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Recording a Deed or Document in Chouteau County, MT
Chouteau County (population 5,895) records real-property documents through the Chouteau County Clerk and Recorder. 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.
Chouteau County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Chouteau County Clerk and Recorder
- Mailing address
- Chouteau County Courthouse, 1308 Franklin Street, Fort Benton, MT 59442
- Phone
- (406) 622-5151
- Website
- co.chouteau.mt.us/clerk.htm
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Chouteau County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $20.00 (effective 10/1/2025 per MCA 7-4-2637)
- Additional pages
- $10.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- $10.00 additional fee for non-standard documents; certified copies ~$2 + $0.50 first page/$0.25 each additional
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Chouteau County Clerk and Recorder before you mail a check.
What Chouteau County requires
- Page formatting
- Statewide standard formatting expected (3in top margin/1in subsequent, blue/black ink, white 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 paper, legal description, return address upper-left); county-specific document standards page not located
Can you e-record in Chouteau County?
Chouteau 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 Chouteau County, Montana
- Prepare the document so it meets Chouteau 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 Chouteau County Clerk and Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Chouteau County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Chouteau County property are searchable at Montana Department of Revenue - Property Assessment Division (Property Record Card / Montana Cadastral) - no separate county assessor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Chouteau 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 Chouteau 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 Chouteau County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.