Montana Quitclaim Deed

About the Glacier County Clerk & Recorder

Glacier County is served from Cut Bank, the county seat, along with Browning, and shares its name with Glacier National Park, whose eastern entrances sit within the county. Between park-adjacent property and the Blackfeet Reservation lands that cover much of the county, deeds here can involve some extra layers — it's worth confirming with the office ahead of time whether your parcel involves any special jurisdictional considerations before you file.

Cities and Communities Served

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

Incorporated city: Cut Bank (county seat).

Unincorporated communities: East Glacier Park Village, St. Mary, and Blackfoot.

Roughly 71% of Glacier County lies within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation — Browning (the reservation's tribal seat, along with Babb) sits on that trust land and isn’t included above. Cut Bank, the county's only incorporated city, is not on the reservation. Several “Colony” communities in the county (Big Sky Colony, Glacier Colony, and others) are private Hutterite farming communities, not tribal land.

Office Details

Address: 512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427

Phone: (406) 873-3609

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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

No additional county fees beyond the statewide rate were found for Glacier 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 Cut Bank? Montana allows remote online notarization — you can notarize your Glacier 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 Glacier County Clerk & Recorder's office; call the office 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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