House Bill No. 338
Introduced By lawson
A Bill for an Act entitled: "An Act generally revising subdivision filing fees; and amending section 7-4-2631, MCA."
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Montana:
Section 1. Section 7-4-2631, MCA, is amended to read:
"7-4-2631. Fees of county clerk. (1) Except as provided in 7-4-2632, the county clerks must shall charge, for the use of
their respective counties:
(a) for recording and indexing each certificate of location of a quartz or placer mining claim or millsite claim, including a certificate that the instrument has been recorded with seal affixed, $6;
(b) for recording and indexing each affidavit of annual labor on a mining claim, including a certificate that the instrument has been recorded with seal affixed:
(i) for the first mining claim in the affidavit, $3; and
(ii) for each additional mining claim included in it the affidavit, 50 cents;
(c) for filing and indexing each writ of attachment, execution, certificate of sale, lien, or other instrument required by law to be filed and indexed, $5 for each page;
(d) for filing of subdivision and townsite plats, $5 plus:
(i) for each lot up to and including 100, 50 cents;
(ii) for each additional lot in excess of 100, 25 cents $50 for each plat $15 PLUS:
(I) FOR EACH LOT UP TO AND INCLUDING 100, $1;
(II) FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LOT IN EXCESS OF 100, 50 CENTS;
(e) for filing certificates of surveys and amendments thereto to the certificates, $5 plus 50 cents per tract or lot $50 for each
survey $15 PLUS $5 FOR EACH TRACT OR LOT;
(f) for a copy of a record or paper:
(i) for the first page of any document, 50 cents, and 25 cents for each subsequent page; and
(ii) for each certification with seal affixed, $2;
(g) for searching an index record of files of the office for each year when required in abstracting or otherwise, 50 cents;
(h) for administering an oath with certificate and seal, no charge;
(i) for taking and certifying an acknowledgment, with seal affixed, for signature to it, no charge;
(j) for filing, indexing, or other services provided for by 30-9-401 through 30-9-407, the fees prescribed under those sections;
(k) for recording each stock subscription and contract, stock certificate, and articles of incorporation for water users' associations, $3;
(l) for filing a copy of notarial commission and issuing a certificate of official character of such a notary public, $2;
(m) for each certified copy of a birth certificate, $5, and for each certified copy of a death certificate, $3;
(n) for filing, recording, or indexing any other instrument not expressly provided for in this section or 7-4-2632 or this
section, the same fee provided in this section or 7-4-2632 or this section for a similar service.
(2) State agencies submitting documents to be put of record shall pay the fees provided for in this section. If a state agency or political subdivision has requested an account with the county clerk, any applicable fees must be paid on a periodic basis."
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