Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2599: Changes a user fee collected by recorders of deeds for the Missouri housing trust fund from three dollars to nine dollars
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 2599 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLACK. 6003H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal section 59.319, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to a user fee collected by recorders of deeds. Section A. Section 59.319, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 59.319, to read as follows: 59.319. 1. A user fee of four dollars shall be charged and collected by every recorder in this state, over and above any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to the recording of any instrument. The state portion of the fee shall be forwarded monthly by each recorder of deeds to the state director of revenue, and the fees so forwarded shall be deposited by the director in the state treasury. Two dollars of such fee shall be retained by the recorder and deposited in a recorder's fund and not in county general revenue for record storage, microfilming, and preservation, including anything necessarily pertaining thereto. The recorder's funds shall be kept in a special fund by the treasurer and shall be budgeted and expended at the direction of the recorder and shall not be used to substitute for or subsidize any allocation of general revenue for the operation of …
Sponsors
- John Black (R, 129) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Common questions
- What is HB2599?
- HB2599 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Changes a user fee collected by recorders of deeds for the Missouri housing trust fund from three dollars to nine dollars.
- What is the status of HB2599?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2599?
- John Black (R, 129).
- Where is the official record for HB2599?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB2599&year=2026&code=R
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