2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE
Chapter 408 Legal Tender and Interest
Section 408.032. Recording fees.

408.032. 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the recording fees, including actual fees paid to a third party by a creditor, may include the following:

(1) Any fee paid in processing the debtor's liens as provided in section 136.055;

(2) Any fee paid to a third party for expediting the debtor's motor vehicle or other title or lien with the department of revenue, provided:

(a) The creditor does not control the third party; and

(b) Both creditor and third party do not share common ownership.

2. Either fee provided for in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1 of this section may be charged such debtor, and is not included as interest or service charges for the purposes of state usury laws; except that the expeditor fee as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section may not exceed fifteen dollars.

(L. 1997 H.B. 257, A.L. 2004 H.B. 959)

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