1. It shall be unlawful for the recorder of deeds of any county, or the clerk of any city or town, or the clerk or other proper officer of any school, road, drainage, or levee district or other political subdivision of this state, to file or record any map, plat or survey which has been prepared by a person other than a professional land surveyor and which does not have impressed thereon, and affixed thereto, the personal seal and signature of the professional land surveyor by whom or under whose authority and supervision the map, plat or survey was prepared.

2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the Missouri Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C misdemeanorup to 15 daysup to $750
For details, see Mo. Rev. Stat.§ 558.011

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 327.361

  • Person: any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association or other entity authorized to do business. See Missouri Laws 327.011
  • Professional land surveyor: any person authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to practice as a professional land surveyor in Missouri as the practice of land surveying is defined in section 327. See Missouri Laws 327.011
  • 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
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