Missouri § 59.400 - Manner of recording.
Full text of Missouri Revised Statutes of Missouri § 59.400 — Manner of recording., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13165, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1528)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11547; 1919 § 10572; 1909 § 10385
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 59.400 ("Manner of recording.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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