# Montana HB 192: Revise county clerk and recorder fee for recording documents Montana HB 192, Revise county clerk and recorder fee for recording documents, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Julie Darling (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB192-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 192 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise county clerk and recorder fee for recording documents - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-05-13, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Julie Darling (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Local Government, Property, Revenue, State, Rule Making - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (461 yes, 34 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Higher recording fees for land records: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, county clerks charge $20 for the first page and $10 for each extra page to record a document. The same rates apply per page or fraction, including when recording is done by photographic or similar process. If your document does not meet the standard format, you pay the st… - More recording-fee money to records and maps: mixed, low. Starting October 1, 2025, each page fee is split: $2 to the county records preservation fund, $0.75 to the county land information account, $2.25 to the state geospatial information account, and the rest to the county as provided by law. Also, $2 from each photographic-process recording fee goes to… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Julie Darling (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-18 | House | Do Concur | pass | 96 | 2 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 44 | 5 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 46 | 4 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Do Pass | pass | 87 | 13 | | | 2025-02-03 | House | Do Pass | pass | 89 | 10 | | ## Actions (34) - 2025-05-13: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-08: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-02: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-02: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-20: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-17: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-09: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-09: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-29: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-03-28: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-03-25: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-24: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-05: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-04: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-03: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee Report (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-22: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-21: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-01-21: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-20: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-14: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-01-14: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-01-14: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-01-14: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-18: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d15b2908-716c-4b99-85a7-eed308583154) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-24: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=265e380b-0be2-4444-a44d-6b0477e0b3ad) - Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=a36a1068-c899-4e0e-abe4-fb6ffc3e19d7) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d15b2908-716c-4b99-85a7-eed308583154) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=265e380b-0be2-4444-a44d-6b0477e0b3ad) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=a36a1068-c899-4e0e-abe4-fb6ffc3e19d7) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB192-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).