Montana Quitclaim Deed

About the Daniels County Clerk & Recorder

Daniels County, up along the Hi-Line near the Saskatchewan border, is served from Scobey, the county seat, with Flaxville as its other incorporated town. It's one of Montana's smaller counties by population, so the office tends to have time to talk through a filing with you rather than rush you through the window.

Cities and Communities Served

Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Daniels County, this is the Clerk & Recorder’s office that will accept the deed. That includes:

Incorporated city: Scobey (county seat).

Incorporated towns: Flaxville.

Unincorporated communities: Peerless, Whitetail, Carbert, Four Buttes, Pleasant Prairie, and West Fork.

A small, sparsely populated corner of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation touches the county, though none of Daniels County’s own cities, towns, or communities are documented as sitting on that trust land.

Office Details

Address: 213 Main St, Scobey, MT 59263

Phone: (406) 487-5561  |  Fax: (406) 487-5583

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (closed legal holidays)

Recording Fee: A flat statewide fee set by Montana law (MCA § 7-4-2637) — not a Daniels-specific rate, and not a percentage of the property's value.

No additional county fees beyond the statewide rate were found for Daniels County.

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How to File a Document

  1. Prepare Your Document: Make sure your deed meets Montana's formatting and content requirements before you file.
  2. Get It Notarized: Have the document signed in front of a Montana notary public or other authorized official. No notary nearby in Scobey? Montana allows remote online notarization — you can notarize your Daniels County deed online instead.
  3. Complete a Realty Transfer Certificate: Montana law requires a completed Realty Transfer Certificate (Form RTC) to accompany every deed submitted for recording — even transfers that don't require disclosing the sale price still need the form filed.
  4. Record It: You can file in person at the Daniels County Clerk & Recorder's office; call ahead to confirm whether mail-in filing is accepted.
  5. Pay the Recording Fee: A flat statewide rate for the first page, with a lower rate for each additional page.
  6. Keep Your Receipt: Your recorded document (or a certified copy) is your proof of filing.

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