Section 59.300 Deputies, counties wherein clerk is ex officio recorder — appointment

Section 59.300 Deputies, counties wherein clerk is ex officio recorder — appointment — qualifications.

MO Rev Stat § 59.300 (2019) (N/A)

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Effective 01 Jul 2001, see footnote

59.300. Deputies, counties wherein clerk is ex officio recorder — appointment — qualifications. — The circuit clerk and recorder in counties wherein the offices are combined, as recorder of the county, may appoint in writing one or more deputies, to be approved by the circuit judge of the circuit court, which appointment with the like oath of office as their principals, to be taken by them and endorsed thereon shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. Such deputy recorders shall possess the qualifications of clerks of courts of record, and may, in the name of their principals, perform the duties of recorders of deeds, but all circuit clerks and recorders and their sureties shall be responsible for the official conduct of their deputies.

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(RSMo 1939 § 13160, A.L. 1945 p. 1529 § 6, A.L. 1945 p. 1532 § 6, A. 1949 H.B. 2017, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11542; 1919 § 10567; 1909 § 10380

Effective 7-01-01

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