TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 4. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Part 26. Office of County Clerk

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 $7 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):

(i) $1 must be deposited in the records preservation fund, provided for in 7-4-2635;

(ii) 25 cents must be deposited in the county land information account provided for in 7-6-2230;

(iii) 75 cents 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.