Mo. Rev. Stat. § 59.470
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59.470 Index to instruments on file.
Official statutory text
59.470. Index to instruments on file. — When any instrument of writing conveying or affecting real estate authorized by law to be recorded shall be filed in the recorder's office for record, the recorder shall enter the same in the names of the grantors and grantees in both parts of the abstract and index of deeds, filling each appropriate column with the several items contained in such instrument in alphabetical order, in the names of the grantors and grantees; and if the instrument be made by the sheriff, in the name of the sheriff, and the defendant in the execution, or of the person whose land is sold, and of the grantee; and if made by an executor or administrator, in the name of the executor or administrator, and of the testator or intestate, and of the grantee; and if by attorney, in the name of such attorney and of his constituent and of the grantee; and if by a commissioner, in the name of such commissioner, and of the person whose land is sold, and of the grantee.
(RSMo 1939 § 13168) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11549; 1919 § 10574; 1909 § 10387
(RSMo 1939 § 13168) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11549; 1919 § 10574; 1909 § 10387
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