Montana Quitclaim Deed

About the Powell County Clerk & Recorder

Powell County is served from Deer Lodge, the county seat, in a valley along the upper Clark Fork River in southwest Montana. It's a modest-sized office in a historic ranching and mining area — straightforward and personal to work with.

Cities and Communities Served

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

Incorporated city: Deer Lodge (county seat).

Unincorporated communities: Avon, Elliston, Garrison, Goldcreek, Helmville, Ovando, and Racetrack.

This is the city of Deer Lodge, an ordinary incorporated city — not to be confused with the separate Anaconda-Deer Lodge consolidated city-county government one county to the west, whose seat is Anaconda.

Office Details

Address: 409 Missouri Ave, Suite 203, Deer Lodge, MT 59722

Phone: (406) 846-9786

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

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

No additional county fees beyond the statewide rate were found for Powell 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 Deer Lodge? Montana allows remote online notarization — you can notarize your Powell 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 Powell 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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