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Instant Access to Fergus County, Montana Property Records

Fergus County, Montana, consists of seven cities, with Lewiston being the largest. In Fergus County, MT, property records encapsulate essential details about land ownership and usage. These documents offer insights into parcel boundaries and historical transactions integral to legal processes and urban development.

Based on the Fergus County property records, there is a $169,442 median home value, a median rent cost of $679, and a $65,765 median household earning. These figures provide perspective on the area's economic health. As for property tax, Fergus County collects a rate of 0.71% of the appraised property value.

Property records in Fergus County, MT, are preserved by the  County Clerk and Recorder. This office, especially its Records Department, oversees the recording, scanning, and indexing of mortgages, deeds, surveys, plats, and other miscellaneous real estate documents.

Property instruments recorded and filed since June 1989 are publicly accessible during office hours through the computer terminals within the Clerk and Recorder's premises (712 W Main, Suite 204, Lewistown, MT 59457).

The office has also offered two online databases to serve the citizens with a more convenient means of document access. The first is the  iDoc Market, a subscription-based search tool that holds digitized real estate records from 1989. The second is the  Historical Index Search website, which contains plats and grantor-grantee deed indices from 1886 to 2013, searchable by book/page information.

Accessing and obtaining documents from the Fergus County Clerk and Recorder typically incurs fees. However, the office did not mention the fee schedule publicly. To learn about the cost breakdown and the payment method, contact the Clerk and Recorder's office at (406) 535-5242.

If property zoning requires verification, contact the  Fergus County Planning Office at (406) 535-9046. This office is the primary source of zoning-related information on properties outside the incorporated cities and towns. If the subject property falls within the incorporated areas, refer to the designated local office for zoning verification.

Fergus County Property Statistics

For an easier overview of the difference in tax rates between counties, explore the charts below. You can also get additional insights on median home values, income levels and homeownership rates in your area.

Median Rent

Fergus County
$679
Montana
$766
National
$991

Median Property Tax Rate

Fergus County
0.71%
Montana
0.74%
National
0.94%

Median Home Value

Fergus County
$169,442
Montana
$236,543
National
$250,246

Median Income

Fergus County
$65,765
Montana
$61,992
National
$69,646

Unemployment Rate (%)

Fergus County
1.11%
Montana
2.9 %
National
3.44 %

Renter Occupied Housing (%)

Fergus County
26.67%
Montana
25.52 %
National
25.65 %
Fergus

Tax Assessor

  • Total Parcels: 21,715
  • Commercial Parcels: 679
  • Residential Parcels: 6,564
  • Other Parcels: 14,472
  • Tax Amount Population: 85.81%
  • Tax Year: 2022
  • Last Assr Update: 2022-08-05
  • Tape Cutoff Date: 2021-12-31
  • Assessment Year: 2022
  • FIPS Code: 30027

Recorder

  • Deed Min: 2014-01-02
  • Deed Max: 2014-01-17
  • Commercial Deed Docs: 392
  • Residential Deed Docs: 182
  • Mortgage Min: 2014-01-02
  • Mortgage Max: 2014-01-17
  • Commercial Mortgage Docs: 128
  • Residential Mortgage Docs: 217
  • FIPS Code: 30027
  • Deed Docs: 574
  • Mortgage Docs: 345

AVM

  • County Population: 21715
  • Most Current Valuation Date: 2023-03-19
  • Total Parcels: 124
  • Residential Parcels: 124
  • FIPS Code: 30027

Geocode

  • Total Parcels: 21,715
  • Geocode Unavailable: 0
  • Parcel-Centroid Geocodes: 21,229
  • Street-Level Geocodes: 273
  • Other Geocodes: 213
  • FIPS Code: 30027

Foreclosure

  • State FIPs: 30
  • County FIPs: 027
  • Judicial/Non-Judicial: Non-Judicial
  • Min Recording Date: 2016-09-28
  • NOD Document Count: 0
  • NOD Max Recording Date: N/A
  • NTS Document Count: 14
  • NTS Max Recording Date: 2022-08-27
  • LP Document Count: 0
  • LP MaxRecording Date: N/A
  • NOS Document Count: 0
  • NOS Max Recording Date: N/A

Assignment and Release

  • FIPs: 30027
  • Total Records: 550
  • Assignment Min Recording Date: 2022-03-16
  • Assignment Max Recording Date: 2023-02-28
  • Assignment Doc Count: 22
  • Release Min Recording Date: 2017-02-17
  • Release Max Recording Date: 2023-04-04
  • Release Doc Count: 526
  • Other Min Recording Date: 2022-12-27
  • Other Max Recording Date: 2022-12-27
  • Other Doc Count: 2

Fergus County Registrar of Deeds

Fergus County Clerk & Recorder

Address: 712 W Main
Phone: 406-535-5242
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Email: clerkrecorder@co.fergus.mt.us
Website: https://co.fergus.mt.us/fergus-county-departments/fergus-county-clerk-recorder
eRecording: https://co.fergus.mt.us/fergus-county-departments/fergus-county-clerk-recorder

Instant Access to Fergus County, Montana Property Records