The Clerk And Recorder is an elected county official
established by the Constitution of Montana. Statutory authority
establishes the duties as providing the primary administrative
function for recording and maintaining the majority of all the
legal documents relating to real estate records, land descriptions,
county birth and death records and the records of the Board of
County Commissioners. The first Yellowstone County Clerk And Recorder
took office on February 2, 1883. Currently the office records
an average of about 200 documents per day.
The types of documents that are maintained in the
Clerk's office include:
- Deeds
- Mortgages
- Liens
- Powers of Attorney
- Homestead Declarations
- Subdivision Plats
- Certificate of Survey
- Military Discharge
- Federal Income Tax Liens