137.415. County commission of first class charter county to furnish recorder with land list--compensation to recorder--penalty.
County commission of first class charter county to furnish recorderwith land list--compensation to recorder--penalty.
137.415. 1. The county commission of each county of classone having a charter form of government shall furnish the countyrecorders of the respective counties with a book, to be known asand denominated the "land list", which shall contain all lands inthe county, arranged as nearly as may be in numerical order ofrange, township, sections and parts of sections, by the leastlegal subdivisions, lots or parcels, when sections orsubdivisions thereof are subdivided into lots or parcels; and alllots or parcels of land in cities, towns or villages, accordingto the number of block, lot or parcel, and all lands designatedby numbered surveys or parts of surveys, and all lands that canbe described in numerical order, shall be placed in the landlist, with the owner's name, if known, and if not known, then thename of the original patentee, grantee, or purchaser from thefederal government, state, or county, as the case may be,opposite thereto, the lowest numbered range, township, section,block or survey always to be placed first in the list in makingup the book.
2. In making up this book, if there be any land in anysection or block that cannot be described as set forth above, itshall be otherwise briefly described, indicating the quantity andlocation thereof, with the owner's name, if known, alphabeticallyarranged opposite thereto, and be placed at the foot of thedescriptions of the lands in the section or block of which itforms a part.
3. The book shall be arranged in tabular form with suitablecaptions. It shall contain twelve ruled columns, ten of whichshall be left blank; the first column shall contain the name ofthe owner; the second column shall contain an accuratedescription of the land.
4. The recorder shall, whenever any deed conveying the titleto real estate in the county is left with him for record, beforerecording the same, enter in the blank space in the land list,opposite and next to the description of the land so conveyed, thename of the purchaser and date of purchase, and if there be anychange in the description of the land from that already enteredin the land list, he shall also note that variance by statingwhat part or parcel of the original has been so conveyed.
5. As compensation for the compliance with the requirementsof this section the recorder shall receive the sum of ten centsfor each piece so transferred, to be paid by the party presentingthe deed for record, the proceeds of which shall be paid into thegeneral revenue fund of the county not less than once a year.
6. Upon failure to comply with the requirements of thissection, the recorder so neglecting shall be liable on his bondin any sum not less than twenty-five dollars or more than onehundred dollars for each neglect to enter said transfers.
7. If, in making up the real estate book, the assessor findsthat the recorder has failed, as above stated, he shall at oncenotify the county attorney who shall forthwith commence suitagainst the recorder and his bondsmen in the name of the state ofMissouri, and for the use and benefit of the county.
(L. 1941 p. 714 § 10971A, A.L. 1945 p. 1913, A.L. 1973 H.B. 685)