Title VI — COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT
22 chapters · 1,849 sections in this title.
§ 59.390 RSMo Copies of land patents received in evidence
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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 …
§ 59.400 RSMo Manner of recording
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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, …
§ 59.410 RSMo Photographic copies deemed recording — to be bound
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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, …
§ 59.420 RSMo Manner of recording (first class counties and certain cities)
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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 de…
§ 59.430 RSMo Certificate on instrument recorded
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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 page…
§ 59.440 RSMo Abstract and index of deeds
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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, …
§ 59.450 RSMo Index to marriage contracts and certificates
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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…
§ 59.460 RSMo Index to officers' commissions and bonds
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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…
§ 59.470 RSMo Index to instruments on file
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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…
§ 59.480 RSMo Recording of discharges from Armed Forces — definitions — duties of
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59.480. Recording of discharges from Armed Forces — definitions — duties of recorders — certain discharge records open records — disclosure of records, when. — 1. As used in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Authorized pa…
§ 59.510 RSMo Certified copy of deeds for land in different counties to be recorded, when
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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 countie…
§ 59.520 RSMo Certified copy of record notice to purchasers
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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, a…
§ 59.530 RSMo Force and effect of certified copy
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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,…
§ 59.540 RSMo United States land patents
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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…
§ 59.550 RSMo United States land patents — duties of recorders
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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…
§ 59.560 RSMo New abstract and index of deeds, when made — fee
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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, s…
§ 59.563 RSMo Electronic format for documents may be established
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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…
§ 59.565 RSMo Electronically transmitted signature valid, when
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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 sol…
§ 59.567 RSMo Fees, collection procedure
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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 card…
§ 59.568 RSMo Electronic records, requirements for certain documents
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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 electro…
§ 59.569 RSMo Electronic documents with electronic signatures, permissible, when —
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59.569. Electronic documents with electronic signatures, permissible, when — requirements, certificate — notary public duties — inapplicability, when. — 1. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, be …
§ 59.570 RSMo Records rebound, when
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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 com…
§ 59.580 RSMo Records transcribed, when
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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 …
§ 59.590 RSMo New record books — designation — certification — validity
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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 c…
§ 59.605 RSMo Recorder to furnish assessor with list of mortgages and deeds of trust
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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 off…
§ 59.610 RSMo Rerecording of conveyances — when — by whom
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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 …
§ 59.620 RSMo Rerecording — free of charge, when
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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 destructio…
§ 59.630 RSMo Compensation for rerecording copyist
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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 s…
§ 59.640 RSMo Rerecorded conveyances admissible in evidence
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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 …
§ 59.650 RSMo Neglect of duty — liability
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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…
§ 59.660 RSMo Neglect of duty — penalty
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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, …
§ 59.700 RSMo Waiver of state's rights of reverter in certain property (Scott County)
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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 recor…
§ 59.800 RSMo Additional five dollar fee imposed, when, distribution — fund established,
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59.800. Additional five dollar fee imposed, when, distribution — fund established, use of moneys — deficiency, effect of. — 1. Beginning on July 1, 2001, notwithstanding any other condition precedent required by law to the recording of any instrument specified in subdivisions (1)…