Yellowstone CountyClerk & Recorder
The first Yellowstone County Clerk & Recorder took office on February 2, 1883. Currently the office records an average of about 200 documents per day.
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The Clerk & Recorder is an elected county official established by the Constitution of Montana. Statutory authority establishes the duties as providing the primary administrative function for recording and maintaining the majority of all the legal documents relating to real estate records, land descriptions, county birth and death records and the records of the Board of County Commissioners.
The types of documents that are maintained in the Clerk's office include:
- Deeds
- Mortgages
- Liens
- Powers of Attorney
- Homestead Declarations
- Subdivision Plats
- Certificate of Survey
- Military Discharge
- Federal Income Tax Liens