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MO Rev Stat § 59.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.120 - Place of office — record books.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.120. Place of office — record books. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.130 - Seal.

Effective - 01 Jul 2001   59.130. Seal. — 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  Effective 7-01-01
MO Rev Stat § 59.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.140 - Seal used by ex officio recorder.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.140. Seal used by ex officio recorder. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.150 - Administration of oaths.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.150. Administration of oaths. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.160 - Office hours, cities of 300,000 or more population.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   59.160. Office hours, cities of 300,000 or more population. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.163 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.163 - Instruments where recorded or filed in counties of first class having two recording offices.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   59.163. Instruments where recorded or filed in counties of first class having two recording offices. — 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:  (1) When the collateral is goods which at the time the security interest attaches are or are to become fixtures, and the land to which the fixtures are or are to be attached is located in that range where the office outside the county seat is located, then in such office outside the county seat, and any such filing shall be for record;  (2) In all other cases where the proper place, or one of the proper places, to file or to file for record is in the office of the recorder of deeds of such county, then only in such office at the county seat and not in such office outside the county seat;  (3) All financing statements or other instruments or statements incidental thereto, such as continuation statements, termination statements, statements of assignment, in order to perfect, continue, terminate, assign, release, or affect a security interest in accordance with article 9, chapter 400, the uniform commercial code, shall have priority over liens filed under this section for the time period after June 30, 2001, and before August 28, 2003. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 347 § 1, A.L. 1965 pp. 114, 170, A.L. 1969 H.B. 677, A.L. 2003 H.B. 221 merged with S.B. 346)
MO Rev Stat § 59.167 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.167 - Abstract of instruments in branch offices not required to be kept (first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   59.167. Abstract of instruments in branch offices not required to be kept (first class counties). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.170 - Branch of Jackson County recorder's office in Kansas City — recording of documents at county seat of Jackson County permitted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   59.170. Branch of Jackson County recorder's office in Kansas City — recording of documents at county seat of Jackson County permitted. — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.180 - County commission to provide office and supplies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   59.180. County commission to provide office and supplies. — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.200 - Recorder or deputy prohibited from making abstracts of title — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.200. Recorder or deputy prohibited from making abstracts of title — penalty. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.210 - Accounts audited and settled by county commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.210. Accounts audited and settled by county commission. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.220 - Compensation of recorder of deeds (St. Louis City).

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   59.220. Compensation of recorder of deeds (St. Louis City). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.227 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.227 - Fees, record of and disposition of (certain first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   59.227. Fees, record of and disposition of (certain first class counties). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.230 - Fees received — reports — deposited where (second class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   59.230. Fees received — reports — deposited where (second class counties). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.240 - Fees to be collected — affidavit required — report, contents of (second class and certain first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   59.240. Fees to be collected — affidavit required — report, contents of (second class and certain first class counties). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.245 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.245 - Record of conveyances to county assessor (second class and certain first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   59.245. Record of conveyances to county assessor (second class and certain first class counties). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.250 - Accounting of fees collected — annual report — moneys collected property of county.

Effective - 01 Jul 2001   59.250. Accounting of fees collected — annual report — moneys collected property of county. — 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.  2. It shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds to charge, receive and collect in all cases every fee, charge or money due the recorder's office by law. The recorder of deeds shall also, when he or she makes and files the report required by this section at the end of each year of his or her official term, verify such report 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. Every recorder of deeds 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 provided by this section. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1526 § 1, A.L. 1953 p. 372, A.L. 1965 p. 172, A.L. 1969 H.B. 119, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)  Effective 7-01-01
MO Rev Stat § 59.255 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.255 - Marginal release of deeds of trust book kept, certain counties.

Effective - 01 Jul 2001   59.255. Marginal release of deeds of trust book kept, certain counties. — 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)  Effective 7-01-01
MO Rev Stat § 59.257 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.257 - Deputy recorders — appointment — qualifications — certain counties.

Effective - 01 Jul 2001, 2 histories   59.257. Deputy recorders — appointment — qualifications — certain counties. — 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)  Effective 7-01-01
MO Rev Stat § 59.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.260 - Circuit clerk to collect and report fees as recorder, when.

Effective - 01 Jul 2001   59.260. Circuit clerk to collect and report fees as recorder, when. — 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)  Effective 7-01-01
MO Rev Stat § 59.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.270 - Deputies — compensation (certain first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   59.270. Deputies — compensation (certain first class counties). — 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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13466, A.L. 1945 p. 1566 § 13135, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 520, A. 1949 H.B. 2017, A.L. 1951 p. 388, A.L. 1955 p. 354, A.L. 1959 S.B. 70, A.L. 1961 p. 267, A.L. 1971 H.B. 484, A.L. 1973 H.B. 685)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11834; 1919 § 11042; 1909 § 10738
MO Rev Stat § 59.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.290 - Deputies — appointment — qualifications — compensation (second class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   59.290. Deputies — appointment — qualifications — compensation (second class counties). — 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)