Mo. Rev. Stat. § 59.080
Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
No recorder shall enter upon or officiate in his office before he has given such security, upon pain of forfeiting the sum of three hundred dollars, one-half to the county and the other half to him who shall sue for the same, to be recovered by civil action.
§ 59.080, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 13152