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Recording a Deed or Document in Musselshell County, MT
Musselshell County (population 4,730) records real-property documents through the Musselshell County Clerk & 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.
Musselshell County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Musselshell County Clerk & Recorder
- Mailing address
- Musselshell County Clerk & Recorder, 506 Main St, Roundup, MT 59072
- Phone
- 406-323-1104
- Checks payable to
- Musselshell County Clerk & Recorder
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Musselshell County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $20.00 first page (effective 10/1/2025 per HB 192; was $8.00/page prior)
- Additional pages
- $10.00 each additional page
- Other fees
- $10.00 additional for non-standard documents; certified copy $2.00 fee plus $0.50 first/$0.25 additional page copy fees; Realty Transfer Certificate required with real-property transfers
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Musselshell County Clerk & Recorder before you mail a check.
What Musselshell County requires
- Cover sheet
- No separate cover sheet; statewide MCA 7-4-2636 first-page margin/return-address standard applies
- Submission & return
- By mail to submitter's return address after recording (standard MT practice; not explicitly confirmed on current site)
Can you e-record in Musselshell County?
Musselshell 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 Musselshell County, Montana
- Prepare the document so it meets Musselshell 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 Musselshell County Clerk & Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Musselshell County Clerk & Recorder.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Musselshell County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Musselshell County property are searchable at Montana Cadastral (Montana State Library / Dept. of Revenue statewide parcel & owner search). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Musselshell 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 Musselshell 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 Musselshell County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.