7-4-2637. Fees for recording documents. (1) Except as provided in 7-2-2803(4) and 7-4-2631, the fee for recording a standard document that meets the requirements of 7-4-2636 is $8 for each page or fraction of a page.
(2) Except as provided in 7-2-2803(4), the fee for recording a document that does not meet the requirements of 7-4-2636 is the fee specified in subsection (1) plus $10.
(3) (a) Of the fees collected under subsection (1), for each page or fraction of a page:
(i) $1 must be deposited in the records preservation fund, provided for in 7-4-2635;
(ii) 50 cents must be deposited in the county land information account provided for in 7-6-2230;
(iii) $1.50 must be transmitted each month to the department of revenue in the manner prescribed by the department of revenue for deposit in the Montana land information account created in 90-1-409; and
(iv) the remainder must be deposited as provided for in 7-4-2511.
(b) The fees collected under subsection (2) must be deposited in the records preservation fund provided for in 7-4-2635.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 571, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 135, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 135, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 347, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 226, L. 2021.