Bill > HB2422

This bill revises fees for recording documents and producing records, and grants the Department of Agriculture the authority to set user fees through official rules. Specifically, it increases the user fee for recording instruments from four to five dollars, with two dollars of this fee retained by the recorder for record storage and preservation, one dollar going to the "Missouri Land Survey Fund" for land surveying purposes, another dollar to the Secretary of State for local record preservation, and three dollars to the Missouri housing trust fund. Additionally, it introduces a new three-dollar fee for recording specific instruments mentioned in another section of law, with these funds also going to the Missouri housing trust fund. The bill also modifies existing provisions to allow the Department of Agriculture to establish fees through rulemaking for producing and selling maps, plats, reports, studies, and records, ensuring these fees reflect the actual costs of production and reproduction, and clarifies that any rules created under this authority must comply with state administrative procedure laws.