Title VI — COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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)…

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 re…

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 l…

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

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 …

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; …

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. ­­-…

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 regist…

60.100. May charge for services (second, third, and fourth class counties). — In counties of the second, third or fourth class, the county surveyor may charge for his services such a sum as may be agreed upon by such surveyor and the person employing him. For that sum, the survey…

60.120. Survey, duty to make, fee. — The county surveyor shall, within thirty days, when called upon, survey any tract of land or town lot lying in his county, at the expense of the person demanding the same; provided, that his agreed upon fees are first tendered, or that he and …

60.130. Survey, how made when surveyor interested. — When it shall appear that the county surveyor is interested in any tract of land the title of which is in dispute before the court, the court shall direct the survey or resurvey to be made by some registered land surveyor, who …

60.140. Lands divided by county lines, by whom surveyed. — In case any person own or claim lands where the same are divided by a county line, the person owning or claiming such lands, and wishing to have the same surveyed, may apply to the surveyor of any county in which any part…

60.150. Survey may be legal evidence, standards for survey. — No survey or resurvey shall be admitted into evidence in any court in this state unless it is made by a registered land surveyor, and it can be shown that the survey is located by measurements to monuments of the secti…

60.160. Survey, land in dispute. — When lands, the title of which is in dispute before any court, shall be divided by a county line, the court making an order of survey may direct such order to the surveyor of any county in which any part of such land is situate. ­­-------- (RSMo…

60.170. Surveyor to execute orders of court. — The county surveyor shall execute all orders given to him directly by any court of record, for surveying or resurveying any tract of land, the title of which is in dispute before such court, and all orders of survey for the partition…

*60.185. County surveyors, duties. — The county surveyor of every county or city shall: (1) Keep a fair and correct record of all surveys made by himself and his deputies, in a well-bound book, with a convenient index, to be procured at the expense of the county or city for that …

*60.195. United States field notes on survey of counties, how obtained and filed in office of county surveyor. — The several county commissions in this state are hereby authorized, in all cases wherein they shall consider it to be the interest of their counties, to obtain from th…

60.205. Failure to perform duties, civil action to obtain fine, amount. — Any county surveyor who shall fail to perform the duties required of him by this chapter shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ninety dollars, to be recovered by civil action, at the suit of the injured par…

60.301. Definitions. — Whenever the following words and terms are used in this chapter they shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended: (1) "Corners of the United States public land survey", those points that determi…

60.305. Resurvey of United States land survey — rules. — In the resurvey of the lands of the United States public land survey, the surveyor shall observe the following rules: (1) The boundaries of the United States public land survey in Missouri are unchangeable; (2) The original…

60.311. Corners original position to be determined. — The restoration and utilization of the existent corners of the United States public land survey is a prime objective of every survey. Every means shall be undertaken to determine the position of the original corner before deci…

60.315. Lost corners reestablishment — rules. — The following rules for the reestablishment of lost corners shall be applied only when it is determined that the corner is lost: (The rules utilize proportional measurement which harmonizes surveying practice with legal and equitabl…

*60.321. Lost corners, monumentation, procedure — violation deemed misconduct. — For the purpose of perpetuating the corners of the United States public land survey, every surveyor who reestablishes a lost corner or restores an existent corner shall monument the corner and shall …

60.326. Law not to affect previous surveys. — This chapter shall in no way be construed either to affect the legality of surveys legally made and recorded prior to September 28, 1979, or to prevent surveyors from taking advantage of any corners legally established prior to Septem…

60.331. Quarter-sections, how established. — In subdividing a section into quarter-sections, the land surveyor shall run straight lines from the established quarter-section corners to the opposite quarter-section corners. The point of intersection of the lines thus run will be th…

60.335. Quarter-quarter sections, how established. — In subdividing a quarter-section into quarters, the land surveyor shall: (1) First, establish the quarter-quarter, or sixteenth-section corners at points midway between the quarter-section and section corners or the center of t…

60.341. Fractional sections, how established. — In subdividing a fractional section or quarter-section, the land surveyor will run his lines from properly established quarter-section or quarter-quarter-section corners, as the case may be, with courses governed by the conditions r…

60.345. Corners of quarter-sections south of township line, east of range line, how established. — The quarter-section corners of sections south of the township line and east of the range line, and not established by the original government survey will be established according to…

60.351. Destruction of landmarks, duty of county surveyor to report. — It shall be the duty of every county surveyor and every deputy county surveyor to report as soon as practicable all violations of law relative to the destruction of landmarks that come under their observation,…

60.355. Prohibits removal or destroying of property markers — penalty — damages. — 1. No person, other than a registered land surveyor registered pursuant to chapter 327, shall knowingly move, remove, deface or destroy any corner of the United States Public Land Survey System, pr…

60.360. United States field notes on county surveys obtained by county surveyor — cost, how paid. — In all cases where the county surveyor shall have, at his own expense, obtained a certified copy, as provided for in section 60.195, the county commission shall make a reasonable a…

60.401. Missouri state plane coordinate system established. — The most recent system of state plane coordinates established by the National Geodetic Survey, or its successor, based on the National Spatial Reference System, or its successor*, and known as the State Plane Coordinat…