The circuit clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds of each county of the fourth class and of each county of the third class wherein the offices are combined, and the recorder of deeds of each county of the third class wherein the offices are separate, shall furnish the county assessor of his county, or the township assessors in counties with township organization, on or before the fifteenth day of each month a true and complete list of all real estate transfers completed in the county or townships, in counties with township organization, during the preceding month. The list so furnished shall contain the following information relating to each transfer:

(1) The names of the grantor and grantee;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 137.117

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) The consideration paid;

(3) A description of the real estate transferred by the smallest legal subdivisions, or by smaller parts, lots or parcels, if sections and the subdivisions thereof are subdivided into parts, lots or parcels as shown by plat duly recorded and if not so subdivided then by such description as will enable the assessor to find it, together with the number of acres transferred; and

(4) The book and page number where each deed is recorded.

  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 137 Contents