Montana Quitclaim Deed

About the Silver Bow County Clerk & Recorder

Silver Bow County is Montana's smallest by land area at just 718 square miles — it's another consolidated city-county government, centered on Butte and the small town of Walkerville right beside it. One office, one government, covering one of Montana's most historic mining cities — recording here tends to be a straightforward, well-worn process.

Cities and Communities Served

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

Incorporated towns: Walkerville.

Unincorporated communities: Divide, Melrose, Ramsay, Rocker, and Williamsburg.

Butte-Silver Bow is a consolidated city-county government — Butte itself isn’t a separately incorporated city, but the urban core of the unified county government (one of only two consolidated city-county governments in Montana, along with Anaconda-Deer Lodge). Walkerville, by contrast, is its own separately incorporated town within the county.

Office Details

Address: Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse, Room 208, 155 W. Granite St., Butte, MT 59701

Phone: (406) 497-6335  |  Fax: (406) 497-6334

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:10 PM

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

No additional county fees beyond the statewide rate were found for Silver Bow 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 Butte? Montana allows remote online notarization — you can notarize your Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow 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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