Effective - 28 Aug 1991
443.060. Acknowledgment of satisfaction and release, how made. — 1. If any mortgagee, cestui que trust or assignee, or personal representative of the mortgagee, cestui que trust or assignee, receive full satisfaction of any security instrument, he shall, at the request and cost of the person making the same, deliver to such person a sufficient deed of release of the security instrument; but it shall not in any case be necessary for the trustee to join in such deed of release. In the case of security instruments recorded prior to January 1, 1986, if a full deed of release is offered for record, and except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of this section, the note or notes secured shall be produced and cancelled in the presence of the recorder, who shall enter that fact on the deed of release prior to its recordation and attest the same with his official signature; and except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of this section, no full deed of release of such a security instrument shall be admitted to record unless the note or notes are so produced and cancelled, and that fact entered on the deed of release and attested as above provided.
2. If such note or notes are required by subsection 1 of this section to be presented for cancellation and are not presented for the alleged reason that they have been lost or destroyed, the recorder, before allowing any deed of release to be placed on the file or record, shall require the mortgagee or cestui que trust named in the security instrument desired to be released or his legal representative, to make oath, in writing, stating that the note or other evidences of debt named in the security instrument sought to be released have been paid and delivered to the maker thereof or his representative. The recorder shall also require the maker of such note or notes, or his legal representative, to make affidavit, in writing, that the note or notes in question have been paid, and cannot be produced because lost or destroyed, and that they are not then in the possession of any person having any lawful claim to the same. If such note or notes shall not have been delivered to the maker or his legal representative, the affidavit so required of the mortgagee or cestui que trust or his legal representative shall recite that the note or other evidence of the debt named in the security instrument has been paid and cannot be produced because lost or destroyed, and that it is* not then in the possession of any person having any lawful claim to the same. The term "legal representatives" as used in this section shall include assigns. The affidavit of the maker of such note or notes or his legal representative shall recite that such note or notes have been paid. The affidavits so required shall be recorded in the same manner as deeds, in a permanent record. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to require that any interest coupon notes shall be produced and cancelled in the presence of the recorder, but that all such interest coupon notes shall conclusively be taken and be deemed to have been paid in full, when the principal note described in the security instrument shall have been produced and cancelled in the presence of the recorder as provided for in this chapter.
3. In case any mortgagee, cestui que trust or assignee, or personal representative of the mortgagee, cestui que trust or assignee shall desire to release the property described in any security instrument recorded prior to January 1, 1986, without receiving full satisfaction of the debt, note or obligation thereby secured, he shall be permitted to do so by the recorder on presentation to the recorder of the notes or other obligations evidencing the principal of the debt secured thereby, or accounting for them by affidavits or otherwise as now or hereafter provided by law in the case of full release, and the recorder shall note the fact of the filing for record of such release on such notes or obligations in substantially the following form:
and of the presentation of such notes or other obligations, or accounting therefor, on the deed of release prior to its recordation, but shall not cancel such notes or other obligations. Nothing in this section shall be construed as making it necessary for any trustee named in the security instrument to join in such deed of release.
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(RSMo 1939 § 3465, A.L. 1975 H.B. 226, A.L. 1985 H.B. 210, A.L. 1991 S.B. 364)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3078; 1919 § 2237; 1909 § 2844
*Words "they are" appear in original rolls.
(1996) This section requires a deed of release be delivered to the party making the satisfaction. Masterson v. Roosevelt Bank, 919 S.W.2d 9 (Mo.App.E.D.).
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property
Chapter 443 - Mortgages, Deeds of Trust and Mortgage Brokers
Section 443.005 - Security instrument defined.
Section 443.020 - Claim of such extension barred, when.
Section 443.030 - Prior acknowledgment of deed of trust deemed valid.
Section 443.060 - Acknowledgment of satisfaction and release, how made.
Section 443.070 - Affidavit required with deed of release, when — penalty for failure.
Section 443.090 - Part of property may be released, how.
Section 443.120 - Penalty for making false affidavit.
Section 443.130 - Liability for failing to satisfy — demand by certified mail required.
Section 443.140 - Attorney in fact may enter satisfaction.
Section 443.150 - Acknowledgment and satisfaction — how made by a corporation.
Section 443.160 - Personal representative may satisfy and deliver deed or release.
Section 443.170 - Penalty for failing to acknowledge satisfaction and deliver deed of release.
Section 443.180 - Sections 443.160 and 443.170 construed.
Section 443.185 - Releases of mortgages or deeds of trust defective — deemed valid, when.
Section 443.190 - Petition to foreclose, where filed.
Section 443.200 - Petition, where filed.
Section 443.210 - Proceedings to be as in civil actions.
Section 443.220 - Who may be made parties.
Section 443.230 - Judgment on constructive notice.
Section 443.240 - Judgment on personal service.
Section 443.250 - Proceedings where mortgagee, secured party, mortgagor or debtor dies.
Section 443.260 - Judgment when personal representative is party defendant.
Section 443.270 - Execution to be a special fieri facias.
Section 443.280 - Title which purchaser acquires.
Section 443.290 - Mortgages and security agreements with power of sale.
Section 443.300 - Death of debtor, foreclosure stayed.
Section 443.310 - Sales, where made — number of days' notice.
Section 443.320 - Notice, contents — how published.
Section 443.330 - Trustee failing to execute trust, parties interested may proceed, how.
Section 443.355 - Continuance of sale by trustee without readvertisement, manner — restrictions.
Section 443.360 - Compensation of trustees under trust deeds.
Section 443.370 - Penalty for overcharging.
Section 443.380 - Recitals in deed prima facie evidence.
Section 443.400 - Redemption before sale.
Section 443.410 - Foreclosures by trustee's sale — how made — redemption.
Section 443.415 - Mortgage may be insured for certain buyers, amount, requirements.
Section 443.420 - Notice of redemption — how given, rights.
Section 443.430 - Motion for approval of bond for redemption — hearing — receiver — additional bond.
Section 443.440 - Certificate of sale — upon failure to redeem, deed to be executed.
Section 443.453 - Financial institutions to pay property tax, how.
Section 443.454 - Enforcement and servicing of real estate loans, federal and state law preemption.
Section 443.701 - Citation of law.
Section 443.703 - Definitions.
Section 443.706 - Licensure required, when — effective date — exemptions.
Section 443.707 - Loan processors and underwriters, license required.
Section 443.709 - Rulemaking authority — expedited review and licensing procedures permitted, when.
Section 443.713 - Findings required for licensure.
Section 443.717 - Prelicensing education requirements.
Section 443.719 - Written test required, test measures — minimum competency requirements.
Section 443.721 - Renewal of licensure, minimum standards.
Section 443.723 - Continuing education requirements.
Section 443.725 - Duties of director — rule requirements authorized.
Section 443.727 - Challenge of information in NMLSR.
Section 443.729 - Supervision and enforcement — civil penalty.
Section 443.731 - Surety bond requirements.
Section 443.733 - Supervisory information sharing — confidentiality requirements.
Section 443.735 - Investigations and examinations, authority of director.
Section 443.739 - Reports of condition required.
Section 443.741 - Violations, director required to report.
Section 443.745 - Unique identifier to be shown on applications, solicitations, or advertisements.
Section 443.747 - Severability clause — rulemaking authority.
Section 443.805 - License required to broker residential mortgage.
Section 443.807 - Director, power to request injunction, when.
Section 443.809 - Examination, powers of director to inspect records of licensed persons.
Section 443.810 - Penalty for violations.
Section 443.823 - Licenses to be issued in duplicate, effective when.
Section 443.825 - Application content, oath and form — fingerprinting, when.
Section 443.830 - License refused — grounds.
Section 443.841 - License to be displayed.
Section 443.849 - Bonding requirements.
Section 443.855 - Advertising of mortgage loans, rulemaking authority.
Section 443.863 - Unlawful discrimination for refusal to loan or vary terms of the loan.
Section 443.865 - Escrow accounts, placement by brokers — authority for rules.
Section 443.867 - Disclosure statement required of brokers, content — fee — compensation.
Section 443.869 - Powers and duties of director — rulemaking authority.
Section 443.875 - Bond may be required, conditioned on compliance with subpoena, when.
Section 443.877 - Writ of attachment authorized on failure to comply with subpoena.
Section 443.879 - Reports required, failure to comply, penalty.
Section 443.881 - Suspension or revocation of license, grounds — procedure, penalties.
Section 443.885 - Report to be filed with director annually, contents.
Section 443.887 - General rulemaking powers of director.
Section 443.893 - Receiver or conservator to be appointed by court, when — attorney general's duty.
Section 443.901 - Reverse mortgage act — definitions.
Section 443.903 - Reverse mortgage regulations.
Section 443.906 - Reverse mortgage may be made regardless of certain other transactions.
Section 443.909 - Treatment of payments for certain purposes.
Section 443.912 - Statement regarding counseling services on reverse mortgages.
Section 443.930 - Prohibited acts — constitutes mortgage fraud — no private right of action created.
Section 443.1001 - Citation of law.
Section 443.1003 - Definitions.
Section 443.1006 - Annual reporting, forms — rulemaking authority.
Section 443.1007 - Financial institutions, actions not responsible or liable for.