Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB192: Revise county clerk and recorder fee for recording documents
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act increasing the fees charged by a county clerk and recorder for recording documents; increasing the deposit in the records preservation fund, the county land information account, and the montana geospatial information account; providing for the fee to increase biennially by an inflation factor; providing rulemaking authority; amending sections 7-4-2632, 7-4-2635, and 7-4-2637, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT INCREASING THE FEES CHARGED BY A COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER FOR RECORDING DOCUMENTS; INCREASING THE DEPOSIT IN THE RECORDS PRESERVATION FUND, THE COUNTY LAND INFORMATION ACCOUNT, AND THE MONTANA GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION ACCOUNT; PROVIDING FOR THE FEE TO INCREASE BIENNIALLY BY AN INFLATION FACTOR; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTIONS 7-4-2632, 7-4-2635, AND 7-4-2637, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE. Section 1. Section 7-4-2632, MCA, is amended to read: "7-4-2632. Fee when recording done by mechanical means. Except as provided in 7-2-2803(4), whenever recording is done by a using a photographic or similar process, the county clerk and recorder shall charge $7 for each $20 for the first page or fraction of a page of the instrument for recording and $10 a page for each additional page or fraction of a page." Section 2. Section 7-4-2635, MCA, is amended to read: "7-4-2635. Records preservation fund authorized. (1) The board of county commissioners shall establish a records preservation fund for the purpose of preserving the records maintained by the county clerk and recorder. The county clerk and recorder is responsible for expenditures from the fund and shall use the money for records preservation. (2) The county clerk and recorder shall deposit $1 $2 of the fee received under 7-4-2632 into in the records preservation fund. (3) The …
Sponsors
- Darling, Julie (R, 84) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 96 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 9, 2025): 44 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 8, 2025): 44 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 4, 2025): 87 yea, 13 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 3, 2025): 88 yea, 10 nay, passed
Subjects: Property, Rule Making, Revenue, State, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB192?
- HB192 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise county clerk and recorder fee for recording documents.
- What does HB192 do?
- In its own words: An act increasing the fees charged by a county clerk and recorder for recording documents; increasing the deposit in the records preservation fund, the county land information account, and the montana geospatial information account; providing for the fee to increase biennially by an inflation factor; providing rulemaking authority; amending sections 7-4-2632, 7-4-2635, and 7-4-2637, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.
- What is the status of HB192?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB192?
- Darling, Julie (R, 84).
- Where is the official record for HB192?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1448
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