Our mission at the Recorder's office is to accurately maintain public records according to the statutes of the State of Missouri and make them easily accessible for viewing by the public. We provide data on Real Estate transactions, Marriage Records, Military Service Records, Tax Liens, Miscellaneous Deeds, Surveys, Plats, and Fixture filings. (Uniform Commercial Codes are filed at the Missouri Secretary of State's office.)

Our records, beginning in 1837 through August 2001, were hand-recorded in books. In September, 2001, we began imaging records; and in 2005, in an effort to accomplish our mission, a new state-of-the-art automated system with document scanning for preserving records was implemented. The scanning system updates and provides easy accessibility to link records. See Records Available for an inventory of record types and their available formats.

We provide two public view stations, located in the Recorder's office, available to the public at no charge. (Any copies made will apply to statutory fees.)

Since 1937, land documents had to be mailed or physically taken to the Recorder's office to be recorded by hand. In August 2011, the Livingston County Recorder's office began electronic recording. Now, electronically, by scanning your original paper document, it is transmitted to our office through a portal and payment made by ACH. The documents arrive at the Recorder's office in seconds. They are examined and fully recorded or rejected, and returned to the submitter within minutes. See E-Recording for information to electronically record documents.

Future plans include extending back data and images to 1971 and making those records available online.