HB192

Montana HB192 increases fees for recording documents and modifies fund allocations for county clerks and recorders.

Montana HB192 revises the fees charged by county clerks and recorders for document recording. It increases the fee for the first page or fraction of a page to $20 and for each additional page or fraction of a page to $10. The bill mandates that $2 of each fee collected be deposited into a records preservation fund, with the remainder allocated to other specified accounts. The records preservation fund is intended for preserving records maintained by the county clerk and recorder. The bill also provides for biannual fee adjustments based on inflation starting July 1, 2027.