Missouri Laws 59.332 – Redaction or removal of sensitive personal identifying information ..
1. Should any sensitive personal identifying information, as defined in section 59.331, appear in any record or image viewable on any publicly available internet website maintained or sponsored by a recorder of deeds, any person may apply to the recorder of deeds for redaction or removal of that sensitive personal identifying information. Any such application shall be made in writing, signed by the applicant, his or her attorney, or legal guardian, and shall specifically identify the document or documents containing the sensitive personal identifying information. The application shall be accompanied by a legible copy of each recorded document affected by the application, upon which the sensitive personal identifying information that is to be redacted is highlighted or otherwise indicated. Upon receipt of an application submitted in compliance with this section, the recorder of deeds may redact or remove the affected document from the records viewable on the publicly available internet website.
2. The provisions of this section shall only apply to any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 59.332
- Legible: all text, seals, drawings, signatures or other content within the document must be capable of producing a clear and readable image from record, regardless of the process used for recording. See Missouri Laws 59.005
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Record: "recorded" or "recording", the recording of a document into the official public record, regardless of the process used. See Missouri Laws 59.005
- Recorder of deeds: the separate recorder of deeds in those counties where separate from the circuit clerk and the circuit clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds in those counties where the offices are combined. See Missouri Laws 59.005