Overpayment and Underpayment of Fee

PURPOSE: This rule provides a procedure for the overpayment and underpayment of fees. (1) The filing officer shall refund the amount of an overpayment of five dollars ($5) or more to the remitter. The filing officer shall refund an overpayment of less than five dollars ($5) only upon the written or verbal request of the remitter. (2) Upon receipt of a record with an insufficient fee, the filing officer shall return the record to the remitter. The insufficient fee may be returned as received, or a refund may be delivered under separate cover. (3) All refunds shall be made in the form of a warrant issued by the state treasurer. Those warrants shall be redeemed within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of issue. AUTHORITY: section 400.9-526, RSMo Supp. 2001.* Original rule filed Sept. 30, 2002, effective March 30, 2003. *Original authority: 400.9-526, RSMo 2001.