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MT Code § 7-4-2602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2602. Designation of chief deputy by county clerk

  7-4-2602. Designation of chief deputy by county clerk. The county clerk may designate a deputy clerk as chief deputy clerk.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 53, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 4876, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4876, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-3702; amd. Sec. 420, Ch. 61, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 128, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-4-2603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2603. through 7-4-2610 reserved

  7-4-2603 through 7-4-2610 reserved.
MT Code § 7-4-2612 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2612. Books for recording documents

  7-4-2612. Books for recording documents. The county clerk, as ex officio recorder, shall procure books or other recording materials for records that the business of the office requires, but orders for the books or materials must first be obtained from the board of county commissioners.   History: En. Sec. 4410, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3031, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4795, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4234; re-en. Sec. 4795, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2901(part); amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 420, L. 1993.
MT Code § 7-4-2614 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2614. Records of discharge from military service

  7-4-2614. Records of discharge from military service. (1) It is the duty of the county clerk of any county of this state to record, without charge and in a book kept for that purpose, the document of discharge of an honorably discharged person who served with the United States forces upon that person's request. It is not the clerk's duty to file the document.  (2) A record of a military discharge is confidential information as defined in 2-6-1002 and is protected from disclosure, except as provided in this section. A military discharge document may be disclosed only to:   (a) the service member for whom the document was recorded;   (b) if the service member is deceased, the next of kin of the service member or a mortuary, as defined in 10-2-111, for the purposes of securing the burial benefits to which the service member is entitled;   (c) a veterans' service officer or a veterans' service organization, as defined in 10-2-111;   (d) the veterans' affairs division of the Montana department of military affairs;   (e) any person with written authorization from the service member or from the next of kin of the service member, if the service member is deceased; or   (f) a person who presents a written request for a military discharge document with a discharge date that is 62 years or more prior to the date on which the request is made and that is a public record under 5 U.S.C. 552a and implementing federal regulations. However, if the military discharge document contains a social security number, that number must be redacted before the document is released.   (3) If an original discharge document was inadvertently filed and the county clerk still retains the document in its original form, upon the written request of the service member or of the service member's next of kin if the service member is deceased, the clerk shall return the filed document to the service member or to the service member's next of kin if the service member is deceased.   (4) For purposes of this section:   (a) "file" means to store in original form; and   (b) "record" means to make and keep a copy from which a certified original copy can be reproduced.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 211, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5654, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5654, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 54, L. 1943; Sec. 77-801, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 16-2927 by Sec. 3, Ch. 94, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2927; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 116, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 165, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 348, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 311, L. 2021.
MT Code § 7-4-2615 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2615. Records of water users' associations

  7-4-2615. Records of water users' associations. In each county where water users' associations organized in conformity with the federal reclamation laws of the United States exist, the county commissioners are required to furnish the county recorder with books for the proper recording of stock subscriptions, contracts, articles of incorporation, and stock certificates of such associations, containing printed blank forms of the stock subscriptions, contracts, articles of incorporation, and stock certificates. The forms are to be prepared by the attorney general and used by the county recorder for the recording of all such stock subscriptions, contracts, articles of incorporation, and stock certificates.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 68, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 4467, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4467, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1101(part); amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 443, L. 1979.
MT Code § 7-4-2616 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2616. Map book

  7-4-2616. Map book. The county clerk shall keep a well-bound book containing maps of towns, villages, or additions to the towns or villages within the county, together with the description, acknowledgment, or other writing on the maps.   History: En. Sec. 4416, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3037, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4803, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4803, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2909; amd. Sec. 421, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-4-2617 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2617. Procedure to record documents

  7-4-2617. Procedure to record documents. (1) When any instrument, paper, or notice authorized by law to be recorded is deposited for record in the office of the county clerk, as ex officio recorder, and accompanied by the required fee, the clerk must endorse upon the document the time it was received, noting the year, month, day, hour, and minute of its receipt, and the receipt of the instrument must be immediately entered in the county clerk and recorder's receipt book.   (2) If the printed, written, or typed words or numbers are considered by the clerk and recorder to be illegible and not legibly reproducible, the clerk and recorder must affix to the recorded document a statement that the document is illegible and not legibly reproducible.   (3) The county clerk shall record the instrument without delay, together with the acknowledgment, proofs, and certificates written upon or attached to the instrument and with the plats, surveys, schedule, and other attached papers, in the order and as of the time when the instrument was received for recording, and shall note at the foot of the record the exact time of its receipt.   (4) The county clerk shall also endorse upon each instrument, paper, or notice the time when and the book and pages or document number in which it is recorded and shall deliver it, upon request, to the party leaving the document for recording or to the party's order.   History: (1), (2)En. Sec. 4418, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3039, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4805, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4241; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 2, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 27, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4805, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 11, L. 1949; Sec. 16-2911, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 4419, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3040, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4806, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4242; re-en. Sec. 4806, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-2912, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2911(part), 16-2912; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 551, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 82, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 422, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-4-2618 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2618. Addresses required to record certain documents

  7-4-2618. Addresses required to record certain documents. The county clerk shall not receive for recording any deed, mortgage, or assignment of mortgage unless the post-office address of the grantee, mortgagee, or assignee of the mortgagee, as the case may be, is contained therein. This requirement shall not affect the validity of the record of any instrument which has been or may be recorded.   History: En. Sec. 4418, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3039, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4805, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4241; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 2, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 27, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4805, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 11, L. 1949; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2911(part).
MT Code § 7-4-2620 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2620. Details relating to indexes

  7-4-2620. Details relating to indexes. (1) The county clerk may keep in the same volume any two or more of the indexes mentioned in 7-4-2619, but the several indexes must be kept distinct from each other, with the volumes distinctly marked on the outside in such way as to show all the indexes kept therein.   (2) The names of the parties in the first column of the several indexes must be arranged in alphabetical order. When a conveyance is executed by a sheriff, the name of the sheriff and the party charged in the execution must both be inserted in the index. When an instrument is recorded to which an executor, administrator, or trustee is a party, the name of such executor, administrator, or trustee, together with the name of the testator or intestate or party for whom the trust is held, must be inserted in the index.   History: En. Sec. 4417, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3038, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4804, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4240; re-en. Sec. 4804, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2910.
MT Code § 7-4-2621 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2621. Search of records

  7-4-2621. Search of records. Upon the application of any person and upon the payment of the applicable fees, the county clerk may:   (1) make searches for conveyances, mortgages, and all other instruments recorded or filed in the county clerk's office; and   (2) furnish a certificate stating the names of the parties to the instruments; the dates of the instruments; the year, month, day, hour, and minute they were recorded or filed; and the book and pages where they are recorded.   History: En. Sec. 4420, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3041, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4807, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4243; re-en. Sec. 4807, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2913; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-4-2622 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2622. Availability of records

  7-4-2622. Availability of records. All books or records, maps, charts, surveys, and other papers on file in the county clerk's office must be open during office hours for the inspection of any person who may desire to inspect them and may be inspected without charge. The county clerk shall arrange the books of record and indexes in the office in suitable places that facilitate their inspection.   History: En. Sec. 4423, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3044, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4810, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4246; re-en. Sec. 4810, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2916; amd. Sec. 423, Ch. 61, L. 2007.
MT Code § 7-4-2623 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2623. Liability of clerk relating to duties as recorder

  7-4-2623. Liability of clerk relating to duties as recorder. A county clerk is liable to the party aggrieved for three times the amount of the damages that may result and is punishable as provided in this code if the county clerk to whom an instrument is delivered for record:   (1) neglects or refuses to record the instrument within reasonable time after receipt;   (2) falsely records an instrument or records an instrument in any other manner than as directed in this part;   (3) neglects or refuses to keep in the clerk's office indexes that are required by this part or to make the proper entries in the indexes; or   (4) alters, changes, or obliterates any records deposited in the clerk's office or inserts any new matter in the records.   History: En. Sec. 4421, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3042, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4808, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4244; re-en. Sec. 4808, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2914; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 156, L. 2001.
MT Code § 7-4-2624 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2624. through 7-4-2630 reserved

  7-4-2624 through 7-4-2630 reserved.
MT Code § 7-4-2632 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2632. Fee when recording done by mechanical means

  7-4-2632. Fee when recording done by mechanical means. Except as provided in 7-2-2803(4), whenever recording is done by a photographic or similar process, the county clerk and recorder shall charge $7 for each page or fraction of a page of the instrument for recording.   History: En. Sec. 4635, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3168, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 117, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 4917, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4917, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 90, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 202, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 148, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 11-115, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 25-231(8); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 414, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 467, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 27, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 355, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 135, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 347, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-4-2633 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2633. Repealed

  7-4-2633. Repealed. Sec. 3, Ch. 414, L. 1981.   History: En. Sec. 4635, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3168, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 117, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 4917, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4917, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 90, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 202, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 148, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 11-115, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 25-231(part).
MT Code § 7-4-2634 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2634. Fees to be noted on recorded documents

  7-4-2634. Fees to be noted on recorded documents. On each instrument delivered for recording, the county clerk shall endorse on it all charges made for each service, and the endorsement must be recorded as a part of the instrument in the county clerk's office to document the charges entered on the fee book or reception record in the county clerk's office.   History: En. Sec. 4635, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3168, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 117, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 4917, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4917, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 90, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 202, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 148, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 11-115, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 73, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 25-231(17); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 274, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 287, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 179, L. 1995.
MT Code § 7-4-2635 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2635. Records preservation fund authorized

  7-4-2635. Records preservation fund authorized. (1) The board of county commissioners shall establish a records preservation fund for the purpose of preserving the records maintained by the county clerk and recorder. The county clerk and recorder is responsible for expenditures from the fund and shall use the money for records preservation.   (2) The county clerk and recorder shall deposit $1 of the fee received under 7-4-2632 into the records preservation fund.   (3) The governing body of the county may transfer to the general fund any money in the records preservation fund that is not needed for records preservation.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 355, L. 1991.
MT Code § 7-4-2636 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2636. Standards for recorded documents -- exemptions

  7-4-2636. Standards for recorded documents -- exemptions. (1) Unless accompanied by the appropriate fee required in 7-4-2637, a document submitted for recording must:   (a) be legibly printed or typed in blue or black ink on white paper that is either 8 1/2 x 11 inches or 8 1/2 x 14 inches in size;   (b) provide the names of the parties to the conveyance on the first or second page of any document with more than one page;   (c) provide a description of the property if the document conveys an interest in real property;   (d) have all signatures, initials, dates, or handwriting in blue or black ink;   (e) except as provided in subsection (1)(f) and except for page numbers, initials, or other designations, have margins that are clear of all markings in the following dimensions:   (i) at least 3 inches at the top of the first page and at least 1 inch at the top of the second and any subsequent pages;   (ii) at least 1 inch on the bottom of each page;   (iii) at least 1/2 inch on the sides of each page; and   (f) include the name and mailing address of the person to whom the document is to be returned in the upper left-hand corner of the first page between the 1/2-inch side margins of each document submitted and may include legibly printed or typed transactional information.   (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2)(b), only documents submitted for recording and filing that conform to the provisions of this section are considered standard documents for the purposes of 7-4-2637.   (b) Documents that are acknowledged as having been executed prior to April 28, 2007, must be accepted for recording and considered standard documents, regardless of whether they conform to the provisions of this section.   (3) (a) An acknowledgment by a notary is exempt from the color and margin requirements of this section.   (b) Page numbers, the name and mailing address of the person to whom the document is to be returned, and other administrative information or designations may appear in the margins.   (c) If the notarial seal is made by impression of an embosser, the seal is exempt from the margin requirements of this section.   (4) An officially certified court or other government document, whether from an in-state or out-of-state office, is exempt from the provisions of this section.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 571, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 344, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 45, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 135, L. 2011.
MT Code § 7-4-2637 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 26. Office of County Clerk|7-4-2637. Fees for recording documents

  7-4-2637. Fees for recording documents. (1) Except as provided in 7-2-2803(4) and 7-4-2631, the fee for recording a standard document that meets the requirements of 7-4-2636 is $8 for each page or fraction of a page.  (2) Except as provided in 7-2-2803(4), the fee for recording a document that does not meet the requirements of 7-4-2636 is the fee specified in subsection (1) plus $10.   (3) (a) Of the fees collected under subsection (1), for each page or fraction of a page:   (i) $1 must be deposited in the records preservation fund, provided for in 7-4-2635;   (ii) 50 cents must be deposited in the county land information account provided for in 7-6-2230;   (iii) $1.50 must be transmitted each month to the department of revenue in the manner prescribed by the department of revenue for deposit in the Montana land information account created in 90-1-409; and   (iv) the remainder must be deposited as provided for in 7-4-2511.   (b) The fees collected under subsection (2) must be deposited in the records preservation fund provided for in 7-4-2635.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 571, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 135, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 347, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 226, L. 2021.
MT Code § 7-4-2701 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 27. Office of County Attorney|7-4-2701. Qualifications for county attorney in certain counties

  7-4-2701. Qualifications for county attorney in certain counties. (1) A person is not eligible for the position of full-time county attorney in counties that have a population in excess of 30,000 unless the person is a citizen of the United States and has resided in the state 2 years immediately before taking office and has been admitted to the practice of law for at least 5 years before the date of election or appointment.   (2) A person is not eligible for the position of full-time county attorney in counties that have a population of less than 30,000 unless the person is a citizen of the United States and has resided in the state 2 years immediately before taking office and has been admitted to the practice of law for at least 3 years before the date of election or appointment.   (3) A person is not eligible for the position of part-time county attorney in counties that have a population of less than 30,000 unless the person is a citizen of the United States and resides in the state and has been admitted to the practice of law before taking office.   History: En. 16-3107 by Sec. 2, Ch. 102, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-3107; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 160, L. 1997.
MT Code § 7-4-2702 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 27. Office of County Attorney|7-4-2702. Procedure to fill vacancy in office of county attorney

  7-4-2702. Procedure to fill vacancy in office of county attorney. Whenever a vacancy in the office of county attorney arises in a county, the board of county commissioners is authorized to appoint an attorney who meets the qualifications established in 7-4-2701 to fill the vacancy.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 61, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 4486, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4486, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 138, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1126(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 160, L. 1997.
MT Code § 7-4-2703 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 7. Local Government|Chapter 4. Officers and Employees|Part 27. Office of County Attorney|7-4-2703. Limitation on number of deputies

  7-4-2703. Limitation on number of deputies. In counties having a taxable valuation of $30 million or more, the county attorney may appoint one chief deputy and one deputy. In all other counties, the county attorney may appoint a chief deputy or a deputy only with the approval of the board of county commissioners.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 75, L. 1905; re-en. Sec. 3128, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4880, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4880, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 87, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-3706(part); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 443, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 128, L. 2011.