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Recording a Deed or Document in Broadwater County, MT
Broadwater County (population 6,774) records real-property documents through the Clerk & Recorder, Broadwater County. Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Broadwater County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Clerk & Recorder, Broadwater County
- Mailing address
- Broadwater County Courthouse, 515 Broadway St., Townsend, MT 59644
- Phone
- 406-266-3405 (also listed 406-266-3445/3443)
- Checks payable to
- Not explicitly named on official site
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Broadwater County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $20.00 first page
- Additional pages
- $10.00 per subsequent page
- Other fees
- $30.00 first page for non-standard documents (+$10/page thereafter); certified copies $3.00 certification + copy fee; copies $0.50 first page/$0.25 subsequent; UCC filing $7.00, UCC continuation/amendment $5.00
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Clerk & Recorder, Broadwater County before you mail a check.
What Broadwater County requires
- Cover sheet
- No separate cover sheet mandated; page details document formatting standards (margins, typeface, paper dimensions) per MCA 7-4-2636
- Submission & return
- Mail; public records also accessible online via iDoc Market
Can you e-record in Broadwater County?
Broadwater County records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably notarizes your document, mails it by certified mail, and tracks it to a recorded instrument number.
How to record a document in Broadwater County, Montana
- Prepare the document so it meets Broadwater County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit by mail to Clerk & Recorder, Broadwater County.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Not explicitly named on official site.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Broadwater County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Broadwater County property are searchable at Montana Department of Revenue - Property Record Card (statewide search, filter by county). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Broadwater County
Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk. It’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Broadwater County property, we file a memorandum of contract to put your equitable interest on the public record, where every title search will find it. The online notary session is included: you sign it alone, and the seller is notified by certified mail. Then we record it (by certified mail) and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.
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Under contract in Broadwater County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.