Missouri Laws 59.560 – New abstract and index of deeds, when made — fee
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 59.560
- instrument: any writing or drawing presented to the recorder of deeds 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
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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, such commission may, by an order duly entered of record, direct the same to be done by the recorder or some other competent person, and when any such abstract and index shall become so worn and defaced as to be illegible, such commission shall, by order as aforesaid, direct the recorder or some other competent person to copy the same in a suitable book; the person making the new abstract and index shall be entitled to a fee of eight cents for each instrument entered in both parts of such abstract and index, and the person copying such abstract and index shall be allowed a fee of ten cents for every hundred words and figures, all of said fees to be paid out of the county treasury.