Helena, Montana · Lewis and Clark County
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Useful county offices
Property valuation, an unpaid-tax balance, a deed, and a court judgment are different questions. Start with the record or notice you have and use the official county page to identify the right contact for that specific question.
Lewis and Clark County
Montana requires a realty transfer certificate to be filed with the county clerk and recorder when the deed is recorded. The county’s official page identifies its Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer office for county-level questions.
Lewis and Clark County
This is the county’s official Records Department page. Use the property address or document details when asking which county record office handles a specific record.
A Montana rule to know
Montana does not impose a state, county, or city tax on the sale or transfer of real property. A realty transfer certificate must be filed with the county clerk and recorder when the deed is recorded. The Montana Department of Revenue uses the certificate to update ownership records and gather sale information for property appraisals.
The certificate asks whether water rights go with the property. If the property has its own water right and it transfers, the state’s water-right ownership records must also be updated; that update is not needed when the property is served by a public water supply. Check whether your property has a separate water right and whether it is part of the sale.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. This does not pay your mortgage, liens, back taxes, or your share of current property taxes.
Official sources: Montana Constitution, Article VIII, Section 17 ↗; Montana Department of Revenue, Realty Transfer Certificates ↗; and Montana Code § 85-2-424, water-right ownership updates ↗.
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The official county pages above identify the Clerk and Recorder/Treasurer and the Records Department. Montana requires the realty transfer certificate to be filed with the county clerk and recorder when the deed is recorded. A property valuation, unpaid-tax balance, recorded deed, and court judgment are different records; use the address or notice details to ask the county which office handles the specific record you need.
No. Montana’s constitution bars state and local taxes on the sale or transfer of real property. The realty transfer certificate is required paperwork, not a transfer tax. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. This does not pay your mortgage, liens, back taxes, or your share of current property taxes.
The realty transfer certificate asks whether water rights go with the property. If the property has its own water right and it transfers, Montana’s water-right ownership records must also be updated. That update is not needed for property served by a public water supply. Check whether a separate water right is part of your property and identify it in the transfer paperwork.