dollar fee imposed, when, distribution--fundestablished.
59.800. 1. Beginning on July 1, 2001, notwithstanding any other condition precedent required by law to the recording of any instrument specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of section 59.330, an additional fee of five dollars shall be charged and collected by every recorder of deeds in this state on each instrument recorded. The additional fee shall be distributed as follows:
(1) One dollar and twenty-five cents to the recorder's fund established pursuant to subsection 1 of section 59.319, provided, however, that all funds received pursuant to this section shall be used exclusively for the purchase, installation, upgrade and maintenance of modern technology necessary to operate the recorder's office in an efficient manner;
2. There is hereby established a revolving fund known as the "Statutory County Recorder's Fund", which shall receive funds paid to the recorders of deeds of the counties of this state pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section. The director of the department of revenue shall be custodian of the fund and shall make disbursements from the fund for the purpose of subsidizing the fees collected by counties that hereafter elect or have heretofore elected to separate the offices of clerk of the circuit court and recorder. The subsidy shall consist of the total amount of moneys collected pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1 of this section subtracted from fifty-five thousand dollars. The moneys paid to qualifying counties pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the county general revenue fund. For purposes of this section a "qualified county" is a county that hereafter elects or has heretofore elected to separate the offices of clerk of the circuit court and recorder and in which the office of the recorder of deeds collects less than fifty-five thousand dollars in fees pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1 of this section, on an annual basis. Moneys in the statutory county recorder's fund shall not be considered state funds and shall be deemed nonstate funds.
(L. 2001 S.B. 288, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1776 merged with S.B. 1078)