Recorder of Deeds | St. Clair County MO

Sheriff | St. Clair County MO

Pay Online | St. Clair County MO

Prosecuting Attorney | St. Clair County MO

Assessor | St. Clair County MO

Coroner | St. Clair County MO

NEW PLAT BOOKS | St. Clair County MO

Circuit Court | St. Clair County MO

Upcoming Meetings | St. Clair County MO

County Clerk | St. Clair County MO

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

December 2025

November 2025

St. Clair County, Missouri

	Title / URL	Issues
	Recorder of Deeds \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/recorder-deeds	2
	Sheriff \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/sheriff	2
	Pay Online \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/collector-revenue/page/pay-online	2
	Prosecuting Attorney \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/prosecuting-attorney	2
	Assessor \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/assessor	2
	Coroner \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/coroner	2
	NEW PLAT BOOKS \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/county-clerk/page/new-plat-books	2
	Circuit Court \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/circuit-court	2
	Upcoming Meetings \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/meetings	2
	County Clerk \| St. Clair County MOwww.stclaircomo.com/county-clerk	2

Ensure form controls have labels

St. Clair County, Missouri

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