MissouriRecorders collect fees for surveys, records, and housing
Missouri recorders collect fees when they file documents, with money going to local record preservation, land surveying, and, for some filings, the state housing trust fund.
What it does
Missouri recorders charge $6 to record an instrument. They keep $3, while the state directs the rest to land surveying and local record preservation.
For certain instruments listed in state law, recorders collect another $3. The state sends that fee to the Missouri Housing Trust Fund.
The Department of Agriculture may sell maps, reports, and other records, with fees set to cover production costs. The law also sets rules for those fees.
Argument forDedicated fees could help pay for land surveying work and preserve local records.
Argument againstRecording fees could make it more expensive for people and organizations that need to file documents.
More detail
Recorders charge a $6 fee when they record an instrument. They keep $3, and the state directs $2 to land surveying and $1 to preserve local records. The fee applies to instruments submitted for recording in Missouri. The fee is added to any other fees required by law. The fee is due as a condition of recording the instrument.
Recorders collect an additional $3 fee for certain listed instruments, and the state deposits that money in the Missouri Housing Trust Fund. This applies to instruments specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of section 59.330(1). The fee is added to any other fees required by law. The extra fee is due when a covered instrument is recorded.
The Department of Agriculture may produce and sell maps, reports, and other records, and sets fees by rule to cover production and reproduction costs. This applies to materials produced by the Department of Agriculture under section 60.590. The commission recommends the charges, and the department deposits income in its land survey revolving services fund. Rules must follow state rulemaking procedures. If legislative review powers under those procedures are later held unconstitutional, rules proposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, are invalid. The stated consequence applies to rules proposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, if legislative review powers are later held unconstitutional.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jul 9Signed by Governor Mike KehoeBecame Law
- May 28Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics CommitteeTo Governor
- May 28Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- May 28Signed by House Speaker
- May 28Delivered to Governor
- Apr 29H Third Read and PassedMajor
- Apr 29Truly Agreed To and Finally PassedPassed House
- Apr 23Voted Do Pass H Rules - AdministrativeMinor
- Apr 23Reported Do Pass H Rules - AdministrativeMinor
- Apr 20Referred H Rules - AdministrativeMinor
- Apr 7Voted Do Pass H AgricultureMinor
- Apr 7Reported Do Pass H AgricultureMinor
- Mar 31Hearing Conducted H Agriculture
- Mar 26Referred H AgricultureMinor
- Feb 27H Second ReadMinor
- Feb 26Voted Do Pass S Fiscal Oversight CommitteeMinor
- Feb 26Reported from S Fiscal Oversight Committee
- Feb 26S Third Read and PassedPassed Senate
- Feb 26H First ReadMinor
- Feb 24Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- Feb 24Referred S Fiscal Oversight CommitteeMinor
- Feb 23SA 1 S offered & adopted (May)--(5423S01.07S)
- Feb 23Perfected, as amended
- Feb 12Reported from S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
- Feb 5Voted Do Pass S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources CommitteeMinor
- Jan 29Hearing Conducted S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee
- Jan 8Second Read and Referred S Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources CommitteeMinor
- Jan 7S First ReadMinor
- 2025
- Dec 1PrefiledIntroduced
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