[Ord. No. 94-60 §§1—10, 4-26-1994; Ord. No. 94-72 §1, 5-10-1994]
A. At
the same time as any deed or instrument providing for the transfer
of title to real estate is presented to the Recorder of Deeds for
recordation, there shall be filed with the Recorder of Deeds a certificate
of value. The filed certificate of value shall be transmitted to the
Assessor and retained by the Assessor for his reference. A copy of
the filed certificate shall be returned to the grantee.
B. The
certificate of value shall be executed by the grantee or grantees
or his representative on forms approved and supplied without charge
by the County Assessor.
C. The
certificate of value shall contain sufficient information to determine
the following:
1. The full consideration for the property splitting out any personal
property and/or business value or accommodations for handicap;
2. The intended use of the property; and
3. Whether the transaction was at arms length.
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The grantee may add any additional information pertaining to
the true value of the property as he/she desires.
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D. Information
concerning sales price and other consideration is not required to
be included in a certificate of value accompanying transfer of title:
1. To or from the United States, the State of Missouri, or any of the
instrumentalities, agencies, or political subdivisions thereof;
2. Made solely for the purpose of confirming, correcting, modifying
or supplementing a deed previously recorded, and without additional
consideration;
3. Made solely for the purpose of releasing security for a debt or other
obligation;
4. On sales for delinquent taxes;
6. By lease or other transfer or severed mineral interests;
8. By deed between husband and wife, parent and child, without actual
consideration; deeds to or from a family corporation or partnership
when all shares of stock are owned by members of a family, or a trust
created for the benefit of a member of that family, related to one
another within the fourth degree of kindred, and their spouses, for
no consideration;
10. By deed made pursuant to merger, consolidation, sale or transfer
of the assets of a corporation pursuant to a plan of merger or consolidation
filed with the Missouri Secretary of State;
11. By executory contract for deed;
12. By deed of distribution executed by a personal representative conveying
to devised or heirs property passing by testate or intestate succession;
14. By deed which conveys property held in the name of any partnership,
not a family, to any partner or his spouse.
E. The
grantee is responsible for the filing of a certificate of value. If
the grantee is a corporation, partnership or other entity, each responsible
officer and agent of the grantee is responsible for filing the certificate
of value. However, any attorney, real estate agent or broker or title
company may file the certificate of value on behalf of the grantee.
The attorney, real estate agent or broker, and title company
representing the grantee in any such transaction shall inform the
grantee of his obligation to file a certificate of value.
F. Upon
the enactment of this Section, the County Assessor shall immediately
prepare and make appropriate forms available at the office of the
Recorder of Deeds and to any persons or organizations requesting the
same.
G. Any
person who is convicted of preparing or filing a certificate of value
known to be false; of failing to file a certificate of value at the
time of presenting a deed or instrument for the transfer of title
to property; or of failing to inform the grantee of his obligation
to file a certificate of value when under the obligation to do so,
shall be punished by a fine of one percent (1%) of the sales price
or five hundred dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater.
H. The
enforcement of the regulations established by this Section shall be
the responsibility of the County Counselor.
[Ord. No. 99-27 §§1—4, 4-1-1999]
A. The
Director of Management Information Systems ("MIS") is authorized and
directed to provide title companies with remote access to the Recorder
of Deeds' Uniform Commercial Code indexes and land records on the
St. Charles County computer network, as follows:
1. Exclusive access (i.e., access over a line dedicated to a single
user from 7:30 A.M. through 6:00 P.M., Monday through Friday excepting
holidays of St. Charles County and excepting down-time required for
maintenance and upgrades); or
2. Shareable access (i.e., access over a line dedicated to a single
user from 7:30 A.M. through 12:00 noon or from 12:30 P.M. to 5:00
P.M., as assigned by St. Charles County, Monday through Friday excepting
holidays of St. Charles County and excepting down-time required for
maintenance and upgrades).
B. The
Director of MIS shall establish and title companies shall meet such
requirements for computer hardware and software as may be necessary
for remote access.
C. The
Director of MIS shall charge such cost-based fees to recover the costs
of rendering services. The 1999 fee schedule shall not exceed:
1. One-time setup charge for exclusive access: $500.00.
2. One-time setup charge for shareable access: $250.00.
3. Monthly recurring fee for exclusive access: $100.00.
4. Monthly recurring fee for shareable access: $50.00
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The Director may publish a new fee structure on or before January
thirty-first (31st) of each year for that year's costs.
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D. The
services authorized by this Section shall be rendered upon receipt
of a completed Remote Access Request Form and of the payments required
in that Form. That Form shall be in substantially the same form as
Exhibit A to Ord. No. 99-27, which shall be on file at the City's
offices and incorporated herein by reference.
[Ord. No. 04-072 §§1—2, 5-10-2004]
A. The
law of the State of Missouri, as set forth at Section 451.022, RSMo.,
is hereby enacted as an ordinance of St. Charles County, Missouri,
as follows:
1. It is the public policy of St. Charles County Government to recognize
marriage only between a man and a woman;
2. Any purported marriage not between a man and a woman is deemed invalid;
3. The St. Charles County Recorder of Deeds, or any other officer or
employee of the County, shall not issue or record a marriage license,
except to a man and a woman;
4. A purported marriage between persons of the same sex will not be
recognized for any purpose by St. Charles County Government even when
valid where contracted.
B. The marriage license set out in Subsection
(C) is hereby adopted as the official marriage license to be issued in St. Charles County.
C. Marriage License.
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IF NOT USED THIS LICENSE SHALL BE VOID AFTER THIRTY (30) DAYS
FROM DATE OF ISSUANCE
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[Ord. No. 06-116 §1, 8-29-2006; Ord. No. 07-078 §1, 5-31-2007]
The Recorder of Deeds is authorized to receive payment by credit
card for fees imposed by law and to recover costs for mailing documents
if that service is requested, but shall charge a convenience fee reasonably
calculated to recover all but no more than all administrative costs
imposed by the credit card service under contract to process such
payments.