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YELLOWSTONE COUNTY
CLERK AND RECORDER
Tony Nave
217 North 27th, Room 401
PO Box 35001
Billings, MT 59107
(406) 256-2785 | (406) 256-2736(fax)
tnave@co.yellowstone.mt.gov

Attention to all parties recording and filing documents in the Clerk & Recorder’s office.

Please be advised that effective July 1, 2005, there are new document standards requirements for recorded documents and new recording fees. To review the new standards and fees click here.

The subscription service for viewing recorded documents is now online. The free search will still be available, but you will not be able to view copies of documents using the free search, only information about recorded documents. All instructions for using the search are on the main login page. Please be patient if you cannot retrieve documents right away - in the first few days it's probable that there will be some minor problems we will need to fix. If you have any problems using the search, please feel free to email the webmistress.

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 Declartions
  • Subdivision Plats
  • Certificate of Survey
  • Military Discharge
  • Federal Income Tax Liens


Realty Transfer Certificate Form
This form is in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view it.

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