Records at Recorder of Deeds Office

For more recent Cooper County documents please contact:

Cooper County Recorder of Deeds - Georgia Esser

200 Main Street - Rm 26, Boonville, MO 65233

General recorded information and other resources available

Genealogy research is welcome at Recorder of Deeds Office

under the following guidelines:

Appointments are preferred, especially for lengthy research.
COVID precautions limit our office customers to three in main office, and two genealogy researchers in the vault area.
Staff assistance to researchers may be limited due to recording workload at the time of visit.
Temperature checks may be given upon arrival.
No food or drink is allowed in the vault.
Masks are required to enter search areas and vault.
Title searchers and marriage license applicants take priority in line.
Office staff does not perform genealogy research or title searching.

General recorded information and other resources available

Recorded and indexed Plats and Surveys (both paper and digital copies on site)
Recorded marriage licenses issued in Cooper County (1819 - present)
- Marriage applications are not public record, only the completed licenses.

Original and reproductions of Cooper County plat books and Atlas books
Historical maps of the county, towns, and some cemeteries
Cooper County publications, compiled & written by local historians
Recorded and indexed land transfer deeds, mortgages, assignments, modifications, subordinations, foreclosures, state and federal tax liens/releases, mechanics liens, power of attorneys, brands, etc.
We do not have any bound “Abstracts” on property.
Other miscellaneous documentation including but not limited to agreements, easements, leases, contracts, wills, UCCs, subdivision covenants and restrictions may also be found in the records.
OLD wills and estates are in the records of the Circuit Clerk (660-882-2232)
Death certificates (if recorded for land transfer purposes, 2010 - present)
No birth certificates
Military discharge papers (1918 - present, if recorded by service member)
- This documentation is not public record and can only be accessed by the member, funeral director, or immediate family member, being validated by a signed, notarized, and approved request document.
Naturalization records (limited access due to age of documentation)