The first Yellowstone County Clerk & Recorder took office on February 2, 1883. Currently the office records an average of about 200 documents per day.
Effective October 1, 2025, County Clerk and Recorder fees will increase throughout the State of Montana. The fee to record a document will increase from $8.00 per page to $20.00 for the first page and $10.00 for each subsequent page. The additional non-standard fee for recording a document which does not meet the document standard requirements set forth in MCA 7-4-2639 will remain at $10.00 per document. The fee for documents that are subject to filing per Montana statute, not recording, will remain at $5.00 for each document.
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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: