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MO Rev Stat § 59.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.530 - Force and effect of certified copy.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.530. Force and effect of certified copy. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.540 - United States land patents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.540. United States land patents. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.550 - United States land patents — duties of recorders.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.550. United States land patents — duties of recorders. — 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of the United States land office, and to list and preserve the same in their office until such time as they may be withdrawn on application of the owner of the property described in such patent; provided, that nothing in sections 59.540 and 59.550 shall prevent any person from having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
MO Rev Stat § 59.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.560 - New abstract and index of deeds, when made — fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.560. New abstract and index of deeds, when made — fee. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.563 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.563 - Electronic format for documents may be established.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   59.563. Electronic format for documents may be established. — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.565 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.565 - Electronically transmitted signature valid, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   59.565. Electronically transmitted signature valid, when. — 1. Any statutory requirement that a document be signed by any person shall be satisfied by an electronically transmitted signature that is:  (1) Unique to the person signing;  (2) Capable of verification;  (3) Under the sole control of the person signing;  (4) Linked to the document in such a manner that if data is changed, the signature is invalidated; and  (5) Intended by the person signing to have the same force and effect as a manual signature; ­­provided that, the recorder of deeds has a security procedure in place so that the electronically transmitted signature is verified to detect forgeries and errors in transmissions, and a procedure to ensure that such signature was intended to be placed on such document by the authorized signer. A security procedure may require the use of algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers, encryption, call back procedures, or similar security devices. Comparison of a signature on a document with an authorized specimen signature shall not by itself be security procedure.  2. The execution of any document with a properly authenticated digital signature and acknowledgment pursuant to this section constitutes an affirmation, under penalty of perjury, that the facts stated in such document are true and that such person or persons are duly authorized to execute such document. ­­-------- (L. 1999 H.B. 795 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 59.567 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.567 - Fees, collection procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   59.567. Fees, collection procedure. — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.568 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.568 - Electronic records, requirements for certain documents.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   59.568. Electronic records, requirements for certain documents. — 1. If a statute, regulation, or ordinance requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic record that otherwise complies with the requirements of this chapter.  2. A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature if the notary public has attached an electronic notarial certificate that meets the requirements of this chapter.  3. This section shall only apply to documents presented to a recorder of deeds for recordings pursuant to chapter 442 or 443. ­­-------- (L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
MO Rev Stat § 59.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.570 - Records rebound, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.570. Records rebound, when. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.580 - Records transcribed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.580. Records transcribed, when. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.590 - New record books — designation — certification — validity.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.590. New record books — designation — certification — validity. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.605 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.605 - Recorder to furnish assessor with list of mortgages and deeds of trust (second and certain third class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   59.605. Recorder to furnish assessor with list of mortgages and deeds of trust (second and certain third class counties). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 59.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.610 - Rerecording of conveyances — when — by whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.610. Rerecording of conveyances — when — by whom. — 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  CROSS REFERENCE:  Rerecording destroyed marriage records, 451.210
MO Rev Stat § 59.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.620 - Rerecording — free of charge, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.620. Rerecording — free of charge, when. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.630 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.630 - Compensation for rerecording copyist.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.630. Compensation for rerecording copyist. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.640 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.640 - Rerecorded conveyances admissible in evidence.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.640. Rerecorded conveyances admissible in evidence. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.650 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.650 - Neglect of duty — liability.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   59.650. Neglect of duty — liability. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.660 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.660 - Neglect of duty — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   59.660. Neglect of duty — penalty. — 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
MO Rev Stat § 59.700 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 59 - County Recorders of Deeds|Section 59.700 - Waiver of state's rights of reverter in certain property (Scott County).

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   59.700. Waiver of state's rights of reverter in certain property (Scott County). — 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)
MO Rev Stat § 60.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.010 - Surveyor to be elected in certain counties — qualifications — term.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   60.010. Surveyor to be elected in certain counties — qualifications — term. — 1. At the regular general election in the year 1948, and every four years thereafter, the voters of each county of this state in counties of the second, third, and fourth classification shall elect a registered land surveyor as county surveyor, who shall hold office for four years and until a successor is duly elected, commissioned and qualified. The person elected shall be commissioned by the governor.  2. No person shall be elected or appointed surveyor unless such person is a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one years, a registered land surveyor, and shall have resided within the state one whole year. An elected surveyor shall have resided within the county for which the person is elected six months immediately prior to election and shall after election continue to reside within the county for which the person is surveyor. An appointed surveyor need not reside within the county for which the person is surveyor.  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, or any other law to the contrary, the county commission of any county of the third or fourth classification may appoint a surveyor following the deadline for filing for the office of surveyor, if no qualified candidate files for the office in the general election in which the office would have been on the ballot, provided that the notice required by section 115.345 has been published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county. The appointed surveyor shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission, however, an appointed surveyor shall forfeit said office once a qualified individual, who has been duly elected at a regularly scheduled general election where the office of surveyor is on the ballot and who has been commissioned by the governor, takes office. The county commission shall fix appropriate compensation, which need not be equal to that of an elected surveyor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13190, A.L. 1945 p. 1759, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1983 H.B. 133, A.L. 2003 H.B. 267, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11571; 1919 § 12709; 1909 § 11291
MO Rev Stat § 60.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.030 - Oath — bond — receipt of records.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.030. Oath — bond — receipt of records. — Every county surveyor shall, within sixty days after receiving his commission, and before entering upon the duties of his office, take the oath prescribed by the constitution, and enter into bond to the state of Missouri, in a sum not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, to be determined by the county commission, conditioned that he will faithfully perform all the duties of the office of county surveyor, and that at the expiration of his term of office he, or in case of his death, his executors or administrators, will immediately deliver to the recorder of deeds of the county all county survey plat books. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13192, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11573; 1919 § 12711; 1909 § 11293
MO Rev Stat § 60.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.040 - Failure to give bond, office to become vacant.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   60.040. Failure to give bond, office to become vacant. — If any county surveyor fail to give such bond in the time prescribed in section 60.030, his office shall be vacant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13193)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11574; 1919 § 12712; 1909 § 11294
MO Rev Stat § 60.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.050 - Bond, approval.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   60.050. Bond, approval. — Such bond may be taken by the clerk of the county commission in vacation; and, if so taken, shall be approved or rejected by the county commission at the next term thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13194)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11575; 1919 § 12713; 1909 § 11295
MO Rev Stat § 60.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.060 - Bond valid until rejected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   60.060. Bond valid until rejected. — Such bond shall be valid until it is rejected, and its rejection shall not release the principal and sureties from any liabilities incurred previous to its rejection. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13195)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11576; 1919 § 12714; 1909 § 11296
MO Rev Stat § 60.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.070 - Rejection of bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   60.070. Rejection of bond. — If such bond be rejected, the county commission shall order the county surveyor to enter into a new bond, within such time as they may think reasonable, not exceeding twenty days; and in default of giving such new bond, the office shall be vacant. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13196)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11577; 1919 § 12715; 1909 § 11297
MO Rev Stat § 60.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 60 - County Surveyors and Land Surveys|Section 60.090 - Deputies — oaths — qualifications.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   60.090. Deputies — oaths — qualifications. — Deputies may be appointed by any county surveyor who, before they proceed to discharge their duties, shall take an oath to discharge faithfully, truly and well the duties of deputy surveyors. All deputy county surveyors shall be registered land surveyors. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13208, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11589; 1919 § 12727; 1909 § 11309