Missouri § 59.321 - One dollar filing fee required, used for county employees' retirement system or general revenue account.
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§ 59.321. One dollar filing fee required, used for county employees' retirement system or general revenue account.
In addition to any other fee, the recorder of deeds in all counties and any city not within a county shall collect one dollar on all documents or instruments that are recorded. The recorder of deeds in all counties, except in counties with a charter form of government and any city not within a county, shall forward the fee to the county employees' retirement system pursuant to section 50.1190, provided, however, that the recorder of deeds in any county with a charter form of government and any city not within a county whose employees are not members of the county employees' retirement system shall deposit the fee to the general revenue of that county or city not within a county. The provisions of this section shall become effective September 1, 2003.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 221 merged with S.B. 346)
Effective 9-01-03
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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