Section 50.334

There are multiple enactments of 50.334

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

Chapter 50

Effective - 28 Aug 2026, 3 histories, see footnote   

  50.334.  Recorders of deeds, compensation — classroom instruction required, when, expenses shall be reimbursed, when (certain counties). — 1.  In all counties, except counties of the first classification having a charter form of government and counties of the first classification not having a charter form of government and not containing any part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, each recorder of deeds, if the recorder's office is separate from that of the circuit clerk, shall receive as total compensation for all services performed by the recorder, except as provided pursuant to section 50.333, an annual salary which shall be computed on an assessed valuation basis as set forth in the following schedule.  The assessed valuation factor shall be the amount thereof as computed for the year next preceding the computation.  The county recorder of deeds whose office is separate from that of the circuit clerk in any county, other than a county of the first classification having a charter form of government or a county of the first classification not having a charter form of government and not containing any part of a city with a population of three hundred thousand or more, shall not, except upon two-thirds vote of all the members of the salary commission, receive an annual compensation in an amount less than the total compensation being received for the office of county recorder of deeds in the particular county for services rendered or performed on January 1, 1997.

Assessed Valuation			Salary
$ 8,000,000	to	40,999,999	$29,000
41,000,000	to	53,999,999	30,000
54,000,000	to	65,999,999	32,000
66,000,000	to	85,999,999	34,000
86,000,000	to	99,999,999	36,000
100,000,000	to	130,999,999	38,000
131,000,000	to	159,999,999	40,000
160,000,000	to	189,999,999	41,000
190,000,000	to	249,999,999	41,500
250,000,000	to	299,999,999	43,000
300,000,000	or	more	45,000

  2.  A recorder of deeds who begins a term after August 28, 2026, shall receive an annual salary computed as set forth in the following schedule.

Assessed Valuation			Salary
Under $51,000,000			$36,100
51,000,000	to	100,000,000	39,100
100,000,001	to	150,000,000	42,100
150,000,001	to	200,000,000	45,100
200,000,001	to	250,000,000	48,100
250,000,001	to	300,000,000	51,100
300,000,001	to	350,000,000	54,100
350,000,001	to	400,000,000	57,100
400,000,001	to	450,000,000	60,100
450,000,001	to	500,000,000	63,100
500,000,001	to	550,000,000	66,100
550,000,001	to	600,000,000	69,100
600,000,001	to	1,000,000,000	72,100
1,000,000,001	to	5,000,000,000	75,100
5,000,000,001	to	10,000,000,000	78,100
10,000,000,001	or	more	81,100

  3.  Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in this section shall be payable to the recorder only if he has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the recorder's office when approved by a professional association of the county recorders of deeds of Missouri unless an alternative option is approved by the professional association.  The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each recorder who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified recorders to the treasurer of each county.  Expenses incurred for attending the training session shall be reimbursed to the county recorder in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.

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(L. 1969 p. 120 § 50.335, A.L. 1971 H.B. 697, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, H.B. 1121 & 1257, A.L. 1982 S.B. 478, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 1988 S.B. 431, A.L. 1997 S.B. 11, A.L. 2001 H.B. 84, A.L. 2026 H.B. 1825)