241.140. County recorder to be lawful custodian. - Missouri Statutes

County recorder to be lawful custodian.

241.140. In all counties where lands have been sold, patentsissued, and the same have been recorded, the clerk of the countycommission in whose office any such records may now remain, orthat hereafter may be made under the laws respecting the sale ofswamp and overflowed lands, the issuing of patents therefor, andproviding for the record thereof, shall, upon application of therecorder of deeds of such county, or the clerk of the circuitcourt when ex officio recorder of such county, deliver up to saidrecorder, or clerk when ex officio recorder, all completed recordbooks of such patents, with the indices and abstracts thereof,and upon the completion of each and every such record book, untilall the swamp and overflowed lands in each and every county towhich this law applies shall be sold, patents issued, and thesame shall be recorded, the clerk of the county commission shalldeliver the records thereof to the recorder of deeds, or theclerk of the circuit court when ex officio recorder of thecounty, with the indices and abstracts of such recorders, forwhich said recorder, or clerk, when ex officio recorder, shallgive the clerk of the county commission a receipt, which he shallfile in his office and the said recorder of deeds, or clerk ofthe circuit court when ex officio recorder, shall be the lawfulcustodian of all such records received by him, and certifiedcopies of the same shall be received in evidence in all courts ofthis state, and shall have the same force and effect in allmatters of law and equity as if said records had been made by therecorder of deeds, or clerk of the circuit court when ex officiorecorder, under the laws of this state providing for therecording of conveyances of real estate.

(RSMo 1939 § 12788)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11164; 1919 § 7028; 1909 § 8031