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Missouri Revised Statutes 451.151

Additional fee for issuing marriage license or certified copies — amount to be collected by county recorder, duty to deposit — how.

1. In addition to any other fee for the issuance of a marriage license there is hereby imposed a fee of twenty dollars to be paid by the person applying for such license. Such fee shall be collected by the recorder of deeds at the time the marriage license is issued. 2. In addition to any other fee for a certified copy of a marriage license there is hereby imposed a fee of seven dollars to be paid by the person applying for such certified copy. Such fee shall be collected by the recorder of deeds at the time the certified copy is issued. The recorder of deeds shall have the authority to differentiate, for fee imposition purposes, between a certified copy and a mere photocopy copy. 3. The recorder of deeds shall, at the end of each month, forward fifteen dollars for the issuance of a marriage license to the director of the department of revenue for deposit in the children's trust fund established in section 210.173, and five dollars for the issuance of a marriage license shall be paid to the county treasurer and deposited in a special trust fund to be expended only to provide financial assistance to shelters for victims of domestic violence, established pursuant to sections 455.200 to 455.230. The recorder of deeds shall at the end of each month forward seven dollars for each certified copy of a marriage license to the children's trust fund established in section 210.173.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1370, et al. § 9, A.L. 1992 H.B. 894)

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§ 451.090 Issuance of license prohibited, when — parental consent, when required — proof of age.
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§ 451.115 Marriages illegally solemnized — penalty.
§ 451.120 Penalty for solemnizing marriage without license, or failing to keep a record thereof.
§ 451.130 Penalty for failure to issue, record or return license.
§ 451.150 Licenses to be recorded — fee.
§ 451.160 Names of children born before marriage shall be recorded.
§ 451.170 Lost record of marriage supplied, how.
§ 451.180 New certificate obtained, how.
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§ 451.200 Certificates and affidavits recorded when records lost or destroyed — fee.
§ 451.210 Rerecording where marriage records are destroyed — fee.
§ 451.220 Marriage contracts to be in writing, acknowledged or proved.
§ 451.230 How acknowledged or proved — to be recorded, where.
§ 451.100 Marriages solemnized by whom.