2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXII - Courts
Chapter 486 - Commissioners of Deeds and Notaries Public
Section 486.200 Definitions.
Effective 28 Aug 2005
486.200. Definitions. — As used in sections 486.200 to 486.405:
(1) "County" means any of the several counties of this state or the city of St. Louis;
(2) "County clerk" means any of the several county clerks of this state or the clerk of the circuit court in the city of St. Louis;
(3) "Facsimile" means an exact copy preserving all the written or printed marks of the original;
(4) "Notarization" means the performance of a notarial act;
(5) "Notary public" and "notary" means any person appointed and commissioned to perform notarial acts, including any attorney licensed to practice law in this state;
(6) "Official misconduct" means the wrongful exercise of a power or the wrongful performance of a duty. The term "wrongful" as used in the definition of official misconduct means unauthorized, unlawful, abusive, negligent, reckless, or injurious.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 513 § 1, A.L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344)
