Mont. Code Ann. § 70-21-201

What may be recorded -- recording copy in another county

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case United States v. Lr Bretz (1993)

Most recently applied in United States of America, Plaintiff-Counter-Claim-Defendant-Appellee v. L.R. Bretz, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Plaintiff-Appellant (March 1993)

(1) Any instrument or judgment affecting the title to or possession of real property may be recorded under this part.

(2) When any instrument or judgment affecting the title to or possession of real property situated in more than one county in this state has been recorded in either of such counties, a copy thereof, certified to by the county clerk of the county in which it has been recorded, may be recorded in any other county in this state wherein any portion of the real property affected by such instrument or judgment is situated, and such records will have the same effect as if the original instrument or judgment had been so recorded.

Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.