Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.140
446.140 Duty of recorder.
446.140. Duty of recorder. — The recorder to whom such plats and certificates and depositions shall be delivered shall record the same in a book to be by him provided and kept for that purpose, and shall deliver the original to him at whose instance the survey was made.
(RSMo 1939 § 1984) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1820; 1919 § 5507; 1909 § 6450