Saint Louis City Recorder of Deeds
Land Deed Recording Services
Requirements and Fees
Call: (314) 622-3260
Visit: Room 126, City Hall
Mail:
Room 126, City Hall
1200 Market
St. Louis, MO 63103
Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday, except holidays
Processing a document takes about 15 working days.
Reminder to Mail-In Customers: Enclose a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope with Adequate Return Postage for return of your original document.
Fee Payment Method
Walk-In Customers:
Cash, Business Check, Cashier Check, Money Order
made out to- Recorder of Deeds.
Mail-in Customers:
Business Check, Cashier Check, Money Order
made out to- Recorder of Deeds.
No Personal Checks. As a convenience to customers, in July 2002 the Recorder of Deeds Office altered it's longstanding policy and began accepting personal checks. The result was many bounced checks in small amounts difficult to collect on. In August 2002, the Recorder again ceased accepting personal checks.
No Credit Card Payment. The Recorder of Deeds Office has been trying for years to get a vendor.
No ATM at City Hall. The Recorder of Deeds Office and other City Hall offices have been trying for years to get a vendor.
Escrow Spend-Down Account. As a convenience to customers conducting volume recording, a customer may establish an escrow spend down account with the Recorder. For more information, call the Recorder of Deeds Cashier Department at (314) 589-8177.
Recording Fees
Standard Deed: $23.00 First Page + $5.00 Each Additional Page
NonStandard Deed: $48.00 First Page + $5.00 Each Additional Page
Standard Assignment: $23.00 First Page + $7.50 Each Additional Item
NonStandard Assignment: $48.00 First Page + $7.50 Each Additional Item
Standard Margin Release: $21.00 First Item + $7.50 Each Additional Item
NonStandard Margin Release: $46.00 First Item + $7.50 Each Additional Item
Plat, Survey of One Tract of Land - Recording Without Drawing -
One Sheet Not To Exceed 24" x 18": $21.00 for One Sheet
Plat, Survey of a Subdivision, Outlots, Condominiums - Recording With
Drawings and Calculations - Each Sheet Not To Exceed 24" x 18":
$57.00 Per Page of Drawings/Calculations + $10.00 Each Additional Page
Standard Page Format Requirements
Paper:
- 8.5" x 11"
- White or light colored
- Not less than 20 lb. weight
- No watermarks or visible inclusions
- No permanently bound, no continuous form
- No stapling or affixing attachments to any page except as necessary to comply with statutes
Type/Print:
- Black or dark blue ink
- Not less than 8 point type
- Printing on only one side of each page
- Must be legible sufficient for preservation by microfilming and digital scanning and reproduction of a legible copy.
Margins:
- First Page Must Have 3-Inch Blank Top Margin, must have three inches of vertical space from left to right that is void of any text, writing, graphic
- First Page Must Have Bottom Margin and Side Margins of ¾ Inch to 1 Inch
- Additional Pages Must Have Top, Bottom, Side Margins of ¾ Inch to 1 Inch
Exceptions to Page Format Requirements:
- Document signed prior to January 1, 2002
- Document executed outside the United States
- Document where an original party is deceased/incapacitated
- Judgment or other document formatted to meet court requirements
- Uniform Commercial Code recordings
- Federal and State Tax Liens and their Lien Releases
First Page Recording Requirements
- Affected property must be located in City of Saint Louis.
- Title/Type of document (example: General Warranty Deed, Quit Claim Deed) must be stated in the heading.
- Origination Date of document must be stated (example: "made on this 4th day of July, 2002").
- The Legal Names of all grantors and all grantees must be stated.
- The Mailing Address for each grantor must be stated.
- The Mailing Address for at least one grantor must be stated.
- The Legal Description of the property must be correct and complete, must include City Block Number and Lot Number.
- When a document refers to any previous recorded document, the new document must state the Book and Page Numbers or Date and Daily Numbers of the cited previous document.
- If there is not sufficient space on the First Page for all the aforementioned information, the First Page must include a citation for the Page Reference within the document, or the Exhibit or Attachment to the documents, where the required information is provided.
Miscellaneous Recording Requirements
- The Original Note and Deed of Trust must accompany a Release for a Deed of Trust recorded before 1986.
- Please call the St. Louis City Assessor's Office at (314) 622-3212 for information on Certificate of Value Requirement (Chapter 5.70 St. Louis City Revised Code http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/cco/code/data/t0570.htm).
Notarized Signature Requirements
- All Parties to a document- Both Grantor and Grantee- Must Have Their Notarized Signatures on the document (Chapter 15.152.030 St. Louis City Revised Code http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/cco/code/data/t15152.htm). Full Legal Name must be used. Deeds of Trust and Easements are exempt from Grantee signature requirement.
- Under each signature, the party's name must be legibly typed or printed sufficient for preservation by microfilm and digital scanning and reproduction of a legible copy. The signature name and the name typed or printed must be the same, must be the full legal name.
- The Notary Seal or Notary Stamp must be in black ink.
- The Notary Seal or Notary Stamp must be imprinted under the Notary's signature and legible sufficient for preservation by microfilming and digital scanning and reproduction of a legible copy.
- The Notary Seal or Notary Stamp must read, for example:
Jane Doe
Notary Public
Notary Seal
State of Missouri - The Notary's "Commission Expiration Date" must be clearly imprinted on the document from the Notary Seal or Notary Stamp and legible sufficient for preservation by microfilming and digital scanning and reproduction of a legible copy.
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