1. The state shall be entitled to fees for services to be rendered by the secretary of state as follows:

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For issuing commission to notary public $15.00
For countersigning and sealing certificates of official character 10.00
For all other certificates 5.00
For copying archive and state library records, papers or documents, for each page 8 1/2 x 14 inches and smaller, not to exceed the actual cost of document search and duplication
For duplicating microfilm, for each roll, not to exceed the actual cost of staff time required for searches and duplication
For copying all other records, papers or documents, for each page 8 1/2 x 14 inches and smaller, not to exceed the actual cost of document search and duplication
For certifying copies of records and papers or documents 5.00
For causing service of process to be made 10.00
For electronic telephone transmittal, per page 2.00

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2. There is hereby established the “Secretary of State‘s Technology Trust Fund Account” which shall be administered by the state treasurer. All yield, interest, income, increment, or gain received from time deposit of moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the secretary of state’s technology trust fund account shall be credited by the state treasurer to the account. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, moneys in the fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of a biennium exceeds five million dollars. In any such biennium the amount in the fund in excess of five million dollars shall be transferred to general revenue.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 28.160

  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC

3. The secretary of state may collect an additional fee of ten dollars for the issuance of new and renewal notary commissions which shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the secretary of state’s technology trust fund account.

4. The secretary of state may ask the general assembly to appropriate funds from the technology trust fund for the purposes of establishing, procuring, developing, modernizing and maintaining:

(1) An electronic data processing system and programs capable of maintaining a centralized database of all registered voters in the state;

(2) Library services offered to the citizens of this state;

(3) Administrative rules services, equipment and functions;

(4) Services, equipment and functions relating to securities;

(5) Services, equipment and functions relating to corporations and business organizations;

(6) Services, equipment and functions relating to the Uniform Commercial Code;

(7) Services, equipment and functions relating to archives;

(8) Services, equipment and functions relating to record services; and

(9) Services, equipment and functions relating to state and local elections.

5. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the secretary of state shall not collect fees, for processing apostilles, certifications and authentications prior to the placement of a child for adoption, in excess of one hundred dollars per child per adoption, or per multiple children to be adopted at the same time.

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