HB 1125 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Modifies fees for recording or copying certain documents presented for recording

HB 1125 modifies fees for property-related documents submitted for recording. It requires documents to meet specific formatting standards (e.g., 8-point font, white paper, proper margins) to be recorded without extra cost. Documents failing these standards incur a $25 fee for recording, effective January 2002. This directly affects property owners, real estate professionals, and attorneys submitting deeds, surveys, or land records to county recorders. The bill does not change the formatting rules themselves but adds a fee for non-compliant submissions.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action May 15, 2025

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Introduced → House Committee Substitute · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended from an original version to a House Committee Substitute version, primarily updating the bill number and adding new provisions for document recording exemptions. The changes clarify requirements for documents presented for recording and establish a new category of documents that may be exempt from standard format requirements.

Scope change

The bill now includes a new subsection (4) that defines which documents are exempt from format requirements, expanding the scope of what can be recorded without meeting standard formatting rules.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from 2496H.01I to 2496H.02C to reflect the House Committee Substitute version.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that documents must be on white or light-colored paper of at least twenty-pound weight without watermarks, with exceptions for plats and surveys.

Modified language to clarify that documents presented for recording must contain specific information including title, date, and grantor details on the first page below the three-inch margin.

Removed original language regarding eight-point type requirements for additional pages of documents.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new subsection establishing that certain documents exempt from format requirements may be recorded by the recorder of deeds.

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Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 16 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Referred: Local Government(H)

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Read First Time (H)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors