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Recording Fees

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Real Estate Recording Fees

Each document recorded in the Cape Girardeau County Recorder of Deeds office is charged a fee. Missouri State Statutes sets each fee and distinguishes recipients of the funds collected. The Recorder of Deeds office is funded from county general revenue. The following schedules give a breakdown of the fees and the various fund recipients.

Documents (standard size)

FeeFundStatue
$6.75County General Revenue59.310.6(1)
59.800.1(2)
$3.25Recorder Technology Fund59.800.1(1)
59.319.1
$2.00Statutory Recorders fund59.800.1(3)
$1.00Land survey59.319.3
$1.00Secretary of State local records59.319.3
$3.00Missouri Housing Trust59.319.2
$7.00Cerf Fund50.1190
59.321
First page – $24.00
Each additional page – $3.00County General Revenue59.310.6(1)
Nonstandard fee – $25.00Recorder Technology Fund59.310.3

Plats (18″ X 24″)

FeeFundStatute
$26.75County General Revenue59.310.6(4)
59.800.1(2)
$3.25Recorder Technology Fund59.800.1(1)
59.319.1
$2.00Statutory Recorders fund59.800.1(3)
$1.00Land survey59.319.3
$1.00Secretary of State local records59.319.3
$3.00Missouri Housing Trust59.319.2
$7.00Cerf Fund50.1190
59.321
First page – $44.00
Each additional page – $25.00County General Revenue59.310.6(1)
59.310.3

Surveys (18″ X 24″)

FeeFundStatute
$6.75County General Revenue59.310.6(4)
59.800.1(2)
$3.25Recorder Technology Fund59.800.1(1)
59.319.1
$2.00Statutory Recorders fund59.800.1(3)
$1.00Land survey59.319.3
$1.00Secretary of State local records59.319.3
$3.00Missouri Housing Trust59.319.2
$7.00Cerf Fund50.1190
59.321
First page – $24.00
Each additional page – $5.00
(one page equals 18″ X 24″)
County General Revenue59.310.6(4)

Copy fees

FeeFundStatute
First page – $2.00County General Revenue59.310.6(2)
Each additional page – $1.00County General Revenue59.310.6(2)
Plats and Surveys – $5.00
(18″x 24″)
County General Revenue59.310.6(5)
Certification – $1.00
(per document)
County General Revenue59.310.6(3)

Overpayment — In order to provide for the timely recording of documents and to be cost effective, the Recorder of Deeds of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, will retain any excess payment of fees up to $10.00. This will reduce rejections and allow for the priority of recording documents so long as the submitted payment is not less than the statutorily prescribed fee.

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