St. Louis Region
Franklin County land records start with the recorder
Franklin County's Recorder of Deeds records real-property documents and offers land-record search tools, but it does not perform title work or give legal advice.
For Franklin County deeds, plats, liens, and other recorded property documents, start with the Recorder of Deeds. The county says the recorder records and files documents affecting real property, personal property, subdivision plats, federal and state tax liens, and other instruments. The recorder page also points users to land-record search tools.
That is useful before a sale, refinance, boundary question, or family transfer. But the county draws a clear limit: the office records documents, and it does not conduct abstracts of title, draft documents, or give legal advice.
So use the recorder to find or record the public document. Use the assessor for value and parcel assessment questions. Use a title company, surveyor, or attorney when the question is whether a title, lien, legal description, or boundary is correct.
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Where this fits: this note belongs to Franklin County. See every local note for the county on its page.