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MO Rev Stat § 59.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.300 - Deputies, counties wherein clerk is ex officio recorder — appointment — qualifications.

Effective - 01 Jul 2001   59.300. Deputies, counties wherein clerk is ex officio recorder — appointment — qualifications. — 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  Effective 7-01-01
MO Rev Stat § 59.318 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.318 - Donation for homeless, recording of certain instruments (Jackson County).

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   59.318. Donation for homeless, recording of certain instruments (Jackson County). — A donation of one dollar may be collected by the recorder of deeds for any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, over and above any fees required by law, when any instruments specified in subdivisions (3) and (5) of section 59.330 are recorded. The donations collected for the recorded instrument shall be forwarded monthly by the recorder of deeds to the county treasurer, and the donations so forwarded shall be deposited by the county treasurer into the housing resource commission fund to assist homeless families and provide financial assistance to organizations addressing homelessness in the county. The recorder shall provide a check-off box for such donation on the application form. ­­-------- (L. 2010 H.B. 1643)
MO Rev Stat § 59.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.320 - Fee to be paid before record made, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   59.320. Fee to be paid before record made, exceptions. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.321 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.321 - One dollar filing fee required, used for county employees' retirement system or general revenue account.

Effective - 01 Sep 2003   59.321. One dollar filing fee required, used for county employees' retirement system or general revenue account. — 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)  Effective 9-01-03
MO Rev Stat § 59.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.330 - What shall be recorded — legal description required, when — validity.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   59.330. What shall be recorded — legal description required, when — validity. — 1. It shall be the duty of recorders to record:  (1) All deeds, mortgages, conveyances, deeds of trust, assignments, bonds, covenants, defeasances, or other instruments of writing, of or concerning any lands and tenements, or goods and chattels, which shall be proved or acknowledged, and authorized to be recorded in their offices;  (2) All papers and documents found in their respective offices, of and concerning lands and tenements, or goods and chattels, and which were received from the Spanish and French authorities at the change of government;  (3) All marriage contracts and certificates of marriage;  (4) All commissions and official bonds required by law to be recorded in their offices;  (5) All written statements furnished to him for record, showing the sex and date of birth of any child or children, the name, business and residence of the father and maiden name of the mother of such child or children.  2. All deeds, mortgages, conveyances, deeds of trust, assignments, bonds, covenants or defeasances, except supplemental indentures of utility companies and rural electric cooperatives, must contain a legal description of the lands affected. All deeds, except deeds of easement or right-of-way conveying any lands or tenements must contain a mailing address of one of the grantees named in the instrument. The recorder of deeds shall not record such instrument absent such address or legal description; provided, however, that the statutory constructive notice or the validity of the instrument shall not be affected by the absence of the address or the absence of the legal description. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13161, A.L. 1963 p. 115, A.L. 1985 H.B. 210, A.L. 1989 H.B. 786, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1190, A.L. 1997 S.B. 164, A.L. 2003 S.B. 383)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11543; 1919 § 10568; 1909 § 10381
MO Rev Stat § 59.331 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.331 - Certain personal identifying information not to be included in certain documents for recording, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   59.331. Certain personal identifying information not to be included in certain documents for recording, exceptions. — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.332 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.332 - Redaction or removal of sensitive personal identifying information permitted, when, procedure (Jackson County)

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   59.332. Redaction or removal of sensitive personal identifying information permitted, when, procedure (Jackson County) — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.335 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.335 - Bankruptcy, certified copies of papers to be recorded — fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   59.335. Bankruptcy, certified copies of papers to be recorded — fees. — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.340 - Records to be recorded in separate books by classes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.340. Records to be recorded in separate books by classes. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.350 - Conveyances of personal property recorded, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.350. Conveyances of personal property recorded, how. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.380 - Land patents recorded.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.380. Land patents recorded. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.390 - Copies of land patents received in evidence.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.390. Copies of land patents received in evidence. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.400 - Manner of recording.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   59.400. Manner of recording. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.410 - Photographic copies deemed recording — to be bound.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.410. Photographic copies deemed recording — to be bound. — 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  CROSS REFERENCE:  Photographic copies of records, deemed transcribing, 109.100
MO Rev Stat § 59.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.420 - Manner of recording (first class counties and certain cities).

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   59.420. Manner of recording (first class counties and certain cities). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.430 - Certificate on instrument recorded.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.430. Certificate on instrument recorded. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.440 - Abstract and index of deeds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.440. Abstract and index of deeds. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.450 - Index to marriage contracts and certificates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.450. Index to marriage contracts and certificates. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.460 - Index to officers' commissions and bonds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.460. Index to officers' commissions and bonds. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.470 - Index to instruments on file.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.470. Index to instruments on file. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.510 - Certified copy of deeds for land in different counties to be recorded, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.510. Certified copy of deeds for land in different counties to be recorded, when. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.520 - Certified copy of record notice to purchasers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.520. Certified copy of record notice to purchasers. — 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