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Recording a Deed or Document in Wheatland County, MT
Wheatland County (population 2,069) records real-property documents through the Wheatland 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.
Wheatland County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Wheatland County Clerk & Recorder
- Mailing address
- Wheatland County Clerk & Recorder, PO Box 1903, Harlowton, MT 59036 (physical: Courthouse 2nd Floor, 201 A Ave NW, Harlowton, MT 59036)
- Phone
- (406) 632-4891
- Checks payable to
- Wheatland County Clerk & Recorder
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Wheatland County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $8.00 standard document (first page); non-standard documents $18.00 first page ($8 base + $10 non-standard surcharge)
- Additional pages
- $8.00 per additional page (standard); $10.00 per additional page component (non-standard)
- Other fees
- Non-standard document surcharge $10 in addition to per-page fee; no separate records-management/archive rider fee identified
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Wheatland County Clerk & Recorder before you mail a check.
What Wheatland County requires
- Page formatting
- 3-inch top margin on first page, 1-inch top margin on subsequent pages, 1-inch margins on bottom/sides; black or blue ink on white paper; documents acknowledged before 4-28-07 accepted as standard regardless of margins
- Cover sheet
- No dedicated cover sheet mentioned; return address must appear in the upper-left corner of the first page within the 3-inch top margin
- Submission & return
- Recorded document returned by mail to address written in the return-address block on the document; include a self-addressed stamped envelope
Can you e-record in Wheatland County?
Wheatland 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 Wheatland County, Montana
- Prepare the document so it meets Wheatland 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 Wheatland County Clerk & Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Wheatland County Clerk & Recorder.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Wheatland County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Wheatland County property are searchable at Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division - Property Record Card / Montana Cadastral (Wheatland County parcels). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Wheatland 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 Wheatland 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 Wheatland County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.