RECORDER OF DEEDS

 PAT TERRY 

Deputy Recorder:  Sheila Faxon

Address: P.O. Box 323

                Osceola, Mo. 64776

Phone:  417-646-2950

Fax:  417-646-2951

Term of Office:  4 Years

Took Office:  January 01, 2003

Personal Message:  Thank you for visiting this website.  I hope you will find it helpful in many ways.  If you desire any further information that is not included herein please feel free to contact my office.  I will be happy to assist you.

     The Recorder of Deeds has many duties in regards to the preservation of records.  All transactions having to do with land are recorded and permanently archived in this office. 

     St. Clair County has land records that date back to 1840.  All land records have been microfilmed from 1840 through the present date. 

     Computerization has become an integral part of our daily operation.  Our records are not on the internet, but are accessible by way of our public computer work station. 

     Records available on the computer at the present time include:

*  Indexing of all land records from July 1978 to the present

*  Indexes with Images from July 1982 to the present

*  Marriage License Indexes from September 1927 to the present

*Marriage Licenses with Images from July 1997 to the present

*  Federal and State Tax Liens/Releases Indexes from August 2000 to the present

The Recorder's Office:

*  Records surveys and plats of subdivisions.

*  Records and files copies of Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county.  This is a free service.

*  Files Federal and State Liens/Releases.

The Recorder's Office does not perform lien searches, title searches or land research.

Records available in the Recorder's Office include:

*  Land patents (three indexed books)

*  Marriage Records - 1855 to present

*  Military Records (not public; notarized request form required).

*  Naturalization Records

*  Plats and Surveys

*  Real Estate Records - 1840 to present

*  Tax Liens - State and Federal

*  Wills

*  Birth and Death Records (housed in County Clerk's Office - 1883 - 1887)

*  Court Records (Circuit, Municipal, and Probate with indexes in the Circuit Clerk's Office)

 See additional pages for: 

*  Fee Schedule

*  Marriage License requirements

*  Recording Formatting Standards