Boone County Recorder Information

Land records in Boone County are recorded by the Recorder of Deeds. The office is held by Bob Nolte.

Registered users can view real estate documents from 1965 to present free of charge; images of handwritten index books cover deeds recorded between 1821-1965. Viewing or purchasing documents recorded prior to 1965 requires a subscription. Tax lien images are not available online.

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: RSMo Section 59.310 · Home | Recorder of Deeds · Online Search Service | Recorder of Deeds

These government fees are separate from any Deeds.com service fees. Confirm current charges with the recorder's office.

Other charges

StatewideFor a document which releases or assigns more than one item: five dollars for each item beyond one released or assigned in addition to any other charges which may apply. For copying or reproducing any recorded instrument, except surveys and plats: a fee not to exceed two dollars for the first page and one dollar for each page thereafter. For recording a plat or survey of a subdivision, outlets or condominiums: twenty-five dollars for each sheet of drawings or calculations based on a size not to exceed twenty-four inches in width by eighteen inches in height. In a city not within a county (St. Louis City), recorder's fees are set by RSMo 59.313. The $26 first page is the $5 recording fee (RSMo 59.310) plus fees every recorder adds to each instrument: the $6 user fee (59.319.1, $4 before August 28, 2026), the $3 Missouri housing trust fee (59.319.2), $5 under 59.800, and $7 for the county employees retirement fund (50.1190; $6 in counties under 59.321). Additional pages are $3.

Plats: 18 x 24 inch page $46.00 first page, $25.00 each additional page; 24 x 36 inch page $71.00 first page, $50.00 each additional page. Surveys: 18 x 24 inch page $26.00 first page, $5.00 each additional page; 24 x 36 inch page $31.00 first page, $10.00 each additional page. UCC fixture filings on approved forms with required addendum: $26.00 first page, $3.00 each additional page (overpayments will not be refunded). Tax Lien $9.00; Discharges $7.50.

Paying the office

The Recorder of Deeds will retain any excess payment of fees up to $10.00. Any request concerning an overpayment must be in writing and received by the Recorder of Deeds within thirty (30) days after the date of recording of the document.

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: RSMo Section 59.310 · Requirements for Recording Real Estate Documents · Fee Schedule | Recorder of Deeds

Confirm current requirements with the recorder's office before submitting documents.

StatewideNonessential information such as form numbers, page numbers or customer notations may be placed in the margin. A document may be recorded if a minor portion of a seal or incidental writing extends beyond the margins.

StatewideEvery document presented for recording, except plats and surveys, shall have on the first page below the three-inch margin: the title of the document; the date of the document; all grantors' names and marital status; all grantees' names; any statutory addresses; the legal description of the property; and reference book and pages for statutory requirements, if applicable. Documents shall not be permanently bound nor in a continuous form. Deeds, mortgages, deeds of trust and similar instruments must contain a legal description of the lands affected. Exempt from format requirements: documents signed prior to January 1, 2002; military separation papers; documents executed outside the United States; certified copies; documents where an original party is deceased or incapacitated; and judgments formatted to meet court requirements.

Notary and corporate seals need to be stamped or embossed in a blank space, not over text or signatures and not in the margins. Trustee's deeds under foreclosure and release deeds must show on the first page the book and page number of the deed of trust foreclosed upon or released; where the deed of trust was recorded prior to January 1, 1986, the Original Identified Note must be presented.

Submitting documents

Checked September 2026 against the sources below. Some of them are not official publications, so confirm with the recorder's office. Sources: RSMo Section 59.310 · RSMo Section 59.330 · Requirements for Recording Real Estate Documents · Boone County Recorder of Deeds Electronic Recording Agreement