2023 Montana Code Annotated › Title 7. Local Government › Chapter 4. Officers and Employees › Part 26. Office of County Clerk › 7-4-2619. Indexes to recorded documents

7-4-2619. Indexes to recorded documents.
Every county clerk, as ex officio recorder, must keep:
(1) an index of deeds, grants, and transfers and contracts to sell or convey real estate and notices of buyer's interest in real property labeled "Grantors", with each page divided into four columns headed, respectively: "Names of grantors", "Names of grantees", "Date of deeds, grants, transfers, contracts, or notices", and "Where recorded";
(2) an index of deeds and notices of buyer's interest in real property labeled "Grantees", with each page divided into four columns headed, respectively: "Names of grantees", "Names of grantors", "Date of deeds, grants, transfers, contracts, or notices", and "Where recorded";
(3) an index of mortgages labeled "Mortgages of real property", with each page divided into six columns headed, respectively: "Names of mortgagors", "Names of mortgagees", "Dates of mortgages", "Where recorded", "When filed", and "When canceled";
(4) an index of mortgages labeled "Mortgages of real property", with each page divided into six columns headed, respectively: "Names of mortgagees", "Names of mortgagors", "Dates of mortgages", "Where recorded", "When filed", and "When canceled";
(5) an index of mortgages labeled "Releases of mortgages of real property--Mortgagees", with each page divided into six columns headed, respectively: "Parties whose mortgages are released", "Parties releasing", "Date of release", "Where recorded", "Dates of mortgages released", and "Where mortgages released are recorded";
(6) an index of powers of attorney labeled "Powers of attorney", with each page divided into five columns headed, respectively: "Names of parties executing powers", "To whom powers are executed", "Date of powers", "Date of recording", and "Where powers are recorded";
(7) an index of leases labeled "Leases", with each page divided into four columns headed, respectively: "Names of lessors", "Names of lessees", "Date of leases", and "When and where recorded";
(8) an index of leases labeled "Lessees", with each page divided into four columns headed, respectively: "Names of lessees", "Names of lessors", "Date of leases", and "When and where recorded";
(9) an index of marriage certificates labeled "Marriage certificates--Men", with each page divided into six columns headed, respectively: "Men married", "To whom married", "When married", "By whom married", "Where married", and "Where certificates are recorded";
(10) an index of marriage certificates labeled "Marriage certificates--Women", with each page divided into six columns headed, respectively: "Women married" (and under this head placing the family names of the women), "To whom married", "When married", "By whom married", "Where married", and "Where certificates are recorded";
(11) an index of assignments of mortgages and leases labeled "Assignments of mortgages and leases--Assignors", with each page divided into five columns headed, respectively: "Assignors", "Assignees", "Instruments assigned", "Date of assignment", and "When and where recorded";
(12) an index of assignments of mortgages and leases labeled "Assignments of mortgages and leases--Assignees", with each page divided into five columns headed, respectively: "Assignees", "Assignors", "Instruments", "Date of assignment", and "When and where recorded";
(13) an index of wills labeled "Wills", with each page divided into four columns headed, respectively: "Names of testators", "Date of will", "Date of probate", and "When and where recorded";
(14) an index of official bonds labeled "Official bonds", with each page divided into five columns headed, respectively: "Names of officers", "Names of offices", "Date of bond", "Amount of bond", and "When and where recorded";
(15) an index of notices of construction liens labeled "Construction liens", with each page divided into three columns headed, respectively: "Parties claiming liens", "Against whom claimed", and "Notices, when filed";
(16) an index to transcripts of judgments labeled "Transcripts of judgments", with each page divided into seven columns headed, respectively: "Judgment debtors", "Judgment creditors", "Amount of judgment", "Where recovered", "When recovered", "When transcript filed", and "When judgment satisfied";
(17) an index of attachments labeled "Attachments", with each page divided into columns headed, respectively: "Parties against whom attachments are issued", "Parties issuing attachments", "Notices of attachments", "When filed", and "When attachments discharged";
(18) an index of notices of the pendency of actions labeled "Notices of actions", with each page divided into three columns headed, respectively: "Parties to actions", "Notices, when recorded", and "When filed";
(19) an index of certificates of sale of real estate sold under execution or under orders made in any judicial proceedings labeled "Certificates of sale", with each page divided into four columns headed, respectively: "Plaintiff", "Defendant", "Purchaser at sale", and "Date of sale";
(20) an index of the individual property of married persons labeled "Individual property of married persons", with each page divided into five columns headed, respectively: "Names of married persons", "Names of their spouses", "Nature of instruments recorded", "When recorded", and "Where recorded";
(21) an index to affidavits for annual work done on mining claims labeled "Annual work on mining claims", with each page divided into four columns headed, respectively: "Name of the affiant", "Name of the claim", "Where situated", and "Year when the work was done";
(22) an index of mining claims and declaratory statements labeled "Notices of location of mining claims and declaratory statements", with each page divided into four columns headed, respectively: "Locators", "Name of claim", "Notice, when filed", and "Where recorded";
(23) an index to the register of births and deaths;
(24) an index to notices and declarations of water rights;
(25) an index to the "estray and lost property book";
(26) an index to the record of assignments for the benefit of creditors, containing names of assignor and assignee, date and where recorded, and inventory, when filed;
(27) an index to financing statements as provided in Part 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code--Secured Transactions;
(28) an index to filed subdivision plats, containing number of lots, number of acres, filing date, and the location of the quarter section of each subdivision;
(29) an index to the book of maps and plats, which must contain the name of the proprietor of the town, village, or addition platted and a general description of the same;
(30) a miscellaneous index, in which must be indexed papers not hereinbefore stated.
History: (1) thru (28), (30)En. Sec. 4412, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3033, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4799, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4236; re-en. Sec. 4799, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 11-111, Ch. 264, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 199, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 293, L. 1975; (29)En. Sec. 4413, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3034, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4800, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4800, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-2906, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2905, 16-2906; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 443, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 701, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 220, L. 1985.