Cass County Recorder Information

Land records in Cass County are recorded by the Recorder of Deeds. The office is held by Mike Medsker.

Free online search requires registration. The fraud alert service sends notifications after documents are recorded; it does not prevent filings or search records recorded before registration. The office does not conduct lien searches.

Checked October 2026 against the sources below. Some of them are not official publications, so confirm with the recorder's office. Sources: RSMo Section 59.310 · Recorder of Deeds | Cass County, MO · iCounty Notification Service

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: $46.00 first page (18"x24"), $25.00 each additional page; $71.00 first page (24"x36"), $50.00 each additional page. Surveys: $26.00 first page (18"x24"), $5.00 each additional page; $31.00 first page (24"x36"), $5.00 each additional page. UCC fixture filings: $26.00 first page, $3.00 each additional page. Home school notice: $1.00. Federal tax lien $9.00; federal tax release $7.50; state tax lien $3.00; state tax release $1.50. Plat copies: $5.00 per page. CDs: $.10 per image plus $1.00 per CD. Military discharge papers are recorded at no charge.

Paying the office

Recordings must be paid for at time of recording. If the fee tendered is greater than the required fee, the document is recorded rather than rejected unless a letter requesting rejection is sent with each document; overpayment up to $10.00 per document will not be refunded. Payment overages of more than $10.00 will be rejected. Documents in a delinquent status will not be accepted for ACH.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: RSMo Section 59.310 · Fee Schedule | Cass County, MO

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.

Grantors and grantees must be designated in order to be indexed, using the words 'Grantor' or 'Grantee'. Statutory addresses must be designated, i.e. 'Grantee's Mailing Address.' The address of the property shall not be accepted as a legal description. Blanket assignments are not accepted. A re-recorded document requires a new cover sheet or first page with the 3" top margin and first page designations, new grantor signatures and a new notarization. Fixture filings on the National Approved UCC Form are exempt from formatting requirements.

Submitting documents

The Recorder's office cannot help provide or prepare documents for recording. eRecording requires an agreement with the Cass County Recorder of Deeds; the signed registration packet may be mailed to the office or emailed.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: RSMo Section 59.310 · RSMo Section 59.330 · Recorder of Deeds | Cass County, MO · Formatting Standards | Cass County, MO · Electronic Recording Instructions | Cass County, MO · Recorder of Deeds FAQs | Cass County, MO