Opinion No. (1990)

W. James Icenogle Camden County Prosecuting Attorney Camden County Courthouse Camdenton, Missouri 65020

Dear Mr. Icenogle:

This opinion is in response to your question asking:

Does the phrase "any instrument," as used in Section 59.319, RSMo, include filings made under the Uniform Commercial Code, such that the four dollar user fee must be collected for each UCC-1 filing?

Section 59.319, prior to amendment in 1989, provided in part:

A user fee of three dollars shall be charged and collected by every recorder in the state, over and above any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to…